bpoletti
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| Tonearm for Zephyr Mk3 You didn't say what table, what arm length, budget or any other considerations. I have been very pleased with a Jelco TK-850L arm, 12 inch. I have heard other comments about TK-850 arms in different lengths. That would seem a good option to sta... | |
| Jelco VTA on the fly I have a recently purchased an Easy VTA base, and it’s in use with a TK-850L (Mk 1) arm. Yes, it binds and is noisey when changing VTA. The screw that locks down the arm pillar seems to take the pillar slightly out of vertical which causes the bid... | |
| To guard stylus or not? No stylus guard unless turntable maintenance is required and / or there’s a cartridge change. | |
| New TT for ~$1500 In my opinion....I have always thought that the VPI HW-19/III with a typical arm installed on that table is a very good performer and excellent buy. The HW-19/IV with a decent arm can be tweaked into an excellent performer much above competition ... | |
| power cord directionality uhhh... duh end wif duh prongs on it gits plugt innuh wol. duh uther end innuh yer lektronix. how yu gonna ree vurs it? | |
| A Soundsmith Re-tip Believer @chakster I rest my case. | |
| A Soundsmith Re-tip Believer @chakster Improvements in performance due to a Soundsmith may be related to materials. Consider that some "pretty good" performing carts used aluminum cantilevers and spherical or elliptical stulii. The Denon DL103 is an example. It can be impr... | |
| A Soundsmith Re-tip Believer I sent an old, tired Lyra Clavis Da Capo to Soundsmith for "retipping." We agree on using a solid Boron cantilever and line contact stylus for the "rebuild." The results were interesting. The cartridge was cleaned, the motor was unchanged. I d... | |
| Jelco TK-850L Installation and Initial Impressions @scar972 .... Isn't there a small change to the arm base to allow easier and more reliable VTA adjustment in the MK II models? Some kind of large diameter nut around the base? | |
| Jelco TK-850L Installation and Initial Impressions @noromance ....Only credit where credit is due. :-)I bought the hot pink Jelco JAC-501 cables since my other table has a phono connector box and I was just using standard RCA-terminated cables. The Jelco’s seem to be pretty good, but still in brea... | |
| Speakers that sound great in terrible rooms @keeferdog My room is a little larger than yours - 14 x 26 x 8 1/2 basement room, poured concrete floor and wall behind the speakers. Other long wall faces outside (walk-out basement), other two are interior framed finished drywall. BIG speaker... | |
| Worth the effort? Cabling inside sub @douglas_schroeder has it correct. If you want an easy and inexpensive, but good upgrade to the leads between the amp and the subwoofer, go to Lowes or Home Depot and pick up a couple of spools of Southwire 10 gauge THHN stranded copper wire, r... | |
| When you’re not here who will inherit your system? Not my problem. | |
| Speakers that sound great in terrible rooms Listening "nearfield" within a couple of feet of the speakers can help overcome room issues. Small, good quality speakers played at low to medium, levels can create a huge soundstage and incredible imaging. | |
| Reasonable moving coil cartridge @bajaed In my opinion and personal experience.... I haven't heard a Dyna 10X5. I know some audiophiles whose opinion I trust that say the OC9/II is as good as it gets under $1,000, but there have been a lot of advances in cartridges in the last ... |