dougdeacon
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| Teres 260 or Galibier Serac? I found some things that I didn't like about the belt-driven design (namely the stretching of the belt-splice over time and the audible sound of the splice passing the motor pulley). Both of these problems do exist with the stock belts supplied by... | |
| Finding ultra-pure water locally... Tim,You are such a NERL! ;-)Fully agree that a very pure water rinse is an essential final step. Of course it's no surprise that a second cleaning sounded better than the first, as you said. Here's how we A/B final rinse waters:Get both sides of a... | |
| How to economically clean old records The age of the LP's is not a problem. I have hundreds that old or older that are in fine shape. Your description of their care and condition is not encouraging however. As Calbrs03 said, scratches are non-reversible. So are other types of less vis... | |
| Sound differences between Galibier and Teres Cmk,I just noticed your remark about visiting during a future visit to the US. You'd be most welcome of course! We're in Connecticut, about 2 hours from NYC or Boston. Where are you? We visit family in the UK every couple of years...Jazdoc,Sorry f... | |
| TT+tonearm under $5k At your price point it'll be hard to beat a Galibier Serac.Table.........$3,250Anvil..............300 (optional)Artisan arm.....795TOTAL......$4,345Or you could forgo the Anvil in favor of a less costly clamp and put more toward the tonearm. The h... | |
| Sound differences between Galibier and Teres No question getting to know the makers is important, and visiting them in person would certainly help. I'll only say that Chris is taller but Thom has more hair!Frank_sm,We've tried multiple belts and have swapped with both Teres and Galibier owne... | |
| Stand out phono stages The Essential is an exceptional phono/line stage. One of the best we've heard. But to say it's "simply the best" is an overstatement, since it could not match our Nick Doshi Alaap. If the Essential 3150 we demoed had outplayed our Alaap Mk I we'd ... | |
| Sound differences between Galibier and Teres Cmk,I don't doubt you heard the differences you described, but why attribute them specifically to the platters? Were the other components in the Galibier and Teres setups you auditioned all the same? If you compared Thom's and Chris's systems in C... | |
| Sound differences between Galibier and Teres If you're comparing belt drive versions, I can tell you from experience that the sound of either table can be softened or made more accurate by your choice of belt materials. I've used perhaps a dozen different belts on our Teres rigs and others h... | |
| How do you know when a cartridge has broken in? My experience breaking in quite a few cartridges is very similar to Kurt tank's, and I echo what he said.The break-in tracks on the Cardas LP have greater amplitudes and a more varied mix of frequencies and phase relationships than most music. The... | |
| Got a New CD Player and Now I'm Bummed French fries,As Dgarretson noted, the problems caused by an elastic belt are hardly so obvious as wow and flutter. I haven't heard those from a table since the one I had as a twelve year old. ;-)My verrrry lengthy description might have read like ... | |
| Tri Planar / ZYX Universe soundstaging The short answer to your first question is, "yes", and it's direct evidence of the TriPlanar's superior imaging (a function of its more stable azimuth, which produces lower crosstalk when properly adjusted). A component that allows higher and more... | |
| A Newbie's First Week Impressions -- Vinyl Rules I was always trying to dampen and smooth out the harsh sound of digital. I know any number of audiophiles, some with systems costing well north of $100K, who've spent years and dollars trying to do just that. They typically end up with a bunch of ... | |
| Tonearm: How much mass is too much? Expanding on what Kr4 said, the ideal tonearm effective mass depends on which cartridge you mount on it. The cartridge's own mass affects the calculation. The compliance of the cartridge's suspension is an even larger factor. So there's no simple ... | |
| Got a New CD Player and Now I'm Bummed Dodgealum,Thanks for taking my post as it was intended, and not as an idle trashing of the Scout. As you, Jdolgin and Restock all said, it's a great rig at its price point. But price points require compromises. Comparing a $2K component to an $8K ... |