actusreus
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| New Lyra Delos Cartridge At least you know you can trust your ears :) The loading values with a step-up transformer are listed in the Specifications section at the very end of the manual. I don't understand the technical aspects of loading directly into the MC input vs. a... | |
| Duped again I believe this reissue of "The Wall" did involve the original engineer and/or producer so this would not have helped. I also bought it and have listened to it just once, but was underwhelmed as well. My other copies of the record were bought used ... | |
| New Lyra Delos Cartridge Your answer lies in the fact that your load directly into the MC phono input will be different from the load via a step-up transformer. When you use an MC phono preamp, the recommended load is between 91-47k Ohms directly into MC input. When you u... | |
| Pop noise from turntable when power-off the unit. It's a capacitor issue in the Classic. Apparently, about 10% of the systems with the Classic experience this issue according to Mike from VPI. Some systems just love to pick the pop up upon turning the unit off. Just like the poster above, I simpl... | |
| Choice Rega P5 or VPI Scout? Alex_yakovlevVPI is a whole separate issue. In my opinion, these guys have serious problems with quality control and I have no idea how they manage to do this if they indeed manufacture all components in the US (according to their claims).Well, a... | |
| Tracking force and Unipivot tonearms Probably depends on the cartridge. I know that the Lyra Delos was designed to be tracked at 1.75 grams for the optimal SRA with the tonearm parallel to the record, but other cartridges might be designed differently and less prone to misalignment d... | |
| VPI SDS speed issue Right, but this still doesn't answer my question regarding Tobes' post. Does the SDS need to be adjusted based on the fluctuations in the wall current frequency? I believe yes as otherwise there would be no need for the frequency adjustment on the... | |
| VPI SDS speed issue Tobes,If I'm reading your post correctly, I'm actually confused on this issue. My understanding is that the SDS allows you to adjust the current frequency so as to obtain a correct platter speed, but what that "correct" frequency is is itself depe... | |
| Mint Best Tractor still in business? May sound silly, but make sure you didn't misspell Yip's email address. Common mistake that has happened to all of us at some point. If your emails did not bounce, it might be a spam filter problem. Most email providers have spam filters that filt... | |
| Van Halen or Van Hagar Synthfreek-Metallica...There is another band-ahh with an annoying lead singer-ahh.Please tell me you're being facetious. | |
| How do I remove gunk from a Lyra Delos cartridge? I use both: Magic Eraser and Stylast (both the cleaner and preservative, but the preservative only occasionally). I clean the stylus after each side of the record played. I understand that there might be some accumulation after playing even a clea... | |
| How many LP's do you own? How long did it take? I have 6000+ LP's, accumulated over 2 years.Average cost is less than 9 cents each.I have stopped collecting for now.Ken Over eight records a day essentially for free. And how did your Majesty accomplish that? Please do tell. | |
| VPI SDS capacitor question I just got a response from Mike telling me if there is no problem to leave it alone and count myself as lucky. The obsessive audiophile in me would like to fully understand why my Classic does not have this problem, but I'm going to let it go. Tha... | |
| The Mechanic Marakanetz,As Mofimadness clarified in his post above, the cart was not an ZYX, but an Ortofon Red (or possibly Bronze). One thing I noticed was that he allowed for absolutely no warm-up time for the tubed amplifier, which no good audiophile would... | |
| Lyra Delos Settings Jonathan,As a happy owner of the Delos and the VPI Classic, this thread is of great interest to me. However, honestly I do know how to read your findings. Would it be possible to explain "in English" which setting is optimal given these readings? ... |