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| What is the best phono preamp you have heard? David,I didn't know KC was involved in designing the Renaissance. Kudos if he was. As I mentioned, it's the second best I've heard. Decidedly better than the Rhea or Lamm in my own experience. If I were buying a commercial unit the Renaissance wou... | |
| What is the best phono preamp you have heard? FWIW, the phono stage in the Nick Doshi Alaap has been A/B'd by one Alaap owner or another against Aesthetix Io, Aesthetix Rhea, Klyne, Lamm LP2 and all three Suprateks. (Probably more, but those are the ones I'm sure of.) The Alaap is better than... | |
| Anybody heard Galibier or JC Verdier turntables? Thom,Yes, Teres is also still using a replaceable thrust plate with delrin button. I've observed the dimple you described on all three of the Teres bearings I've used and then inspected. Question: what prevents the wear/erosion process that turns ... | |
| whats the best styus cleaner gel Jtimothya,We all have a dream, but a hot-pink Proscenium? ;-)My resident audiophile and materials scientist (aka Paul) is familiar with the molecular properties described in that passage you excerpted from BASF. That's what first gave him the idea... | |
| Anybody heard Galibier or JC Verdier turntables? SirSpeedy,Interesting ideas about the PV's magnetic bearing. So when exactly did you hear a PV and a Galibier in the same system? Dan,I don't know where Thom may have taken his bearing, but the description on his site still sounds pretty familiar ... | |
| Anybody heard Galibier or JC Verdier turntables? The PV does not, IME, have quite the dynamic strength and punch that a Galibier is likely to have. My Teres 320 has more PRaT than a PV, for exactly the same reasons Salectric named (tape drive vs. silk thread). Belt stability and grip make a huge... | |
| whats the best styus cleaner gel Neil's tips for using the ME are exactly right. Here's one more especially for those with shaky fingers or poor closeup vision.It's just as effective and possibly safer to dip the stylus into a piece of ME as it is to poke the stylus with a piece ... | |
| whats the best styus cleaner gel As the co-discoverer of the Magic Eraser as stylus cleaner, I still agree with Spencer. We've owned a ZeroDust. We still have an XtremePhono lying around somewhere. We've tried RRL #9 (liquid).None of these works as well as a properly applied Magi... | |
| How to set SRA after determining true vertical? I will have another pre-amp by then and quite possibly another phono stage as well. Dan,I don't know how well you liked ours, but if an Alaap interests you at all let me know. I'll put you in touch with Nick and - crucially - tell him you're an ok... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Albert,That pretty much settles the measurement issues. Thanks! | |
| Silly Q about strobe disc Any size will work. The Cardas test LP has strobe patterns printed on the record label. We've recently made numerous strobe disks no larger than 8" in diameter. They all work fine. | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Having been brought to my mathematical senses, I concede the point (obvious to all but me) that harmonic relationships do not change with an absolute speed change, provided the speed is stable of course. Makes me wonder what we're hearing though. ... | |
| How to set SRA after determining true vertical? Gregadd,SRA actually IS the position of the stylus in the groove. That's what Stylus Rake Angle means. I think we're both saying the same thing, just in different terms.Dan,You're right, our arm is low at the pivot. But that makes the cartridge le... | |
| How to set SRA after determining true vertical? Andrew,I don't know if Dan_Ed noticed when he visited us a few weeks ago, but our armtube is not level either. It really doesn't matter that much. I rarely hear any sonic effect that I would attribute to armtube angle. What we do hear is best expl... | |
| Shelter 501 II Tracking Force in the meantime i dont have the 3g, do you still recommend putting it at 3g ?He didn't recommend setting VTF at 3g. He recommended setting VTF at 1.8g whether you have the 3g headshell weight or not.IME 1.8g is a good starting place for a Shelter,... |