billstevenson
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| 300 rpm motor for VPI Your new motor has nothing to do with what you are hearing, brf is right. Check your wiring, arm, cartridge alignment etc. as something got knocked out of whack. BTW, I have an HW-19 with a 600 rpm motor and a Prime with a 300 rpm motor and the... | |
| Technics SL1200G vs GAE I should qualify that there are no functional differences, the GAE is prettier. | |
| Technics SL1200G vs GAE There is no difference between the G and the GAE versions, same arm, same isolation. I love my GAE, there is nothing wrong with the arm or the isolation on it. | |
| How does the sound of a power tube change, over time? I have a cj ARTsa amp that uses eight KT120 Tung Sols. I replaced all the tubes annually, not just the power tubes. The sound improves noticeably as follows: Quieter - big difference probably not due the the power tubes. Sweeter highs, cleaner ... | |
| How good is the Technics 1200 Mk2 with all the KAb upgrades? I had the same KAB mods on mine and liked it a lot. I sold it when I bought a new SL1200GAE, which sounds a bit better. Not a huge difference, but it you want the perspective, spend $4,000 on a new SL1200G and it will sound a wee bit better than... | |
| VPI 2nd Pivot for 3D I apologize for being absent for a few days. I live is South Florida and Irma has turned our lives upside down here. Anyway, without power and no air-conditioner it is difficult to get excited about turntables. I have no idea what you are tryin... | |
| VPI 2nd Pivot for 3D "I have a couple of questions that I would think be of concern to all VPI owners: @billstevenson, You may be positioned as our best form of information on these questions?(1) The factory off-set setting of S2P distance by 2mm on my Classic 3..... | |
| VPI 2nd Pivot for 3D With respect to the OP's experience with the VPI dual pivot modification, in case anyone missed it, I agree with him, have two VPI arms that are used interchangeably on my Prime and both have the dual pivot modification. It definitely is a worthw... | |
| VPI 2nd Pivot for 3D "Bill's facts/tests were not created to measures the stability in tonearms subject. So in this regards means nothing."I was going to let this go, but you have restated it and it is becoming obvious that you are ignorant of the scientific method. ... | |
| VPI 2nd Pivot for 3D Perhaps this post is a progression too far, but may I suggest that we agree that there is no one, single, absolute "right" way to do anything in audio. That is true for every aspect from tonearms, to amplifiers, to speakers, to wires...whatever. E... | |
| Phono preamp question I have to chime in with agreement, the GFP-565 phono pre-amp is quite good. Better in fact than anything I tried in the $500 range from the likes of Graham Slee, Creek, and the like. Among other things it has an extremely accurate RIAA equalizat... | |
| VPI 2nd Pivot for 3D Raul,I am having an extremely difficult time comprehending your message. Extracted from your last post is the following example:" Your " facts " about can’t prove that I’m wrong in my main " at micro levels unstability in any unipivot tonearm ". R... | |
| VPI 2nd Pivot for 3D This is a response to Raul's contention that there is a "problem" with unipivot tonearms. I am studiously trying to avoid the exchange about VPI and overhang. I had read all of Raul's posts, watched the You Tube video (actually I saw it several ... | |
| VPI 2nd Pivot for 3D Raul,The link you provided is for a sales pitch of the Mark Levinson/VPI turntable. Please send the link again. Thanks.Bill | |
| VPI 2nd Pivot for 3D With respect to the question concerning clamping, I have a Stillpoints LP1, which I use interchangeably on both my VPI Prime and on my SL1200GAE. It makes a difference sometimes, but not on every record. Generally records that are flat and 180 gr... |