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| Record Cleaning Machine SirSpeedy,Surely if you "sold" your wife you'd clear enough for a Loricraft. Where's the dilemma? | |
| Record Cleaning Machine Hdm's reasons for not buying a Loricraft/Monks are quite reasonable, for him and his priorities. OTOH, like Mikelavigne I would never go backwards from my PRC3 to any wand-based design. The Loricraft's ease-of-use, quieter operation and 0% cross-c... | |
| What is distortion due to? Trying different azimuths was worth doing. I've never had a cartridge so badly off-azimuth that it mistracked, but I suppose there's a first time for everything.1. Are your records cleaned?2. Is your stylus properly cleaned after every side?If the... | |
| Springs for homemade isolation stand Dgad,Calculating the resonance frequency of a spring with unknown physical properties is impossible. There is no way to predict whether the outcome will be better or worse, save by trial and error.Springs also introduce the possibility (certainty)... | |
| VPI Scoutmaster - Anti-skate again.. I don't have a JMW, but Tfkaudio's description of sonic murkiness with VPI's new AS device exactly mirrors what we hear if we set AS too high on our rig. Excess lateral pressure from the arm inhibits free movement in the cantilever/coil relationsh... | |
| What is distortion due to? If the noise occurs on both channels then antiskating and bad pressings are unlikely to be involved. Those problems tend to create one-channel noises.Distorted musical peaks could indicate an overload, but this should never happen with a Blackbird... | |
| Schroeder vs. Triplanar VII Sonic Differences SirSpeedy,Your assertion (now repeated) that these adjustments require "fotzing around all afternoon" is simply not true. Returning to a precise VTA number or fine-tweaking VTF takes 3 seconds, not all afternoon. To state otherwise serves no frogg... | |
| Schroeder vs. Triplanar VII Sonic Differences SirSpeedy's criticisms of the TriPlanar's shortcomings are still accurate, but his conclusions are not.Yes, there is play in the VTA/SRA threads, but this is easily dealt with. We make quick, precise and consistently repeatable SRA adjustments eve... | |
| How To Store Record Collection? Ikea Effektiv storage modules work great for us. Effektiv is a modular system you can build as high and wide as your space allows. It's more expensive than Bonde or Expedit, but the modularity makes it adaptable to difficult spaces. | |
| Schroeder vs. Triplanar VII Sonic Differences Aoliviero,I haven't heard any TriPlanar except the VII. You already know my take on it vs. all the current Schroeders. | |
| What's recommended arm for ZYX Airy 1000 3S SB? IME:- TriPlanar VII: great synergy, dynamic, lively and energetic right up to the point of edgy (but not beyond unless there's a problem in the system), read my Airy 3 review for more detailed impressions - any Schroeder: very slightly mellower, l... | |
| Schroeder vs. Triplanar VII Sonic Differences Aoliviero,Thanks for the update, and glad to see you agree we're not all crazy for preferring vinyl. Welcome to high end analog reproduction, there's nothing like it.To have Cello, Raul, Thomasheisig, Thom Mackris and myself all thanked in the sam... | |
| Schroeder vs. Triplanar VII Sonic Differences Those of you in north/central NJ are close to Nick Doshi, who built my amp and preamp. He's one of the most talented equipment designer/builders I ever expect to know. (Nick:Doug::Jose:Raul) I'm driving down tomorrow night to pick up the amp, but ... | |
| What phono stage candidates should I consider? Adog is right. A Music Maker would overload nearly any MC phono stage. I'd expect distorted dynamic peaks, cloudiness from the high noise floor and frequency imbalances from a probable impedance mismatch.Proper component matching isn't "hogwash". ... | |
| Schroeder vs. Triplanar VII Sonic Differences SirSpeedy,What, me nice? I just need to put faces to names. That may help if I need some handy insults, and of course you're invited too! Just keep the cheap wine in your paper bag and no one will know.The system's almost ready for company. I just... |