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Magnavox 832/Knight 924
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:08 am
by DJMahar
My favorite combination at the moment, these "dumpster dive" specials, resurrected from the grave:
- Magnavox Micromatic 832 in homemade plinth w. Stanton P-mount L720EE cartridge installed.
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- Knight 924 tube amp: recapped with some resistors replaced.
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Thanks to alll the seasoned posters here whose shared insights helped make this possible!
Dan
Re: Magnavox 832/Knight 924
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:00 am
by Bobby Basham
Dan, ya done good...
It's amazing what you can do with dumpster dives, and you've helped salvage some pieces in our audio history. How is the speed issue on your micromatic...a little fast or slow? All my W700 series run abit on the slow side. --BB
Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona
Re: Magnavox 832/Knight 924
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:49 am
by DJMahar
Hi Bobby -
So far I haven't detected a speed issue - sounds sweet to my ears, and I've been spinning both 78s and 33s over the past 3 weeks.
However it does have that seemingly typical Magnavox motor warm-up quirk (regardless of my attempts in disassembling, cleaning and
oiling the motor)- when first started, it runs slightly slow and warbly but after two minutes, runs trouble-free
for hours afterwards. I can live with that (lol).
Dan
Re: Magnavox 832/Knight 924
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:30 pm
by girlie
Wow..you did a fine job in there mate!!