I've inherited a Westminster record player
It's a Curry's own brand (Fidelity ?) 2 valve amp & is basic but seems to be worth getting to work properly.
Currently low volume & too much hum.
There has been some work done allegedly by a "proper" Radio/TV shop a couple of years back that included fitting a 3 wire mains cable & then earthing the deck with the earth wire in the lead !.
That's the first thing to go & will prob's sort most of the hum as well
My initial question is..........how can you check if the O/P of the cartridge is correct ?
I've had a voltmeter on the tonearms output connectors on the deck & it there is certainly an emf there that seems to hit around 500mv when playing a record but I know it's not as simple as that sadly
Checking by substitution would be the obvious way but I don't have one to sub
The cartridge is a BSR X3M that looks original & I understand is just about impossible to get these days.
I imagine it will need a high O/P cartridge with the basic low gain amp that's fitted
It's been a while since I looked at anything like this but "an amp is an amp" as they say, or are they any "quirks" to these little amps that can give this sort of issue ?
Any ideas appreciated
Dick.
It's a Curry's own brand (Fidelity ?) 2 valve amp & is basic but seems to be worth getting to work properly.
Currently low volume & too much hum.
There has been some work done allegedly by a "proper" Radio/TV shop a couple of years back that included fitting a 3 wire mains cable & then earthing the deck with the earth wire in the lead !.
That's the first thing to go & will prob's sort most of the hum as well
My initial question is..........how can you check if the O/P of the cartridge is correct ?
I've had a voltmeter on the tonearms output connectors on the deck & it there is certainly an emf there that seems to hit around 500mv when playing a record but I know it's not as simple as that sadly
Checking by substitution would be the obvious way but I don't have one to sub
The cartridge is a BSR X3M that looks original & I understand is just about impossible to get these days.
I imagine it will need a high O/P cartridge with the basic low gain amp that's fitted
It's been a while since I looked at anything like this but "an amp is an amp" as they say, or are they any "quirks" to these little amps that can give this sort of issue ?
Any ideas appreciated
Dick.
I was there when Rock & Roll was born & Rock & Roll will be with me till the day I die.