billstevenson
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| Measuring "Stylus Drag" with the RPM Speed and Wow app At the risk of ruining everyone's fun it seems to me that the desired outcomes for this set of measurements could easily be overcome by the simple expedient of a simple listen. If our ears can discern some sort of smearing or loss of detail, then... | |
| Thoughts on moving from a 1200G to Sota Saphire or above My experience has been that upgrades beyond that of an SL1200G or in my case GAE are possible, but the increments are disproportionate to cost. I have a VPI HW-40, and yes it sounds better but only a little bit better. Hard to justify the cost d... | |
| why do people think the LINN LP 12 is so superior to the Thorens (say 165 super) It is nonsense. Don't listen to these friends. | |
| If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear So many strong opinions based on very little experience. Interesting. It seems that those who have experience with OMA products have a very positive opinion overall. Any naysayers? Mikey Fremer reviewed their SUT manufactured by Consolidated o... | |
| A 60 year old turntable design is still going strong! "But the basic design can deliver excellent performance when carefully adjusted."Good luck with that. | |
| MM Cartridge Recommendation It is interesting, curious even, that not one mention has been made of Ortofon's LVB stylus, which is an upgrade for the 2M Black and fully compatible with existing bodies. This would be my first stop in the quest you are on. In fact if you go t... | |
| A 60 year old turntable design is still going strong! iopscri wrote "Cartridge alignment can be difficult because the entire arm tube has to be adjusted to set alignment, but that is easy enough if you know what to do and have patience. The real problem is most people (and techs) did not know ... | |
| Mono cartridge recommendation I have a VAS mono that is neutral and quite good. It has an elliptical stylus and an aluminum cantilever. I have an Audio Technica AT33 mono Anniversary, spherical stylus, aluminum, neutral and also quite good. Both of these are moving coil. F... | |
| A 60 year old turntable design is still going strong! Well I just must weigh in here. Chakster has it right, the AR turntable was a terrible design. Specifically the problem was the arm. It had too much friction. Cartridges and records wore unevenly because of this problem. I was in the business... | |
| Tell about your experience with your old Audio-Technica SL-1200s.. Chakster wrote "If you personally can afford $15k turntable it’s fine, but in my opinion this is way too expensive for any turntable."We can all learn how to do a better job of editing. The sentence above is all you needed to say. Interestingly... | |
| Tell about your experience with your old Audio-Technica SL-1200s.. Chakster, I am not going to debate with you, but I think your lens is broken, or perhaps it is that you are looking at things from a distant land. A reasonable comparison here in the USA would be a Technics SL1000R, which retails for a bit over $... | |
| Tell about your experience with your old Audio-Technica SL-1200s.. Off topic, but Chakster asked what motor is used in the VPI HW40. Brushless Direct ThinGap motor, manufactured by ThinGap LLC of Ventura, California. This is a world class motor. For those who might be interested let me share some additional e... | |
| Tell about your experience with your old Audio-Technica SL-1200s.. For the record the VPI HW40 is also a direct drive turntable. With that said, direct drive or belt drive in high level turntables is not a big difference anymore. I would not encourage anyone to base a decision based on turntable drive mechanism... | |
| Tell about your experience with your old Audio-Technica SL-1200s.. Chakster you are correct, but let's put this into perspective even more. An SL1200MkII with a full complement of KAB modifications and adjusted for inflation is probably comparable to at least any $1500 turntable on the current market. It is sti... | |
| Stylus Wear Question I have been away for a while and am sorry that I missed this discussion last week. I have a Wild-Herrbrugg M5 microscope, (actually I also have an M3), and use it religiously to check for wear on my stylii. Wild-Herrbrugg has been absorbed into ... |