aoliviero
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| Dynavector XV1s loading & phono I agree with Thom's comments. I think you should first try optimizing the VTF per Thoms's suggestions. | |
| tubes and analog I have listened to Raul's SS preamp/phono and it generated more detail and bass retrieval than my tubed CAT. I think the differences are more in the area of tonality. Whether right or wrong, by distortion or not, tubes can sometimes provide a more... | |
| Whats the best record cleaning fluid? Worked on me:) | |
| Experiments with VTF Newbee,In trials, I did not compensate SRA when changing VTF. It would be difficult to do this precisely. As well, I always thought that changes to VTF were more pronounced than large changes in SRA. I agree that azimuth has a big impact as well. ... | |
| Experiments with VTF Folks,Couple more things:1) Material with piano is very good and included in my Norah Jobnes. this seems to be a good indication of timbre.2) There is no ultimate "perfect" setting. As you get close to optimum, you'll need to make tradeoffs betwee... | |
| Whats the best record cleaning fluid? I like Disk Doctor followed by two DI rinses. With the suds in DD, I assume it cleans any grime much better than Record research labs. I plan to do a comparison soon. | |
| Best bang for the buck turntable? I would say the TW Acustic Raven One at 5K, with arm, is one of the best values in TT. Below that I would recommend the Acoustic Signature Final Tool at about 2.5 k | |
| Raven One Emailists,You will be making a great choice going with the Raven One. I think this offers great value! Let me know how you like it,Andrew | |
| Raven One Ducatirider,I don't know how the Raven 1 compares to the Mambo. But theoretically, I think the motor of the Raven One is much better than Mambo and this could likely make it sound better. People in the know beleive the direct drive TT's (Garrard, ... | |
| Raven One I heard the Raven 1 and it sounds pretty close to the AC (~80%). For 5,000 USD for the table and arm, this is a very good bargain. Plus, it comes with the same motor as the AC which is one of its strengths.Highlyyyyyyy Recommended.Andrew | |
| Brinkman Balance Comparisons Rick,It was great listening to you system the other day. I was impressed with the detail, soundstage and separation of instruments.As we discussed, I think the Raven AC is a very good bet. The high torque motor will be the closest thing to a direc... | |
| Setting Azimuth Another similar method is to just play some Mono records and adjust azimuth until the image is properly centered in your soundstage. | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Sirspeedy,I'll re-look at VTA but so far, the 1.5 degrees seems to be working well prior to the change in VTF. But as I said, I'll take another listen.doug,thanks for confirming my findings. I wonder if the optimum range one uses above the mistrac... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description One more thing I forgot to mention. Soundstaging emroved greatly with the higher VTF.Andrew | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description I wanted to provide some feedback in optimizing my Orpheus set up. I have tried to further optimize the VTF so far. Recall, I have been running the Orpheus VTF at 1.92g. I suspected this could have been contributing to a slight leaness and brightn... |