That's a very suspicious email. I would ask him if he actually sent it. I would not be surprised if his email account was hacked.

Best,
Gary

Gary Galo
Audio Engineer Emeritus
The Crane School of Music
SUNY at Potsdam, NY 13676

"Great art presupposes the alert mind of the educated listener."
Arnold Schoenberg

"A true artist doesn't want to be admired, he wants to be believed."
Igor Markevitch

"If you design an audio system based on the premise that nothing is audible,
on that system nothing will be audible."
G. Galo

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From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Erik Dix <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 8:00:18 AM
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Subject: [ARSCLIST] Fwd: Re: Re: [ARSCLIST] Observations? Opinions? Rek-o-Kut turntable

Good morning!

I just received the email below thinking it came from Michael Biel.

If anybody should get this  in regards to the rek-o-kut turntable don't
open the attachment it contains a virus.

Erik Dix
Notre Dame Archives


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Subject:         Re: Re: [ARSCLIST] Observations? Opinions? Rek-o-Kut turntable
Date:    Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:54:32 +0000
From:    [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
To:      [log in to unmask]



Good Morning

Please see the attached document.

Contact me if you have any further questions.

Zip:Password - 1234567

Respectfully.
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*From:* [log in to unmask]
*Sent:* Thu, 07 Feb 2019 13:01:13 +0000
*To:* [log in to unmask]
*Subject:* Re: [ARSCLIST] Observations? Opinions? Rek-o-Kut turntable
They are made and sold by esoteric sound in In Chicago, IL

https://www.esotericsound.com/turntableA.htm

We have the Rek-O-Kut Trovatore here in our archives. It works
reasonably well. I wish the arm had an easier VTA adjust though.

Erik Dix
Notre Dame Archives

On 2/6/2019 9:21 PM, Karl Miller wrote:
 >   Lou,
 > Thanks for the comment, but I meant:
 > Rek-O-Kut TrovatoreTranscription Turntable - Tracer Technologies Inc.
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 > For the audiophile...The Top Of The Heap! Top quality transcription turntable.
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 > With speeds up to 80 rpm and the ability to handle up to 20 inch discs, it looked interesting.
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 >      On Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 8:05:11 PM CST, Lou Judson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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 >   I guess you mean this:
 > <https://www.tracertek.com/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=rekokut-cvs-14-turntable>
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 > My opinion is that for something advertised as “audiophile” it is quite reasonably priced
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 > “The CVS-14 is recommended for both audiophile and vintage records.”
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 > As far as I know, vintage Rek-O Kuts were puck drive, not direct drive. This looks a lot lik a modified Technics SL-1200.
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 > But I might get one if I needed a turntable! :-)
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 > Lou Judson
 > Intuitive Audio
 > 415-883-2689
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 > On Feb 6, 2019, at 4:48 PM, Karl Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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