[78-L] stylus for vertical-cut Edisons

[victor]

Yes, I have an OWL 1 which has a vertical switching position. In case anyone's interested it is going to be put up for sale.

   Larry Jeannette


On Mar 16, 2011, at 7:35 PM, David Lennick wrote:

> Didn't the OWL perform these functions as well?
> 
> dl
> 
> On 3/16/2011 10:20 PM, Graham Newton wrote:
>> Jack Raymond wrote:
>> 
>>> Several years ago I bought a preamp known as the WaxWorks II from a guy
>>> in Florida who I believe was making them in his spare time.  It's a
>>> little box with four dials -- (1) Null-balance; (2 ) Function (stereo,
>>> mono, left channel, right channel, vertical); (3) Turnover; (4) and
>>> Rolloff -- which makes it easy to switch from horizontal to vertical, to
>>> select the better groove wall on some Emersons, etc.
>>> 
>>> Strangely I've never come across anyone else who owns this great little
>>> preamp, which seems odd.  As I recall, it was not very expensive and has
>>> worked flawlessly over the years.  Is anybody else out there a fan of
>>> the WaxWorks II (named after the 1992 movie, I suppose)?
>> 
>> Well you have just met someone who also has one of these excellent preamps.
>> 
>> The guy who made them (Russ Fisher) was the designer and wanted to sell the
>> design to someone else who would manufacture them for sale.  I'm not sure if
>> this ever happened, but at the time, he only made about 10 units.  Too bad,
>> because they were a very good design.
>> 
>> Here's all the details from a 1999 email from Russ:-
>> 
>> WaxWorks II is a complete 2 channel preamp designed for use with both older
>> monaural records, including vertical cut, as well as newer stereo records.
>> The front panel has four controls including a Null/Balance, Function Switch,
>> Rolloff and Turnover control.
>> 
>> The specs are as follows:
>> 
>> Rolloff - 6 positions - flat -5 -10 -12 -13.7 -16 dB
>> Turnover - 6 positions - flat 250 300 400 500 800 Hz
>> Function switch - 5 positions - Stereo/Mono/Left/Right/Vertical
>> 
>> Null/Balance control provides a very small stereo balance about
>> +1/-2 dB.
>> 
>> The Mono function sums together left and right input channels and outputs
>> mono on both output channels.  The Left function routes the left groove
>> to both output channels.  Similarly the Right function routes the right
>> groove to both output channels.  Vertical performs an electronic
>> phase reversal of one channel and sums it with the other channel for
>> playback of vertical cut records.
>> 
>> When playing a lateral cut mono record, flipping the function switch
>> momentarily to vertical allows for tweaking of the Null/Balance pot
>> for a null.  This will set the unit (and your cartridge etc.) to a
>> near perfect mono mix.
>> 
>> Input impedance is a nominal 240 pf in parallel with 47K ohms.
>> 
>> Output level is consumer audio, 250 mV rms nominal.
>> 
>> Noise<  70 dB.
>> 
>> Frequency response in the flat position is -1 dB from 20 Hz to 90 Khz.
>> 
>> Power is 115 VAC, 60 Hz.  Unit has a red LED power on lamp but no
>> off/on switch.
>> 
>> Finish is black anodized aluminum with white legends.  Approximate size
>> is 9 3/8w x 3 1/2h x 7 1/2d.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ... Graham Newton
>> 
> 
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