The Victor reproduce manual says to adjust until it barely touches, but I have
found you get more volume and better sound with it away slightly. Thanks for
your feedback.
Steve
> From: a...@popyrus.com
> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 16:09:23 -0600
> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] R and "S" Reproducers
>
> Thanks Steve for these insights.
>
> Especially for the tip on maintaining a .003 gap between needle bar and mica
> on the Exhibition. I wasn't aware of that, and always adjusted until it just
> touched before securing and waxing the screw.
>
> Andy Baron
>
> On Apr 5, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Steven Medved wrote:
>
> >
> > The best way to check out an S reproducer is to gently blow and suck in the
> > sound tube to see how much of an air leak you have. Originally the R and S
> > was made with a slot to allow the compression ring to be tightened or
> > loosened to control the sound. The ones with large air leaks will not sound
> > very good.
> >
> > On most of the R and S the 4 minute stylus is worn and can be rotated. I
> > found a way to separate the ones with the brass bottoms with no damage, but
> > I still need to devise a way to remove the compression ring which is
> > normally stuck.
> >
> > I rebuilt an R and rotated the stylus, I compared it with two other R
> > reproducers. The one was air tight, the other had a bad leak. The one that
> > was rebuilt sounded very close to the air tight one, the bad air leak
> > sounded bad especially in the higher end.
> >
> > Edison used soft natural rubber which had better bass response. Replacing
> > gaskets in Edison reproducers with no air leaks makes very little
> > difference, Edison is not gasket driven like Victor's Exhibition is. With
> > the Exhibition the sound quality comes from the gaskets, the mica, and the
> > needle bar adjustment which should be .003 away from the mica, touching
> > dampens the sound, before you tighten the screw.
> >
> > Edison reproducers need to have all the parts moving freely and the stylus
> > in good condition. I have worked on Edison reproducers that had new gaskets
> > along with stuck stylus bars and broken diamond styli and they sounded
> > horrible. Rebuilding is not just changing gaskets.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:54:46 -0700
> >> From: hexaph...@sbcglobal.net
> >> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
> >> Subject: [Phono-L] Wanted: "S" Reproducer
> >>
> >> "Pinging" the 'list'....anyone have or know of an available "S" reproducer?
> >>
> >> Please email off list with any prospects.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Ron
> >>
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