billstevenson
Responses from billstevenson
| Analog Magic Question Here is the test summary. Date of setup: July 26, 2025 Turntable: Technics SL1200GAE Cartridge: Ortofon 2M Black LVB AnalogMagik V.2 Initial Setup was accomplished using mechanical & visual aids, i.e. Feickert protractor, Ortofon Styl... | |
| Analog Magic Question I agree with what Mac wrote above, and want to answer lewm's question as accurately as possible. This discussion and the questions back and forth have been immensely helpful to me. My new LVB stylus arrived yesterday and seems to work just fine.... | |
| RIP Chuck Mangione Thanks for the post of this sad news. My young wife and I went to see and hear him at a club during my college years in Seattle. This was circa 1971-2. He was very much on top of his game at that time. Now I will spin a record or two in his ho... | |
| Analog Magic Question And further to that point I did not send my cartridge for microscopy analysis so my comparison is not fair either. One other interesting observation is that using AnalogMagik I found SRA and VTA contribute comparatively little distortion. | |
| Amazon Selling Used CDs Advertised As New This just happened to me for the first time yesterday. I just reported it, but decided to keep the cd as it is one that is out off print so to speak. Don't know what action Amazon will take yet, but I'll let you know. | |
| Analog Magic Question Lewm, Now you know of two and I can tell you from having used both, that for correcting zenith AnalogMagik is far easier to use. The other parameter that by measurement contributes significantly is azimuth. These two together, azimuth and zenit... | |
| Analog Magic Question @ledoux1238 You ask a fair question, what am I hearing? How do I characterize the sound of distortion? Or more specifically, when distortion is reduced, what is the result? I am not good at describing sound. My records sound clearer, more op... | |
| Analog Magic Question AnalogMagik is a distortion analysis program. For example, you want to measure the amount of IM distortion in both the left and right channels at the current setting, then you want to see if changing the current setting or position can improve th... | |
| Analog Magic Question Oh I understand now. In trying to setup my SL1200GAE first with the 2M Black, the AnalogMagik software revealed that the cartridge is defective. Wally tools did not uncover that fact. Similarly when I setup the same TT with the VAS Nova stereo ... | |
| Bin dug noisy records. Does it diminish your enjoyment? I have acquired ~8,000 neglected records that I am sorting thru right now. Most of them are a mess; Dirt, mold, you name it. Step 1. Clean with VPI Cyclone using a 3 step process. Step 2. Use a HumminGuru for Ultrasonic clean and final rinse.... | |
| Analog Magic Question @macg19 I am not aware of any undisclosed limitations. Do you know something I don't know? No I just bought the software, nothing else. Bill | |
| Analog Magic Question I am familiar with Wally tools, have used them, subscribe to JR's blog and have a friend who has loaned me his full set of tools. The two approaches are fully compatible and in fact if you can first set up your TT with Wally tools, then use Analo... | |
| Analog Magic Question FWIW, what on the surface should seem to be a very simple thing to understand and measure, wow and flutter, is anything but that. I have not yet had an opportunity to work on a belt drive TT. That day will come, but the two I have ready to hand ... | |
| Will a record weight harm the motor in a direct drive turntable? Here is some new information for all of us to chew on. I recently acquired Analog Magic software which is used for turntable set up. I am just learning how to use it and am probably dangerous. Just for the heck of it I wanted to see if adding w... | |
| Analog Magic Question Hi Bob, Thanks for sharing your insight. It does not surprise me that Analog Magic is used by professionals. It is clearly a professional tool. Although the program itself is easy to use, getting optimal results in set up is time consuming and... |