The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

JayDC · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:56 pm Post subject:

I got some 3-view photos of the mount for the vinylium head. Still waiting for the line drawing, so I can get the measurements.. I will post the photos shortly.

JayDC · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:27 pm Post subject:

sorry I have not posted the pics yet, I'm have troubles with my hosting co.... Cool

Gib is the friggen man... He tweaked my head, did some test, and sent it back... I mounted it, and proceeded to cut my tunes... After all the crap I heard about presto heads, I'd have to say I'm impressed with the sound.. It cuts at about +3db @ 1 volt ac. The head I have is stock 15ohms, so my normal power amp is running the show.. All I need to do now, is tweak the angle of the dangle, to be proportionate to the beat of the meat.. I mean, adjust the cutting angle a bt, and tweak out my riaa curve to try to get a little more high end.. The bass is incredible.. My first cut is by far the best acetate I have ever had cut, IMO... I mean MO is bais, but siriusly.. Sounds better to me, then the last cut I had made on a scully, with a westrex... I don't think that guy really knew how to use that thing, and thats why he's gone..

Just gotta get rid of a tiny bit of surface noise.. You can hardly even hear it.. I'm very happy...

Overall, very warm sound even with a soild state amp..

The 90-B will be restored very soon, and either sold, or I will try to aquire a 500ohm head for it, since that amp looks so dang cool..

Lewis D · Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:58 pm Post subject:

Sounds good. I have a presto 1D head wich I got with my Presto 8DG lathe from North Carolina ( Im in London). I currently use a Grampian type D head and did not bother with the Presto head. Iv also got the presto amp but the origanal Grampian R.A.7 is the dogs bollocks!! The power supple for it is a two man job to lift! I spent ages getting really bad cuts and then I final rigged up some VU meters to see what I was actually doing and I was cutting way too loud, smoke came from the head at one point!! It was so scary. But its gotta be the ahrdest head to blow because it was fine.

You have inspired me to try the Presto head out. Did you get the Vynilium system?

And by the way what you said earlier about handing down knowledge to the younger generation, I'm 16 so the art should live on for at least another 60+ years!

Lewis

JayDC · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject:

The vinylium system is the next on the list, and then a souri... I want to cut both plastic, and acetate. Shocked

I have a diamond stylus for my presto, but souri will not sell the plastic w/o purchase of his system.. so I guess I have to get a VC..