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In Reply to: RE: Pioneer PLX100 review posted by fstein on February 21, 2015 at 19:11:14
I thought it was a great review. Overflowed with excitement, enthusiasm and exuberance, something sorely lacking in so many equipment reviews these days. Yeah, a couple of bearings were loose. Easily correctable and even if not, at least the thing would still be operable. Compare this to a more typical situation where failure is catastrophic, the smoke gets out of the container within so the review is halted while the review sample gets sent back to the mfgr so the smoke can be reinstalled....and then re-reviewed. This should NEVER occur with a review sample. But it does.
I congratulate Herb for an informative and entertaining review. I'm ready for more of them. Other reviewers steeped in the tradition of audiophile pseudo pomposity, take note!
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another analogue review without reference to any measureable physical characteristic, especially amp-sucking rumble for which not even the manufacturer claims early 1970s abilities (and what if they're bragging?).
A turntable is a machine.
Jeremy
Steve, we are not talking about the enthusiasm etc etc, all of which I agree was there. yes, it was a great review, but I don't think that the gear having sloppy bearings is a minor point - as I said, I don't have a clue as how to fix it, and I don't think that we should be expected to have to and still give the gear a rave. Having Saul Marantz's ghost come over and put out the fire in the amp is not acceptable.
Well, for me it would be more than acceptable; perhaps he could do upgrades at the same time? But unlikely to happen/too much to wish for.
Jeremy
Thanks for starting my morning out with a good laugh!
so, how do you fix the bearings?
...can't provide specifics w/o details of bearing design but typically involves a small locknut and screw.
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Steve, I can walk you through taking out your own appendix. All you need is a scalpel, a few kelleys and a needle driver + thread.
Needle-driver??? There's a tool I don't own? Particularly made for self-surgery??? Smaller than a hand-held sewing machine and with lithium batteries? I NEEED one of those! (Life otherwise filled with ennui.)
Jeremy
...screw up the tone arm bearings and you're out a few $. Screw up the appendectomy and you're dead. OTOH, if you're familiar with the details of an appendectomy as you seem to be, tightening up tone arm bearings is a piece of cake by comparison. And you can do it yourself in a non-sterile environment without having to put up with all of the ins co and hospital BS. And there's a certain degree of self satisfaction when you've successfully completed the repair on something that shouldn't have left the mfg facility in the first place.
There's a movie called, I think "Ronin" starring, inter al., de Niro. He directs unanaesthetised surgery on himself to remove a bullet, sew up, and clean. Afterwards he says, "OK; good job; if you don't mind I'm going to pass out now."
An example to us all.
Jeremy
My point is it shouldn't have left the mfg., and that the review should have made more of this.
What are my chances of getting a "good one"??
Just plain unacceptable.
... I have some carburetors you can synchronize. And fix the lights on your way out.
:-)
...more of a pain than tone arm bearings.
I asked on their site about the same thing. that is not an insignificant think to not explain. I loved the review and think the table a bargain. We know that many tables that are in this range have issues as well.
Jim Tavegia
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