[78-L] stylus for vertical-cut Edisons

[David Lennick]

I bought one for $100 and resold it..nothing in it that I couldn't do with 
existing equipment.

dl

On 3/17/2011 4:44 PM, victor wrote:
> 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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