dougdeacon
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| What Digital Stylus Force Gauge Do You Like? I bought mine from saveonscales.com like Nsgarch did. It was a few years ago so it cost me $90-something. Equivalent models today are half that or less, as he said. Ebay sellers have them for very cheap too. I agree with his .01g recommendation to... | |
| Shelter and Triplanar matching ? Raul,Thank you! - for coming in and trying to help. Like you, I've rarely heard of this problem with good equipment. This is a tough one. No need to apologize. This isn't "my" thread. Everyone should try to help if they can.The main tonearm proble... | |
| Teres, Galibier and Redpoint Chris,Thanks for the reality check. I quite agree with your assessment of the Urushi, as you know. I don't doubt that it had a huge (or soft, rather) impact on what FlyingRed heard.Still, our belt comparisons were made using our 320/TriPlanar/UNIv... | |
| Teres, Galibier and Redpoint Teres has never shown at CES before. Don't know about Galibier or Redpoint.Richardmr,All Teres models got a huge PRaT upgrade in late-2005. Even better, this upgrade cost virtually NOTHING!In early September CB sent a few owners, including me, a n... | |
| Shelter and Triplanar matching ? Dogpile,Excellent suggestion re: the spacer. The TP website even shows them, in black or silver to match the arm. Anyone whose armboard puts the VTA tower in the top half of its range should try one.André,Good description of the sound. That helps,... | |
| Shelter and Triplanar matching ? Piano with vibrato - ouch! That should not happen with a Shelter 901 on either of these arms. 1) Does this occur on only a few records? If so, are they drilled off-center? That will produce pitch-warbling every time. The only fix is to replace the... | |
| best turntable under $5k Colitas,Good point! By all reports those with the time, inclination, tools and skills to do the project should run, not walk, to Jean's "little" discussion thread.Now if Chris Brady or Thom Mackris came up with an idler or direct drive for those o... | |
| Shelter and Triplanar matching ? Tenmus,I wonder how the azimuth adjustment (or anything else) was damaged on a new arm? I assume repairs will be covered by warranty.Having to use the VTA tower near the top of its range "might" make it less stable and (let's face reality) the fit... | |
| Shelter and Triplanar matching ? Dogpile,The formula works in both planes of course. If your cartridge has different V and H compliance, like a ZYX, run the formula twice.The usual reason to check system resonance frequencies, whether by math or by test record, is simply to expos... | |
| best turntable under $5k VPI's ARE good turntables. But they are distributed by less efficient (ie, more costly) means than some other brands.VPI (the manufacturer) sells your turntable to a dealer, who marks it up before selling it to you. Galibier or Teres (also the man... | |
| Shelter and Triplanar matching ? Tenmus,There is no serious mismatch between your cartridge and arm. The TriPlanar's nominal effective mass is 11g (varying slightly depending on which counterweights are used). A 901 with mounting hardware weighs approximately 10g and it has a com... | |
| New Cartridge choice Which K&K phono are you getting? Does it have the MC inputs and adjustable impedance? That could influence your decision.Assuming you'll have adequate gain, the ZYX Airy 3 will also do exactly what you want, particularly the low output version... | |
| Conversion for Orotfon stylus gauge If I'd been more careful with my first numbers the tea would be calmer. ;-) Yeah, OL threw out an Ortofon gauge with my tonearm too. I mean threw IN, they threw it IN, not OUT. What's the matter with me? | |
| Conversion for Orotfon stylus gauge John,You're right of course, I got it backwards AND sideways. One Newton would be displayed by most scales as approximately 102 grams. Of course that's true only on the surface of the Earth and it would vary slightly with one's altitude above or b... | |
| Conversion for Orotfon stylus gauge 1 gram = 100 Newtons, however...Your cartridge is far too sensitive for the notoriously unreliable Ortofon. You might as well use the old pennies-on-a-pencil balancing trick.1. Go to ebay or saveonscales.com2. Buy a digital scale accurate to .01g ... |