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| Grado Sonata Cartridge vs. Rega Ania In my opinion....Lots of carts in that price range smoke the Grado cartridge. Denon 110, ATVM750SH and Soundsmith Otello are three that quickly come to mind in the price range of the two carts you are asking to compare. All three are high output (... | |
| Help me pick a phono, pre and cart @atmasphere Just a question to help my understanding of cartridge motor operation and loading. Only seeking information from one who knows....Does cartridge loading impact motor operation, cartridge compliance, frequency response or other facto... | |
| Speed accuracy- how accurate is accurate? In my opinion....Pitch stability is MUCH MORE about off-center holes than variations in properly performing turntable motor operations. The difference between 33.31 and 33.35 is insignificant as long as the speed remains relatively constant in th... | |
| TNT Hot Rod vs SL-1200G @tzh21y My opinion....Could not agree more about early Aries tables. I would go a bit farther to suggest an Aries Extended with a JMW-12 arm sitting on Stillpoint cones is VERY hard to beat AT ANY COST OR BUDGET. That said, early VPI TNTs are quit... | |
| TNT Hot Rod vs SL-1200G @testpilot In my opinion....Getting rid of the VPI feet is an improvement that most owners have implemented. They are a known serious weakness in the table and VPI feet limit performance. That upgrade seems to point to an owner that was doing what... | |
| Soundsmith Optimized Contour Contact Line Stylus for Rebuild The rebuilt Lyra DC came in on Friday. New Boron cantilever and line contact stylus. From a purist perspective, it's no longer a Clavis DC. It's something else. Time will tell whether it's an improvement, has no change in sound or negative res... | |
| Help me pick a phono, pre and cart @sbank My opinion....Wow!! What a GREAT reason to use single-ended / unbalanced wiring! And a great reason to enjoy the superior performance of single ended electronics!! YOMV. | |
| Help me pick a phono, pre and cart @sbank and @jetson My opinion....(I was the one making the suggestion on the "other forum."))I have that early version of the JMW-12. Nothing at all wrong with it from either a performance or maintenance perspective. Even have two arm wands. My... | |
| Help me pick a phono, pre and cart @jetson I have heard that VPI is willing to help check out their products. | |
| Help me pick a phono, pre and cart @jetson My opinion... And for that matter, a used early VPI TNT or Aries can be tweaked to perform outstanding without a lot of effort. There is a used fairly early TNT Hot Rod with a JMW-12 arm with a stand for sale for $3500 somewhere on anoth... | |
| Using Maple Butcher Block Under a Turntable @blueranger My opinion....It has been my recent experience that using rubber for turntable damping does not seem to produce the desired results. Removing the "half inch high damped spike stands" that use rubber may have cleaned up dynamics and th... | |
| Using Maple Butcher Block Under a Turntable @blueranger When you said "half inch high dampened spike stands," were those by chance rubber damped spike stands? | |
| vpi tnt still a performer? @melm I do specifically state I have heard the acrylic-lead platter. I have it on a "modified TNT" and indicate "quite good" as my opinion on performance. It is also my opinion that the modded TNT with the lead-filled acrylic platter is not quit... | |
| vpi tnt still a performer? @melm I have a "modified" TNT with a solid black lead-filled acrylic platter. Quite good. The Aries platter I have has a thin (maybe 1/4") layer of black acrylic on top of a metal (I though stainless or aluminum) platter. Heavy. Grooved. Rest... | |
| vpi tnt still a performer? @melm I thought the original Aries shared the same platter as the current model of TNT at the time the Aries was produced. But I could be wrong. |