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Hi, Have not been here in years but had to share my Festival 1. It sounds very nice indeed. Don't scoff.
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I hope to get this info up in more detail, important...if the thick platter of a BSR McDonald TT is used, the longer special OEM single spindle is needed. A 1 7/8 will not work. Photo shows my 1969 P Bass with Moses neck, Bad Ass bridge and super hot Aguilar Pickups. Also my NS Design entry level EUB. The BSR 510, 610 and 2630 plus more in the series all have interchangeable platters. The 2630 platter is very heavy and thick, hence the longer single play spindle (not an easy find unless it comes with the original unit). As an aside, BSR's that won't spin can be fixed with a hot soldering wand poked in the spindle hole until the solidified grease melts. You can do a google to find more.
Why not just clean the solidified grease out,and regrease it?
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Hi, That's what I did, I regreased the TT a few years ago. I think I used Lithium grease. Really pleased with this project. It has turned out better than I could have imagined, especially the heavy platter. The darn Festival 1 sat for 15 years after bought off ebay. Usually in a closet. It was not until a few weeks ago I said no more stereo amps or receivers until it gets working. I could have died early and missed out on all the fun. I will be 58 on Dec 1. This is a photo from a few weeks ago before the TT mod. It has my Fender Modern Chinese Jazz 5 string bass in it.
Friday I posted I had a NOS dustcover, thought I would close it with a room photo. To the left is my Njoe Tjoeb CD player, Denon TU-600 tuner and Nakamichi Dr-3. The fender bass amp combo is double isolated from the TT. I also made the stand from the densest lumber I could find at HD.
nice p bass.
looking for some jazz and a little libations - joe strummer
Nice! I makes a big diff in the overall look!
ET
Just received my BSR 2630, wiring harness would require snipping and surgery so I thought, why not swap platters. Yes, it works. The new platter is twice as substantial. I also have a new cartridge sled so I may try a Shure 97xe. Photo is with newer platter.
That is the fist tricked out BSR that I have ever seen! I think I have one that was my brother-in-law's. I was going to give it away, but if I get my hands on the heavy platter, I might give it a try. (Just for grins!) Is it manual only after the mod? I am working on a Garrard Type A myself. Let us know how the M97xe works out. I love mine on my Grace 707.
Dave
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The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.
all the posts were positive. One said about dropping in a TT as the original is quite basic and a better table would help a lot. I just showed my old Festival to show they had been using that name a while.
But now that you mention it I think it is on the ugly side myself. The KLH's were nicer looking in my opinion. But hey I like BMW boxer motorcycles which most consider ugly.
ET
The BMW boxers are an engineering masterpiece.
Jerry
The BMW boxer is a thing of beauty. However, I cannot say the same about the inline BMW bike.
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I sold my R75/6 a couple of years ago and am quite content with my Schwinn Voyageur 11.8.
I just pulled a Schwinn Varsity out of the neighbor's trash, yesterday. He is moving. He is the older brother of two of my teenage friends. It is in great shape. he must have had it in his basement for around 50 years. It had a note taped to it that said "trash". One man's trash ... Unfortunately, it did not have a cool Brooks leather seat like your bike!
Dave
Where's the cylinders?
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30 watts mono, two 6L6 in push pull. Easily weighs 30 ponds and has a silly thick copper chassis.
ET
Isn't too hard to tell which unit I would rather have. Cool rig. Also that silly copper chassis is most likely functional.
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"""Also that silly copper chassis is most likely functional. ""
Yes silly good. Something you'll NEVER see again.
ET
Year I was born. Guy I emailed was all set to possibly recap my unit thinking it was like yours. Never heard back from him when I sent a photo.
Yours is cool too and I had never seen one. I added the pic to my library. Thanks!
ET
Wow, that's neat. I'm not surprised it sounds good, HK usually met certain specs even if Stu Hegeman would have gagged at such a setup. So how fast is that thing, like 300 baud?
Nothing available to read about specs here, I even have the factory issued manual. I am guessing 15 or 18 era watts RMS, maybe a bit more. Tuner sounds very musical but I use a Denon TU600 with it because taping the WORT jazz shows here in Madison, WI is better sounding with the Denon's low S/N.
Outstanding! Have never seen one of those!
I am really pleased I found a NOS Dustcover about 2 years ago when we had the massive protests in Madison. The darn things was wrapped in tissue paper in it's factory packaging after 42 years!
Wouldn't it be cool to put a more modern tt in it?
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I played with the thought, it would amount to damaging the cutout so as to modify. The BSR McDonald 610 in it is not original, you can see I raised the body TT 1+ inch. That is to let the harness clear the tuner flywheel of the festival. The 610 was the better model of the year, it has a cast aluminum platter as opposed to the pressed platter of the 510 and will spin another 30 or 40 seconds when turned off. I bought a BSR 2630 which will arrive soon and will see if that is an improvement still, the 2630 platter rivals the Dual's of the era being very thick (even though it's a BSR) and has pitch control. All these models which are called the Professional Series have decent tonearms, I'm running my Shure 75ECS at 3 grams spec.
Very cool. What are you using for speakers?
Edits: 10/31/14
Hello again, let's see if this posts. Speakers are JBL HLS810 on home made stands and JBL N26 on the floor under a bench. It's a small sunroom with plants and two easy chairs. I'm waiting on some 14 gauge speaker wire with the correct RCA/banana connectors. It's using 18 gauge right now. Needs a recap, but I compensate with an external ADC eq.
Waaaaaaaay coolllll.....
Thank you, Designed and built in 1970 in the USA, New York state I believe. Right around the time of the Apollo moon landings.
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