bpoletti
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| Turntable setup in Chicagoland area @ bpwalsh - shhhh... Audiogon will want a piece of the "value exchange." ;-) | |
| Turntable setup in Chicagoland area I would trust Brian Walsh. He has a long history and great reputation in the industry. I have met him several times and he has good depth of knowledge. I would not trust infectus005. | |
| Tube pre amp How about a used Herron Audio VTSP-1? VERY GOOD performer. Doesn't sound tubey, just very clean. | |
| Help with counterweight on VPI JMW 3d tonearm Glad this is resolved for you. | |
| Help with counterweight on VPI JMW 3d tonearm It might be under the counterintuitive. BTW, my early JMW-12 doesn't have a set screw. | |
| Help with counterweight on VPI JMW 3d tonearm Agree with @stringreen and add that you might want to try a drop or two of a light oil and allow time for the oil to penetrate into the joint. It might also be that the joint has seized over time and needs a little extra umph to break it loose. ... | |
| Foil damping tape as a tonearm tube wrap? The Sumiko Analog Survival Kit used a thin tape to be wound tightly around an arm tube slightly overlapping the winds. It was not heavy.The 3M foil damping tape is a heavy, foil-backed thin sorbothane-like material. Heavy compared to the Sumiko ... | |
| Highest detail cartridges @chakster 2048?? Yikes. I hope I make it that long but doubt I would remember which way the table rotates by then, much less be able to see well enough or stop the shakes to cue an arm. ;-) | |
| Highest detail cartridges @viridian Thank you. I think I have found a cartridge that is meet, or at least is very close, to my wants. Getting close to completing breakin on a Clavis Da Capo that Soundsmith "rebuilt" with a Boron Cantilever and a Soundsmith line contact s... | |
| Soundsmith Optimized Contour Contact Line Stylus for Rebuild @rauliruegas There are some hours on the cart and it seems to have pretty much settled. I agree with you that the Clavis DC with a Boron cantilever and Soundsmith line contact stylus seems the way to go. It's quite good and a significant improve... | |
| Highest detail cartridges @atmasphere +1 though I have heard some significant differences in cartridges even with the most careful set-up I can provide. I'm currently using a Lyra Clavis DC with a new cantilever and stylus (from Soundsmith) that is outperforming its pred... | |
| Highest detail cartridges @viridian No apologize necessary. My opinion....I am, unfortunately, very sensitive to timbre particularly in cellos, double reeds and violins. Yes, there are variations in some equipment used to record the instruments, but in my opinion less ... | |
| Highest detail cartridges @viridian I listen to 99%+ classical music. Instrument timbre can expose the accuracy of the recording. And I've been a part of blind listening sessions that used two components that were identical except for a 3 millibel difference in frequency... | |
| Highest detail cartridges @bimasta - How can you tell? Maybe it is just a mediocre performance. I prefer accuracy over distortion. | |
| Highest detail cartridges @chakster What is "closer to the music" except distortion and coloration that you find particularly pleasing? Is "closer to the music" a more accurate reproduction of what is in the groove or a "romantic" rewrite? |