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| Soundsmith Optimized Contour Contact Line Stylus for Rebuild chaksterAlso i’ve never heard before that SoundSmith also repair vintage audio equipment, not only cartridges ...Soundsmith offers first-class equipment repair. They did an expert job on my Tandberg TD-20a after other techs looked at it but thr... | |
| Beware the audio guru dlcockrumIMO, after reading some of the posts here, the thread should have been titled "Beware the Blowhards".I was trying to be polite. | |
| Beware the audio guru prof... I don’t recall many...or even any...people speaking in the absolutist terms you are writing about ... But I’d like to actually see an example or two ...If you keep reading the forums, I'm confident you'll recognize those who speak in ab... | |
| Talk but not walk? amg56Explain how or why this works. Why is it so hard to get a straight answer?Nobody here owes you an explanation for anything. Everyone is free to post their own experiences. You are free to evaluate those experiences any way you like. | |
| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning profI have a pal who always takes the cheaper way out, always looking for a bargain, buying second hand etc. We have different approaches - he is always willing to spend time and effort to save a buck; I am always willing to spend some bucks to s... | |
| Audio Research REF 3 and REF 5 Tweaks lostbearsARC use to recommend no cover. before they introduced the Plexi covers. Hmmmm, I'm not sure that's true. It's certainly not mentioned in any of the ARC owner's manuals that I've seen. It would also pose a potential shock hazard so it's a... | |
| Is Velodyne gone? kosst_amojanThis is where Elon Musk is an asshat. He genuinely cannot think ... I honestly can't stand that fool. I knew he was and idiot ... All his windbag jive ... a complete idiot ... he knows nothing about much of anything. He doesn't u... | |
| Can you ever get perfect alignment? avanti1960mthe reason I say we can’t get it perfect is because every form of alignment has only (2) points on the side of an album where the stylus is perfectly tangential to the grooves ...If you can achieve tangency at those two null points... | |
| Is it possible to mount cartridge without using a protractor? chaksterI don't like mirrors when it comes to protractors, i remember Van Den Hul protractor with mirror and it was a nighmare, because all the printed lines are reflected in the mirror and it was impossible to detect where is the actual prin... | |
| What's happened to the used high end market recently?? Sales are tough....:0( johnread57How can we determine a fair price?A fair price is what a willing buyer will pay to a willing seller. | |
| Yanni or Laurel? papagiorgioI think that there is a system reproduction difference. I listened to it a half dozen through the stock speakers on my flat screen TV, and it is VERY clearly Yanni. However, if I play the exact same clip through my home theater s... | |
| BaerWald vs VPI setup protractors jls001Do you mean the OH must be measured only at a specific point?Typically, you measure overhang at two points. But how can you be sure you've achieved tangency at either or both of those points? How can you be sure the phono cartridge isn't t... | |
| Art Dudley Calls B.S. but without naming names - PLEASE DO! ejr1953... what determines the "value" of an item in our marketplace? I'd say it's what people are willing to pay for it.Agreed. Value, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. | |
| BaerWald vs VPI setup protractors jls001And regarding mirrored surface for aligning the cantilever, use any small mirror.That won't work. You'll need a mirrored gauge that includes an etched line that's used - along with the reflection of the cantilever - to achieve proper orien... | |
| BaerWald vs VPI setup protractors melmWhen you wrote, "This is why Mint protractors are made one by one for each tonearm." it seemed you were ascribing greater precision to them, which would be incorrect. IMO the arc protractor, which was introduced originally by Wally Malewicz, ... |