The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

dietrich10 wrote:how do you set the LPI on the overhead?

Dietrich -
I don't know the answer to that - but you can download the manual in pdf form for the Vinylium Dubcutter at http://www.sendspace.com/file/7lhz6l

Best regards,
Steve Berson

If you have a look at my homepage, you can see, where it is located (Munich, Germany) very easy :) Here is a pic: www.my45.de/c/overhead.JPG Asking price is 500 Euro, please make offers. Bag is included. Hi... www.xe.net/ucc complete dubplate cutter $9,100.00 CHF / $7,053.86 EUR / $10,269.72 USD (-...

bump in order to get above all these 5 year old classifieds that were inexplicably pushed to the top by someone who could have had a little more net etiguette.

anyway - mint Rek-o-kut "Transcribe" tonearm - still for sale!

Best regards,
Steve Berson

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Has anyone heard the Etec DBTL20 bass and high frequency limiters? Seems like they were specifically made to deal with the issues of limits to excursions and acceleration in the Ortofon heads. They're being offered for 1800 Euro at http://www.etec.dk/ortofon-vintage.html (halfway down the page). Cur...

Jay -
Deroy Wood in Miami FL let me know that he has one for sale for $100. He's a great guy that I've done business with before so you can buy with confidence from him.

You can reach him at
rhythmshack at yahoo dot com

Best regards,
Steve Berson

Andrew - Congratulations on repatriating the Fuller Scully!! Possible other option instead of trying to locate a backup Ortofon head would be to get Len Horowitz at http://www.hrsrecords.com to recondition a Westrex 3D or Haeco SC-2 for you. Probably would be way more robust, less expensive, and eas...

Thought this was a great example of hilarious expectation for the value of an item based on the fact there is a "Neumann" tag on it - http://cgi.ebay.com/Neumann-VMS70-Record-Lathe-Cabinet-/110674773835?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19c4bb074b $5000 buy it now price for an empty shell. I can see th...

for sale: NEW Rek-o-kut "Transcribe" tone arm $495 firm includes insured UPS Ground shipping to address in continental USA. (International shipping/handling rates will be extra determined on case by case basis.) Specs at http://www.esotericsound.com/ArmsAndHeadshells.htm (go halfway down the page). ...

Dietrich - There's an ebay auction up in 3 days for a M-12S overhead and a Rek-o-kut platter - maybe you might want to grab it if you can for spare parts http://cgi.ebay.com/Rek-O-Kut-M-12S-Record-Cutter-w-Astatic-Head-Platter-/320684664927?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item4aaa4ba85f Best regards,...

I plan to purchase 2nd system in 8-14 months from a friend complete with the sx74 D Damn Dietrich! Sounds like the plan is to build yourself a recreation of a late 70's era room at Sterling (which used to have 2 or 3 lathes in each room then). :D Cool stuff if you can expand to that level! Best reg...

I know I will kick myself this time next year not finding $ to pry this out of J's hand Exactly - back up cutter head = no interruptions to the cutting schedule (at least unless Murphy's law really kicks in super hard!). It used to be standard for every mastering studio to have at least one backup ...

Of possible interest to some here - both Paul Gold of Salt Mastering (who sometimes posts here as "gold") and myself were recently interviewed by Adam Gonsalves of Telegraph Mastering for his audio mastering podcast series "Square Cad". Paul goes over how he got into lacquer cutting and some of the ...

To the best of my knowledge J is legitimate - and if he is in fact saying the head is in good shape and has been verified by Sean Davies then I do in fact think people can bid with confidence. Regarding pricing for rare vintage pro audio items - the pricing has always been set by "what the market wi...

dietrich10 wrote:this went for good price except for the $300 shipping.
I backed out around $300(300+300)

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Another very good buy considering I saw one in similar shape go for about $3000 on an ebay auction a couple of years ago!

Best regards,
Steve Berson

I figured I pass this link along as it definitely seems way cool to me. Electric Mastering http://www.electricmastering.com/ in London, UK (home of engineer Guy Davie, formerly of The Exchange) is adding another room to their mastering studio - this one featuring a "vintage" all tube path and plenty...

Wow! I hadn't put a bid in on this as my budget for new toys is tapped at the moment - but that went for a relatively low $307! (less shipping). Pretty cheap in comparison to a Grampian D (that was apparently tested for continuity of coils but otherwise sold as is as well) that recently went for $71...

This is indeed a great book for some fascinating (to me at least) history - highly recommended.

Best regards,
Steve Berson

dietrich10 wrote:ohh snap. early bidding!

Early bidding is so idiotic to me as it is completely self defeating - unless it's being done by friends of the seller that is.

Best regards,
Steve Berson

dietrich10 wrote:oh nice. parts for me...maybe

or if you got into lathe cuts having two similar systems running at once would double productivity.

Best regards,
Steve Berson