dougdeacon
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| Sibilance -- that last little bit... I took these same LP's to a friends with an HRX, JMW12.5 and Benz LP, Asthetix pre.....same noise. Yep the records sound great until INNER GROOVE DISTORTION hits!Remedy....compact disc! Begging to differ. The remedy is a better groove tracer than ... | |
| Sibilance -- that last little bit... A superior way to set azimuth by measurement is to play a groove with info on one channel only, and compare the voltage output on each channel. Then play a groove with info on the other channel only and again compare voltage output on each channel... | |
| Sibilance -- that last little bit... Focusedfx,It's possible that alignment, VTF or SRA are contributing to your problem. But if you've adjusted them without reducing end-of-side mistracing then you may simply have reached the performance limits of your equipment. Since the WT is a v... | |
| VPI Scout Placement My entire rack (400 lbs/8 feet) sits on eight sorbothane hemispheres I got from McMaster Carr or W.M. Berg. They cost about $6 apiece IIRC.I put them on furniture coasters so as not to stain the carpet (Sorbothane can release oils).In two years ou... | |
| Visit the Wonderful World of Analog Raul Style Raul and David, That's just nuts.In the best possible way of course. Thanks to David for doing all this work, and above all thanks to Rauliruegas for being so dedicated to our hobby and so willing to share his treasures. The music in Mexico must b... | |
| Cleaning with minimum fuss and cost ? KABusa.com sells the least costly, non-DIY vacuum RCM out there AFAIK. It's basically a Nitty Gritty without a built in vacuum, you hook up any home vacuum cleaner to it. Other than DIY it doesn't get any cheaper than that (assuming your home alre... | |
| About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone Hi guys. Been busy with other things and not posting much.Thanks to Swampwalker for the visit and his kind words about our system. We just upgraded from Teres 265 to 320 and that's what he heard. The improvement was far larger than we expected, ab... | |
| Best Phono Pre for Teres Don't choose the Lamm phono stage unless they've changed the design. The one I used last year had inadequate gain for a LOMC like the UNIverse. In addition, the Lamm's input impedance was fixed at a rather weird forty-something ohms. That's too lo... | |
| Recommendation for a second arm/cartridge combo Hi,AFAIK Galibier is only a distributor for Schroeder if you're buying one of their tables. Same for Teres. Schroeder's USA distributor for arm-only sales ishttp://www.audioadvancements.com/products.htmlA Schroeder Ref/ZYX Airy 3 (or 2) would be b... | |
| What cartridge will work for a Morch UP4 Tonearm? Which armwand does the UP-4 have? That will significantly impact cartridge compatibility.Your phono stage is designed for MM cartridges and certain MC/MI types with outputs of about 3.0mv and above. HO Grado's are one choice but there are others, ... | |
| Should you use cleaner on your stylus? Thommas is 99.44% correct. A dry, white MCME can in fact release solvents, but only at temperatures above its flash point. If your Magic Eraser bursts into flames during stylus cleaning you may be rubbing too hard, and residual solvents shouldn't ... | |
| Recommendation for a second arm/cartridge combo Ca2284,$7K will easily purchase an arm/cart that will relegate your 2.2/Victory H to the #2 spot. You might as well move them to the back armboard now, just to make room! ;-)If you want a Schroeder Ref there's no better choice, though it would lea... | |
| Recommendation for a second arm/cartridge combo What kind(s) of music will you use this combo for? That and some idea of your budget expectations, if any, would help narrow the field. | |
| Need to re-discover analog - please help Patrick,Didn't mean to start a tussle of course. I was just responding to your statement that, The Fuji and Universe are better but not by much to my ears.Your experience is not my experience, that's all. In our system and to our ears the differen... | |
| Need to re-discover analog - please help Fine responses by all the above. I probably have more experience with the ZYX lineup than some others. In the past year I've had the Airy 2, Airy 3, two UNIverses and one non-released model in my system. (Helping Mehran of SORAsound evaluate his p... |