atmasphere
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| Amp damping factor? Most speakers do not need a great deal of 'damping' to achieve their design goals. A high damping factor is another way of saying 'low output impedance'. However there are two schools of thought about what is meant by low output impedance! One sch... | |
| I built my own Turntable and here are the results Lew is right- the tighter the coupling between the arm and the bearing of the platter, the better. Any movement between the two will be interpreted as a coloration, since the only movement should be the needle in the groove. | |
| LETS COMPARE TUBE AND SS AMPS. TECHNICAL Marakanetz, true enough- but since this **is** the real world, an ideal source exists in dreamland only- we can safely ignore it as a result.So, what is, is tubes and transistors. Either can have a high or low source impedance, and a price is paid... | |
| LETS COMPARE TUBE AND SS AMPS. TECHNICAL There has been a debate in audio- tube vs transistor- for the last 50 years. The results of the debate are unimportant. What *is* important is understanding that the debate arises from a deeper conflict as described in the links to the Atma-Sphere... | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? Hiho, for the record, the Empire does not go off speed if properly serviced, and can be expected, once serviced, to run for years without further attention. I have seen the motor angle being so poorly set that the belt engages the wrong part of th... | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? Lew, I myself think that is a good idea. I agree there are a lot of platter pads out there, as Axel says, its just that most of them are a joke. If you are going to make a decent pad, it should use materials science and physics- like understanding... | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? If a turntable company has succeeded in making several versions of a turntable, essentially with different drives, while at the same time keeping the platter pad and platter signatures exactly the same, I would agree that the differences one heard... | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? Jb0194, I think they have advantages if your system will allow them, in controlling warp. Since the platter pad controls the LP's resonance signature, the ring won't do much to help- it will merely insure that the coloration is consistent across t... | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? Axel, I regard differences in dynamics as a coloration, just like tonality and soundstage. All are **definitely** aspects of platter pad vinyl resonance control (or lack thereof). | |
| Triplanar RCA out to Balanced out for MP-1 Nandric, you speakers are simply in no danger regardless of what you do with the arm. It all has to do with what you do with the volume control :) | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? I've been working with a modified form of the old Empire table for some years now. It has a very powerful motor that has a lot of torque, runs at high speed and has a lot of flywheel action. Years ago I ran an electronics service center- while the... | |
| Triplanar RCA out to Balanced out for MP-1 Lewm and Nandric, this is why I recommend that the tone arm ground wire and the shield both be tied to pin 1 of the XLR. No hum problems! I have even used Kimber wire between the arm and preamp (using an SME V, not a Triplanar) and no hum at all.A... | |
| Pick 2... Ohm WMT,ML Source,Zu Druid,Gallo Ref 3.1 We've played the Druids in a variety of situations. It does help them to have some power behind them, even if you don't use it. They work quite well on solid state too (I am partial to tubes of course :) Sounds to me like you will need to do some ... | |
| Triplanar RCA out to Balanced out for MP-1 Hi Nandric, tie the ground connection of the arm to pin 1 of the XLR. If the shield has 2 conductors inside, then the shield will tie to pin 1 of the XLR also. That way you get a proper balanced connection from the arm to the preamp. | |
| Help with final choice of efficient speakers You might also consider the Audiokinesis speakers- they are highly resolved and easy to drive. Duke is conservative about his ratings, compared to a lot of other manufacturers. |