The LP
Is Back!
by Audio Amateur Corporation
CONTENTS
THEORY AND CARE:
Component Interfaces (Part I);
Component Interfaces (Part II);
AUDIO TOPICS:
Record Care (Part I);
Record Care (Part II);
Tracing Distortion and What To Do About It (Part I);
Tracing Distortion and What To Do About It (Part II);
Record Groove Parameters;
Minimizing Pickup Tracking Error (Part I);
Minimizing Pickup Tracking Error (Part II);
Minimizing Pickup Tracking Distortion (A Sequel);
The "Disc Sound" …And Why It Sounds That Way;
AUDIO FUNDAMENTALS:
About Equalization;
Who Has the Perfect Tip?;
Disc Recording Equalization Demystified;
PRACTICE:
Igor: Washer for Dirty Discs;
A Vacuum System for Cleaning Recordings;
A Storage Cabinet for Phonograph Discs;
ELECTRONICS:
A Vacuum Tube Pre-Preamp with Active Voltage Regulation;
A Preamp for Vintage 78s;
RIAA Network Limitations;
AR System Drives New Turntable;
An Electronic Speed Control;
HARDWARE:
The Belt-Driven Turntable Revisited;
A Do-It-Yourself Tone arm;
The Praying Mantis;
Modifying the Rabco SL8E;
SME Shell Surgery;
Modifying the Formula-4 Tone arm;
Improving Rabco's ST-4 Tone arm;
A Tangential Tracking Tone arm;
STEP RIGHT UP:
A Moving Coil Transformer;
An Anti-Shock Turntable Cradle;
A Seismic Platform;
Convert Your Turntable to Belt Drive;
The Mr. Bill Turntable