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| VTA setting for 'parabolic' and 'elliptical' styli Well Axel,its max. 1 minute we are talking - not 5 min plus - that is required to getting the VTA adapted to the specific LP laying on the platter.That 1 minute is vital.Seems as if each of us spends much more time online in forums lately than the... | |
| VTA setting for 'parabolic' and 'elliptical' styli Missing was: "my quest of putting the record straight".Cheers,D. | |
| VTA setting for 'parabolic' and 'elliptical' styli Hi all, it seems to me that most audiophiles should make up their mind first, about how deep they want to go into the topic......It makes not too much sense to me if we first discuss set-up aspects but once they go into core issues and demand some... | |
| tonearms with VTA-towers for true "VTAF" Dear Kristian85, interesting attempt indeed. Good value for the money too. The VTA-adjustment however does have the same problem as the Air Tangent, Denessen, Goldmund T-3F, Kuzma Airline and all pivot tonearms - the adjustment of VTA does change ... | |
| tonearms with VTA-towers for true "VTAF" Dear Axel, yes, a FR-64s w/B-60 VTA-on-the-fly base. Still about the most comfortable VTA ever made.Not really a surprise this proposal coming from me sooner or later........The new VTA-base by TW is another option and more universal.The Technics ... | |
| tonearms with VTA-towers for true "VTAF" Dear Axel, Thuchan can give you some comments about the Kuzma 4P mounted on his Garrad 501.So far the one and only tonearm ever on the market who did it "right" (i.e. - VTA adjustment) is the venerable ET2. Its VTA adjustment is a circle-segment -... | |
| Where to insert the step up transformer Dear Cucurello, you will need shielded cables and transformer cabinet shielded too. If you use bare transfoemers and customize them into a cabinet, make sure all leads - input and output - are twisted tightly. Do connect the cabinet and the transf... | |
| VTA setting for 'parabolic' and 'elliptical' styli Dear Axel, given its ever increasing diameter armpipe (in conjunction with its "upper floor" cartridge mounting headshell) the SME V is most troublesome - to say the least... - to adjust to VTA settings required for older (read: most pre-1972 cut ... | |
| Where to insert the step up transformer Dear Cucurello, if the MC output is very low and the phonoamp is far away, do amplify the signal as early as possible and use a low capacitance phono cable. To keep solder joints and connectors to the minimum possible, I would however - whenever p... | |
| VTA setting for 'parabolic' and 'elliptical' styli Dear Axel,after a while you have settings for each label. These can be marked.Changing VTA becomes a matter of 15 seconds.Time well spend. About the same effort as getting the LP out of the cover, placed on the platter and clamped.After all these ... | |
| VTA setting for 'parabolic' and 'elliptical' styli Dear Raul, see - once again - I totally agree with you on this matter. I do alter my VTA several times during each session - depending on the record playing and the cutting angle used to engrave its groove. I started doing this in 1987 after my fi... | |
| VTA setting for 'parabolic' and 'elliptical' styli Dear Axel, the needed VTA is a result of the record and the angle of the cutting head used to engrave the groove. It changes with various LPs made with various angle cutting heads. Try - to name the extremes - OPUS3 vs. Mercury SR LPs and you will... | |
| Fidelity Research cartridges Dear Jcarr, dear T_bone, I assume that the Micro LC-80W is an OEM Nagaoka cartridge. Am I right?? Micro Seiki certainly hadn't put up a cartridge assembly facility of their own. Anyone out there with info about this?Thanks, D. | |
| Fidelity Research cartridges Dear Marco, you may simply use a good - solid - shrink tube and fit it over the armtube. It will dampen the armtube as will blue-tec or similar damping materials. However - I still am sure, that the FR-64s does not need that special treatment. It ... | |
| Fidelity Research cartridges Dear Jcarr, even if the FR-7 series do have little in common in physical appearance with the FR-1 series, it nevertheless was initially named FR-1 MK7 in the very first commercial product sheet/brochure FR published about its new cartridge.The act... |