dgarretson
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| Why terminations on speaker cable? Makes a difference. I've been using DIY copper foil speaker cables & jumpers with 1/4" punched holes. This works nicely with Cardas no-stress clamp-style binding posts. With Merlin VSM this has eliminated ten solder joints and ten spades per s... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks, got it. It was also helpful to read V. Khomenko's old AA post (which you participated in) and the second URL below (which in a footnote expresses skepticism about the test method using 1kHz tones.)http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/vinyl/mes... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Could you explain that further? I had assumed that cross-talk that varies with physical azimuth adjustment was solely a function of misallignment of stylus angle w/r to grooves. | |
| The pivoted arm experiment is over MePearson, excellent experiment & review-- which as an owner of both a linear tonearm and VPI TNT I particularly enjoyed. Not to over-complicate things, but I wonder whether some of your satisfaction with a linear arm may owe to arm in context... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, neutral as in arm parallel with platter.When setting azimuth with a mirror I am not referencing to the cartridge body. I use enough magnification to sight a straight line through the diamond and its mirror image. Admittedly it takes a bit of ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, So far I've been experimenting in a narrow range around neutral VTA and like Azden level or slightly negative. There does not seem to be too much difference +/- a few degrees from neutral VTA. Correct azimuth was more important to eliminate a... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? To points above regarding set-up of Azden YM-P50VL, with my example I found correct azimuth required slightly canted cartridge body. Other MM/MI that I've tried seem less sensitive to azimuth adjustment. This cartridge is more resolving than most ... | |
| Azimuth observations and importance I use a CD as a mirror, a magnifier with a handle, and Petzl's best head lamp made for night climbing-- all multi-purpose tools that do the job, assuming good eyesight. At close magnification you can see two images of the cantilever down into the ... | |
| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? My minor revelation about the relativity in so much of this occured at a 2CH show while eaves-dropping on elevator conversation between four print magazine reviewers. They were exhanging preferences about various rooms. Each one had a different pr... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, FWIW there is no overload problem with Azden through my 48db balanced SS ARC PH-2. ARC rates the unit good for max input of 300mV RMS at 1kHz(1500mV at 10kHz). | |
| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? Too bad the thread returns to generalizations & celebration of received wisdom. Mechanics is a system of complex variables. While the idea of an absolutely rigid bearing is comforting, in actual use the performance of a long lever arm is the s... | |
| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? Dertonearm, if I understand you consider a short arm to be the Achille's heel. I can only offer anecdotally that the shorter I adjust my tonearm the better it sounds. I can think of no explanation other than that improved resonance control of shor... | |
| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? Nilthepill, interesting points. In the horizontal a linear air bearing design has the advantage of zero static or dynamic friction. Moreover, assuming good eccentricity of LP, within certain limits the higher lateral mass of a linear arm could act... | |
| Setting Sub Crossover Freq This is an excellent way to go unless one has a high-quality full-function outboard crossover to perform high-pass hand-off to main speakers. Mediocre electronics of high-pass crossovers typically found inside sub cabinet are likely to degrade sou... | |
| Setting Sub Crossover Freq Mjmch, are you running through a high-pass crossover to main speakers and a low-pass crossover to sub, or are you instead letting the main speakers run full range and connecting the sub via line-level or speaker-level inputs from preamp or amp? Th... |