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| Linear Tracking Turntables - Best?? One cartridge that plays into atmasphere's point about the lateral versus vertical mass of air-bearing arms is the Decca/London's. The current Londons have a vertical compliance of 15 but a lateral of only 10, making them a good candidate for an a... | |
| Is Maggie 20.1 still overall better than 3.7? Danny Richie (GR Research) just took in a customers Maggies (I think the SMG’s) to redo the x/o with better parts. While he was at it, he took measurements, and found a simple way to improve the speaker’s response by adding a part to the x/o’s low... | |
| Adding mass to the Zeta counterweight All right, I'll give it a try! I just noticed in that same post I misspoke. I meant to say "And you're right, adding mass below the bearings should provide an improvement as the Zeta is NOT a dynamically balanced arm". Thanks for all the ideas fle... | |
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. Ha, great point brf! | |
| QUALITY AND SECURITY OF "LITTELFUSE" PRODUCTS At the risk of getting flamed by one particular fellow whose panties get quite wadded at the mention of Roger Modjeski’s name (apparently for not believing in the audible superiority of all audiophile boutique parts.), here’s what Roger found when... | |
| Is Maggie 20.1 still overall better than 3.7? That's how I felt Don. So I bought a pair of Magneplanar Tympani T-IV's to use as (sub)woofers for my Quad 57's (I had a big room ;-). Then I got a pair of the OB/Dipole Subs from GR Research. Wanna buy a pair of Tympani IV's? I don't need 'em any... | |
| Why are record cleaners so expensive? The price it takes to buy a used (or even new) VPI HW-16.5 will get you perhaps as good a record cleaner as you need. Far better than a Spin-Clean and far cheaper than an ultrasonic cleaner. | |
| Best Equipment Stand My God Geoff, what a great idea! I guess the looser the "spring tension" of the bungee cord (the slower it bounces up and down when pressed upon), the better (a lower resonant frequency, obviously). By the way, what's your opinion on the "sandbox"... | |
| Is Maggie 20.1 still overall better than 3.7? Yep Marty, the ET’s woofer is it’s weakness all right (as is the woofer in any and all planar/cone woofer hybrids---with one exception. Read on!). I don’t use it, just leaving the woofer jumpers on the x/o unconnected, running only the panels down... | |
| Bob Dylan MoFi Actually, it is the sound of Time Out of Mind that I find so atrocious, and that as a CD. I haven’t heard it on LP (guess you’re an even bigger fan of Bob than I, Slaw! ;-), and when mentioning it threw in Oh Mercy just assuming it, also being a D... | |
| Subwoofer Regarding cone material.....Rythmik’s Brian Ding recommends AGAINST crossing-over his aluminum coned subs at higher than 80Hz (the built-in Rythmik x/o affords as high a frequency as 120Hz, but that’s for the paper-coned sub), going with the paper... | |
| Your not a serious audiophile I'd you have?????? Too bad the Audiogon system won't allow corrections to headings be made, ay? :-). My answer is a "sweet spot" listening chair. | |
| Why will no other Tonearm beat the FR-66s? Yep John, the Decca/London’s lack of a cantilever is definitely a major contributing factor to it’s unique sound. I’m about to mount mine on the Zeta I just acquired, an arm reputed to be a great match with the Decca/London. Not as high mass as th... | |
| Sonic Barrier damping sheets vs cork Another choice is the lead weights sold at hobby shops and fish & tackle shops. Lead is an excellent damper, and possesses very high mass for it's volume. Pretty cheap, too. | |
| Is Maggie 20.1 still overall better than 3.7? I’m surprised how few magnetic-planar lovers (which I am, having bought Tympani I’s back in ’73, and currently owning Tympani IV’s) have heard (or even heard OF) the Eminent Technology LFT-8b. Definitely superior to the 1.6/7 (and perhaps even the... |