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| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? Ok, I phoned techs at both Grado and Soundsmith (since they also do retipping) if they have found that linear tracking arms cause excessive wear and/or damage to cartridges.Both techs were fairly clear in saying "no", given that the arms are prope... | |
| Top 5 Hamburgers Kobbler King 3622 West Jefferson Boulevard (& Crenshaw)Los Angeles, CA 90016-4206(323) 731-9286Absolutely rocks. LA Times(?) had an article 5 years ago or so on the 28 year old "kid" who owns this tiny shack. He personally handmakes his cobble... | |
| Top 5 Hamburgers 03-09-10: SamharWho do you work for Sysco Foods? You know all "the" spots. Phillips is worth the trip, but I really like Woodies BBQ at 3446 W. Slauson I loves me some grub! Actually, my girlfriend and I love finding Mom & Pop places that deli... | |
| Top 5 Hamburgers J & J Burger Shack (barbecue)5754 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angelesjust East of Farifax & Adams Blvd.Good location for barbecue. Burgers are good and huge, but their beef ribs great. Pork's good, too. I also like their side dishes. Wood-sm... | |
| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? Here's the initial press release for the Thales "Simplicity" tonearm(.pdf), a more practical approach "Tetragon Solution for tangential tracking".Looks interesting and will be cheaper than their other arms | |
| Top 5 Hamburgers My girlfriend just turned me onto The Hat 2 years ago and I'm kinda hooked when I get my car serviced at the Ford dealership a few yards away. Another old-style pastrami sandwich/hot dog/burger joint is Johnny's Pastrami in Culver City at Sepulved... | |
| Top 5 Hamburgers Macdad,If you're in Orange County, definitely hit The Hat(Lake Forest) for their Pastrami Sanwiches, fries, etc. Haven't tried their burgers, but their sandwiches are classic, old-style, meat bombs. Their hot dogs/chili dogs are great.If you make ... | |
| Top 5 Hamburgers 1) I think the number one importance is good ground beef with a nice, high, fat content. Results in much juicier and tender burger.2) hand-formed, thick, patties are a must. The production line pre-formed patties are too thin, too dense, and impro... | |
| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? 03-05-10: AtmasphereThe Sayles arm looks brilliant. Now can we have a version that puts the bearings in the plane of the LP? Question for the engineers/techies: does the composite of the three points of movement in the Thales arm (shown here) some... | |
| the greatest pop song ever? 02-28-10: ShadorneThis pop song is a highly polished production by Trevor horn that will sound better than any other pop song when really cranked. Funny to hear how much of that style was carried over into Seal's work, just updated with better syn... | |
| Anybody own or hear the Wavestream linestage? Good luck, that's even rarer than the phono stage. | |
| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? 03-05-10: C1ferrariThe Thales arm reminds me of the Garrard Zero table/arm combo that I had in college I was just reading this website which gives does a decent job of describing the Garrard Zero 100 & 100SB turntables/tonearm and how the Thal... | |
| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? 03-04-10: HihoI forgot the mention another solution such as the Thales arm that is a combination of pivot and linear tracker by self adjust to tangency in a PASSIVE system. Very clever indeed. Thanks for the mention of the Thales tonearm, I'd neve... | |
| Van Halen or Van Hagar Check out what Eddie Van Halen looks like these days. | |
| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? Dertonarm, I wrote: "That, is the million dollar question. Unless this greater lateral force can be proven to cause increased distortion or cartridge wear, it is really a non-issue outside of the theoretical realm" Now, in this particular case, th... |