My bad; what was I thinking! Of course they are sealed! Must've been a senior moment. Sorry.
Cartridge setup revisited
I know this subject has been beat to death, but I just had to share this. I know I have a mid-fi setup comparatively to some/most here, but. I got some new magnifiers and a loupe for Christmas. So, I pulled out the old DB Systems protractor and took a look at my cart setup. Well, I could now see that it was off. Not much, but still. So, I tweaked the cart, and got it where I believe it should've been. Put on a familiar LP for a listen. My GF comes out of the computer room, asking "what the hell did you do"? "Just tweaked the cart a little honey". Everything just opened up. Bass, you'd think I added a sub. Soundstage, huge, well..... Much more 3D like.
Amazing. I didn't move things much, just a tiny bit.
So, my suggestion to all, is get some great magnification, light, add re-check the cart alignment.
I'm sold........
Amazing. I didn't move things much, just a tiny bit.
So, my suggestion to all, is get some great magnification, light, add re-check the cart alignment.
I'm sold........
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"Since a wooden arm would not be dimensionally stable at typical range of residential temps and humidity," Perhaps the humidity may affect a wooden arm (although I can't imagine that the wood would not have been properly sealed against such absorption?)......the dimensional stabilty of a wooden arm with temperature variations will be an order of magnitude better than arms constucted of aluminium, titanium, plastic and perhaps even carbon-fibre? Witness the DaVinci Grandezza arms and the Schroeder arms. |
So, my suggestion to all, is get some great magnification, light, add re-check the cart alignment.I'm sold........04rdking Wow! I didn't know that! .. LOL :-)) Honey .. many here use magnifying glass and the best tractors available from years! Besides you 'll be more "sold" if you buy a MintLP Best Tractor for your arm and turntable .. as Stringreen wrote above |
Also, see the pics accompanying this thread I started a while back: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1140840022&openmine&Nsgarch&4&5&st0 |
G'day all, a nice story! As my close distance eyesight is so poor these days, I use one of those helmet magnifiers when doing overhang adjustments with a Baerwald two point gauge protractor. It makes this very important job a lot easier and is highly recommended for those even with 'normal' vision as an aid to correct overhang adjustment. Regards, Fap. |