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| Do You Have a Favorite Disk to Set VTA/SRA? Peter,Thanks for posting a link to that discussion, which I hadn't seen. Post #38 seems problematic in two ways:1. He "doesn't get" how the timing between fundamental and its harmonics can change. If we were discussing the original sound itself, n... | |
| Do You Have a Favorite Disk to Set VTA/SRA? Melm,Thanks for coming back. ;-)Your tonearm, like my TriPlanar, offers quick, repeatable height adjustment on the fly. The good news: it's easy to adjust. The bad news: it's easy to adjust! Welcome to the risk of joining the, err... lunatic fring... | |
| Do You Have a Favorite Disk to Set VTA/SRA? Czarivey,Whether I have 7" records or a Rega arm is irrelevant. What matters is what the OP has, and he hasn't told us yet. Why do you accuse me of "promoting my strategy"? Read my post again. I didn't promote ANY strategy. The only thing I "promo... | |
| Do You Have a Favorite Disk to Set VTA/SRA? Czarivey, Thanks so much. If you'd been to my home to listen, learn and enjoy music together - as Peterayer and many other Audiogoners have over the past 10 years - your opinion of my hearing and practices might actually include some useful conten... | |
| Do You Have a Favorite Disk to Set VTA/SRA? I adjust arm height (and thus VTA/SRA) for every LP. This is because I hear the differences and appreciate optimal sonics from each record, not because I love tweaking.Not everyone is on the lunatic fringe. Depending on your tonearm, your system a... | |
| Stylus cleaner I am sort of amazed at how many people clean their stylus with every play. I hardly ever need to clean the stylus. I keep my records clean and that seems to be good enough so that I only bother to clean the stylus once every ten or so sides.I used... | |
| Stylus cleaner Chayro, excellent points. The highest risk factor for ME use is indeed the risk of user error. The material itself is completely benign. Since I use the "brush along the cantilever and faces of the stylus" method, which cleans best, I suppose my c... | |
| Uneven VTF on different part of same LP Gondo,Your tonearm's bearings don't require any maintenance. Every year or so you might do a gentle zap of compressed air (from several inches away) to remove dust and the odd cat hair, nothing more. Any decently made tonearm, including yours, sho... | |
| Uneven VTF on different part of same LP Yes, to both! | |
| Uneven VTF on different part of same LP My blushes, Swampwalker! I'm sure you mis-spoke, and meant to say, "...no data that I'm aware of regarding how many degrees off nominal his BRAIN can DEVIATE".Brilliant post BTW, much like Paul might say. You scientists have a way of undercutting ... | |
| Phonostage: Wavac vs Doshi vs Tron Crubio,As with any fine tube amp, the effects of tube rolling in the Doshi preamp are very audible. Which tubes you'd prefer are of course a matter of taste.That said, Nick designed and continues to upgrade the circuit to perform optimally with cu... | |
| Uneven VTF on different part of same LP From the information supplied, some possible causes include:1. with most tonearms, including yours, a non-level tonearm bearing vs. a level LP surface would result in a gradual change in VTF as the tonearm arcs across the record;2. differing posit... | |
| Stylus cleaner Some cartridge manufacturers (including Lyra and ZYX, I believe) will void their warranty if liquid stylus cleaning fluids are used. Buyer beware. | |
| Stylus cleaner Consider the Magic Eraser. My original post describing its use is here. Wow! It's been over ten years.Used successfully by hundreds if not thousands of vinylphiles, including those (like me) with LOMC's costing many thousands of dollars. Recommend... | |
| Phonostage: Wavac vs Doshi vs Tron Ddriveman,Unfortunately, I don't recall comparing the Doshi and Essential phono stages only. We could have done by sending the output of each phono to either line stage, but we weren't considering your particular scenario.That said, the standalone... |