[eliottj]

You may have an LP that was released with the same mastering digitally.

Not likely. LP mastering has different needs than mastering for digital, degree of difference depends on music content.

 

[ArmchairPhilosopher]

Jesus H. Christ, I just had half a heart attack…

I'm sitting in my office at home, focused on debugging this piece of crap Windows application that one of my clients is "forcing" me to waste my life working on, with nobody else in the house apart of my cat, when the final second of "Humble Pro" on Apocalipstick by Cherry Glazerr plays through my headphones.

I seriously thought someone was standing behind me in the room. Cheeeeeeezzzus, that had me jump! Almost knocked a glass of water across all the electronics on my desk…

Gungnir MB, Folkvangr, and DCA Æon Noir — a combination so clean and holographic, it'll quite literally kill ya.

 

[565hunter]

I want Hart Audio to fashion an XLR cable just to have a balanced connection from the SOL and to be able to plug into the both inputs in SKOLL as well. The other end will plug into the end of the tonearm if I can get them the part number.

This connector should work. I have a 3 pin version that I tried on my SOL and it fit. YMMV https://www.amainhobbies.com/deans-5-pin-set-with-shrink-tubing-wsd1005/p57189

 

[tincanear]

I want Hart Audio to fashion an XLR cable just to have a balanced connection from the SOL and to be able to plug into the both inputs in SKOLL as well. The other end will plug into the end of the tonearm if I can get them the part number.

IIRC, SOL tonearm connector looks like a 1x5 (or was it 1x4) single row header. 0.100" centers (mfr's AMP (now TYCO electronics), Molex, SAMTEC, etc), pins are 0.025" square.

If the SOL pins line fit into a 3-pin or 4-pin PC fan plug, they are 0.100" spacing, otherwise (but very very unlikely given Mike's involvement in the development) might 2.5 or 2mm pitch.

The Deans connectors look like a variant of MIL-MAX parts with round pins.

The pin header-to-RCA interface block on SOL does a few things: 1) grounding of the RCA shells to the SOL chassis, motor, etc; 2) mechanical fixing means to prevent the RCA interconnects from tugging on fragile tonearm wires & snapping the cantilever on your expensive MC cart in half and burying it your hard-to-find $$$ premium vinyl pressings.

 

[theeclone]

A Sol up on US Audiomart:
https://www.usaudiomart.com/details...y-full-sets-of-weights-a-few-premounted-cart/

And it's gone!

 

[Rensek]

1200 seemed to be quite the deal. Weren't spare tonearms 200 dollars a piece? Plus that was a very nice wood platform. That person posted those pics on sbaf recently. Wonder if it was actually sold or just advertised to test the waters...

I'm a bit ashamed to say its been about 2 years since I last played a record on my Sol....Hopefully I'll make time this winter...

 

[classfolkphile]

My birthday is on Valentine's Day. Awww, I know. I'm finding lately that birthdays are less and less relevant, you know?

Same here on both counts.

 

[bcowen]

What, this old thing?



The ultra rare and highly coveted Sol: Two-by-Four Edition.

This ain't your grandpa's turntable, oh no. Hand-assembled using zinc-coated hardware for extra longevity, and kissed by just a single coat of The Homeless Despot's finest store-brand walnut wood stain to add that extra bit of class, of course.
Just as Odin and Frigg would have had it in their vacation log cabin up in Valhalla.

Much warmer sounding than the metal version, too.

Such a wasted opportunity. Had they used maple instead of poplar, the thing could have been a real contender and maybe even made it into Stereophile's Class B.

But even with maple it wouldn't hold a candle to this, as I'm sure everyone already knows.

 

[Timster]

A cable that arrived later was also very good.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/265592015180?hash=item3dd684894c:g:yUoAAOSwulBiLNH2&amdata=enc:AQAIAAABQPM6wgmPJrY0ykA8JL4bJGNKbhh2hcNS+mBhgvIZ1lrr59KZecm2rq8kMapjlsfqp9hmAF7kwrHgbsT+g0mSWW/1bFUs9ea1lZ/DkLovxTvUpgbF4+d2l6H6/mEWf6+SNj5SrMJ/XMAy0g9wvTne9KkEw4NznBrB3BF63INcOmjEeyR2Pcl4r5x7ffHuGojqi+38FT9TiLP6EpLJraMiwoLyJTfBMCoa1s15Kt/qZOKmQoYvxBIxCxk8ar/45jOZeZ0rd/a/twhJ9jd45Hw6JjPKgLOME8MT9bJYI7/kn+ptVaSUAZiNWmvAfSHXckzE1PglSc6u50TMLOjYA7GgP9Jw/LhGXuRov6ZdpJo4or8alyue+BNQl8yjvniagpFQJ0uN0Uqw4Pr6Q/Z/hgdvkSrhcj94wBJXMblmneTRbQIW|tkp:Bk9SR6i92pztYg​

summary, the first cable sucked the second was good enough, the third is good enough but looks and feels better, and fits better.

LINK POSTING TIP
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/265592015180​

 

[turtlerod]

LINK POSTING TIP
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thanks

 

[jonathan c]

Such a wasted opportunity. Had they used maple instead of poplar, the thing could have been a real contender and maybe even made it into Stereophile's Class B.

But even with maple it wouldn't hold a candle to this, as I'm sure everyone already knows.

The deluxe version has this to the immediate left of the slider :

[remember this?]

 

[corndog71]

Just watched this one. I love this guy's take on things audio...

This is exactly the kind of snark that is needed to explain the loudness wars.

 

[Doc Cupcake]

Yggy + Asgard 3 or MiB2 + MJ3?

Which to choose?

Yggy OG + MJ3 (its what I run!)

 

[jonathan c]

Yggy OG + MJ3 (its what I run!)

… see Doc run, run Doc run …

 

[tincanear]

Yggy + Asgard 3 or MiB2 + MJ3?

Which to choose?

IF using 200-300 ohm dynamic cans exclusively, then Yggy or BF2/64 + Asgard 3 or Jotunheim 2.

Otherwise, BF2/64 + MJ3