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| Best Rock Album in 2012 Loomis, thanks. I'll check out Bevis Frond. Admittedly the folk and freak folk scene has been of late a richer vein than R&R-- as witnessed by this week's release of Bonnie Prince Billy Now Here's My Plan. A few other good ones include The Wal... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Redglobe, I would imagine that Vic could make a 1-2" longer Terminator air manifold for use with the GEM's outboard arm pod or to increase clearance between the arm wand and a periphery ring. | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable If an accident happens while loading an LP, it will likely be a scratch against the lowest point-- the steel tip of the long cue bar. A good precaution is to slip a bit of soft plastic heat-shrink or rubber hose over the cue bar tip.BTW, anyone sh... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Dover, taken with a small dose of Lithium, that should get you through the night. | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable The coupling points used on Resomat complicate the discussion. There are six vinyl acetate points at the lead-in grooves and three in the run-out section. Points are generally accepted as viable in other contexts of audio, so why not for an LP?Whe... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable I use a light clamping force, with rubber washers of correct thickness underneath and on top of the Reso-Mat as required to cup the LP onto to the vinyl acetate cones of Reso-Mat without excessive compression. | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Dover, to suggest that the Trans-Fi arm "is not a very good design at all" due to possible bearing wobble ignores a complex of variables.Unlike any captured air bearing design, this is a mechanical pivot arm in the vertical plane and an air bearin... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Slaw, to resolve the clearance problem with M420 I added a graphite shim. In the past I've fabricated shims from hardwood for this purpose. I can't imagine why Acutex made this cartridge body so short with angled pins. | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Funny, Acman3: with the same cartridge and tonearm I have been cycling through the entire Who catalog. The 420's tremendous sock, clarity, and separation play well with the power trio's delineated guitar, bass, and drum lines. | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners It might be useful to agree on a few tracks that reveal stubborn sibilance problems-- perhaps a female voice. These can be revealing of subtle problems in all but the most optimal phono set-ups. I'll ponder which albums may be helpful. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Acman3, I'm guessing that most differences between boutique headshells are attributable to variations in weight/inertial mass rather than material composition. A front counterweight will test this point. Since the removeable headshell will attach ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I'm currently planning a custom wand/pivot assembly for Terminator that will accept standard removeable headshells. I want to accomodate the max width found among the various specialty headshells. Knowing the max width dimension is important to en... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Listening to the M420 last night put a smile on my face while reading Mike Fremer's comparison of the $9K H&S Ice Blue to Ortofon A90 and Lyra Atlas. I felt no more than a slight tingle of penis envy for these MCs.It's interesting how much sma... | |
| Don't use this to lube your VPI Classic bearing Ditto Brf. For years I've been using Campagnolo bottom bracket grease in various TT and CDP jewel and ball bearings. It doesn't dry up and turn brown like most other greases. You could also try automotive moly grease.There was an episode of Law &a... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hi Frogman and Ct0517, I have been running in a NOS 420STR for just a few hours and am similarly impressed. Amazing performance from what could be mistaken as a missing gray plastic piece from a Revel model. |