ctlphd
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| Optimizing TNT, Triplanar, Transfiguration Temper Since the preamp only seems to be acting up when it gets hot, and Spectral is going on holiday until the beginning of the year, I decided to go ahead and try a couple of things. I changed the cartridge load to 100 Ohms, which opened up the sound a... | |
| Optimizing TNT, Triplanar, Transfiguration Temper Ptmconsulting, you said for cartridge loading: I load mine at 220 or 470,depending... higher values produce a more open tonality but sometimes this can be a bit too sharp with some recordings so I tone down to 220 for those.I thought you were supp... | |
| Optimizing TNT, Triplanar, Transfiguration Temper Thanks for all the tips everyone. Unfortunately, something's now wrong with my pre-amp or amp and probably going to have to send one to the shop. I'll get back to you when things are up and running again. | |
| Optimizing TNT, Triplanar, Transfiguration Temper Dougdeacon, thanks for the advice on VTF. You forced me to re-check it...and to my surprise, the rubber o-rings I had used to fine-tune the VTF had rotted and failed! Furthermore, I had always been told to use near the max tracking force tolerated... | |
| Optimizing TNT, Triplanar, Transfiguration Temper Ptmconsulting, thanks also for your reply. We must have posted nearly simultaneously. I will be investigating these fixes over the next few days/week, but I have one initial question. What do you mean by minimal damping? Did you remove the damping... | |
| Optimizing TNT, Triplanar, Transfiguration Temper Thanks for your comments. I believe the turntable started as series 3, but not 100% sure as I bought it used. It has the dual solid pieces fused together for the basic platform, with the rectangular cutout. I upgraded to the ball suspension pods. ... | |
| Trouble with crosstalk when setting up azimuth Following up, I have done some more experimenting with azimuth setting and found some interesting results. I apologize ahead of time if I send someone off spending hours on this tweak, but it shouldn't take that long, and the final result (at leas... | |
| Transfiguration Temper Supreme cartridge loading With further listening, I found the 10 ohm setting to continue to sound excellent, but I did find the dynamics to be somewhat compressed. I tried 800 ohms, and the dynamics were much improved, but the air around the instruments and vocals was sign... | |
| Trouble with crosstalk when setting up azimuth Okay, first I set the cartridge up with a mono Johnny Cash record using the oscilloscope, getting both the amplitude and phase in line. Everything sounded great.Then I read your post and went back to check with the test record and oscilloscope. I ... | |
| Transfiguration Temper Supreme cartridge loading I'll try 1000 ohms, along with a few others, over the next few days, but I've now switched back to 10 ohms and am loving it. I hear more details, many of which I've never heard before, and the 'electronic sound' has largely disappeared. Now, would... | |
| Transfiguration Temper Supreme cartridge loading Thanks. I'm going back and forth between 10 and 30 ohms to hear the difference in just those two now. BTW, what about cable impedance? Do I just measure it with an ohmmeter and it adds in series with the cartridge impedance? I'm thinking I will ne... |