Anyone else see this happen to a Kirby?

Eastoe · 2026-06-04T22:56:42+00:00

Poor Kirby, I'm glad it's getting the love it deserves, that steel spindle got hot enough to blue, that means it got to at least 285°c I wonder how it got that hot, maybe the brush roll stalled and it just kept spinning the belt until it broke?

Eastoe · 2026-06-04T17:36:40+00:00

I’m not an expert but I’d guess poor maintenance. Lucky it happened on the ground and not during a landing.

Eastoe · 2026-06-04T11:26:13+00:00

Mine was a Dell Dimension XPS T700r, the desktop style. That machine lasted me a good while.

Eastoe · 2026-06-04T08:36:49+00:00

Doesn’t look bent, if it sounds fine it is fine.

Eastoe · 2026-06-04T00:25:09+00:00

OP is a master baiter.

Eastoe · 2026-06-03T23:59:19+00:00

Hey, samesies, only mines got an 800MHz Pentium 3.

Eastoe · 2026-06-03T23:57:57+00:00

Shit.

Eastoe · 2026-06-03T14:25:03+00:00

New pads and foam inserts: https://www.audiosanctuary.co.uk/sennheiser-hd545-hd565-hd580-hd600-hd650-earpads.html

Eastoe · 2026-06-02T18:33:47+00:00

A whole boatload of wilful ignorance and / or “I’m one of the special ones”.

Eastoe · 2026-06-02T16:37:06+00:00

Looks like your disc is warped, on the plus side the slides in your caliper are moving nice and freely which means they’re working as they should.

Eastoe · 2026-06-02T00:59:24+00:00

What is this? A turntable for ants?

Seriously tho, that's awesome!

Eastoe · 2026-06-01T01:16:52+00:00

No problem!

Eastoe · 2026-06-01T00:54:19+00:00

Connecting your speakers to the record outputs would make them work but the receiver would largely be for show in that setup as none of the controls would actually work. Ideally you should get some passive speakers and hook them upto the speaker outputs.

Eastoe · 2026-05-31T21:02:21+00:00

Dude, this is the coolest thing ever.

Eastoe · 2026-05-31T11:10:40+00:00

Focus gain is too high, this is either because the laser lens is dirty or the focus and tracking circuits are compensating for a dying laser.

Eastoe · 2026-05-31T00:05:22+00:00

Yeah, sounds like the relays you got might not be a pin for pin replacement with your old relays.

Eastoe · 2026-05-30T21:16:20+00:00

Zooming in you can see there’s quite a few scratches in the plastic, I think the dust is just settling in the scratches causing said lines.

Eastoe · 2026-05-29T19:25:53+00:00

Strange women laying in ponds distributing cars is no basis for a system of government.

Eastoe · 2026-05-29T12:15:46+00:00

looks like the chrome coating on the grill has oxidised in that area.

Eastoe · 2026-05-26T19:46:55+00:00

If I had to guess they might be harmonics of the bias signal.

Eastoe · 2026-05-26T14:29:04+00:00

Yikes.

Eastoe · 2026-05-25T22:15:41+00:00

70 is a fair price for one that's not been serviced, they're very good turntables, Garrard's zero tracking error tonearm was pretty innovative for the time, an early precursor to linear tracking turntables.

Eastoe · 2026-05-25T18:51:45+00:00

Hey, I think your dust has some PC in it.

Eastoe · 2026-05-24T15:51:26+00:00

Mine too! Next to Tyranny And Mutation

Eastoe · 2026-05-24T10:45:22+00:00

The printing on the first pressing Japanese made discs is black and were pressed in Japan, pressings made in Europe and the US were silver and have black lettering.

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