dougdeacon
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| New Teres Direct Drive Motor Available as Option Willster raises some interesting questions. Chris has already discussed the DIY comment, which no longer applies to a Teres. Here's my take on some of his other points/questions. Chris would never maintain his judgement is infallible, but his desi... | |
| What's the limit for cart upgrade/VPI Scout? Kudo's for a most upfront response from Jcarr (not that I'm surprised). Some might have remained silent. Others might have made some effort toward encouraging a sale of their top model. Instead he voluntarily stepped in to say, in effect, "Not yet... | |
| Reissue 180 grms vs original issue Agree with Dopogue. Every Speakers Corner/Decca I own is an honest piece of work. Quieter surfaces, wider dynamics than the original, no screwing around with frequency balance like Classic Records so often does. Speakers Corner seems to cut the ki... | |
| What's the limit for cart upgrade/VPI Scout? This topic has been discussed (in general) many times. As a rule, the optimal upgrade order for a vinyl playback chain is: table and phono stage first, tonearm second, cartridge a more distant third. Doing things in this order will typically give ... | |
| Lubricate track of straight line tracking tone arm Strongly agree with Rwwear. Straight line trackers and conventional pivoting arms both rely on finely machined finishes to reduce bearing friction, not lubricants. Anything that leaves a residue on your arm's track will lead to problems, which rul... | |
| RB300 binding in horizontal movement Some possible causes that come to mind:Tonearm wire dressingCheck that the wire leading from the arm is not kinked or catching on anything.Antiskate mechanism malfunctioningTry moving the A/S adjustment back and forth through its full range a bunc... | |
| Is it worth this tonearm? Peter,Good move on the tonearm. If you haven't already, search for the thread titled "TriPlanar Tips". There are many fine-tuning tweaks and even one or two safe usage tips that aren't mentioned in the manual. Most of them are discussed there. The... | |
| New Teres Direct Drive Motor Available as Option A birdy recently chirped about suppliers who miss deadlines, and suggested the monkey watch his mailbox in late July. | |
| Is it worth this tonearm? Peter,You've already gotten many insightful responses. I do know one UNIverse owner who upgraded from DP-6 to TriPlanar. He was frankly astonished by the improvement wrought by the TriPlanar. My experience with the Atmos suggests it is worth havin... | |
| Review: ZYX Atmos X-SB (low output) Cartridge Dgad,Good question. I was once told there was a re-tipping/rebuilding service... | |
| Moving coil transfprmer? It is quite important to get a good SUT, but equally important to get one that synergizes well with the cartridge. A stepup that sounds great with one cartridge may not sound nearly so good with another, even after very careful impedance adjustmen... | |
| Static on Vinyl Socaoaste,Since the wood platter won't conduct static away from the record, I doubt using a conductive belt with a path to ground from the motor would make much difference. You'd also have to change the motor capstan from the existing material to ... | |
| Phono stage for Benz Wood H2 Abruceaudino,The function of gain in a phono stage is to boost the voltage level of a cartridge's signal up to a level your line stage can handle.Line stages are designed for components with outputs in the 300mV range (more or less), as is typical... | |
| Static on Vinyl I had zero luck with my Mapleshade Ionoclast. A Zerostat works much better for me.Contributing to the problem is that a cocobolo platter (both yours and mine) makes a poor conductor. Static buildup from stylus/groove friction has no easy evacuatio... | |
| Excellent turntables with threaded spindles ? Opus88,IME a center weight or clamp won't do much for a bad pinch warp. Dish warps can often be flattened, even when playing the concave side, but pinch warps require a vacuum platter or periphery ring. In truth, if one's arm and cartridge are rea... |