dougdeacon
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| What's wrong with classical music on vinyl? Sufentanil ,I listen to classical 95% of the time, every sub-genre imaginable from pre-Gregorian chant to avant-garde 20th C. and everything in between. About 2,000 LP's in all, 500 bought new in the 1970's-80's, the remainder bought new and used ... | |
| Is the Teres a I'm with Jean and Twl on the speed stability issue, and also in the belief that there's more than one way to achieve it. I haven't built a Lenco but I certainly trust comparisons like 4yanx's, Albert's and many others. Twl's explanation of the wea... | |
| DIY stylus-cleaning magic long Glad to see so many people are starting to enjoy the marvelous cleaning abilities of Paul's stylus cleaner discovery. Also glad to see these new and improved ideas for use, like glueing a piece on a coin for "handle-free" dunking and Paul Frumkin'... | |
| Michell Gyro SE...Light or Heavy style Clamp?? As a rule, suspended tables take lightweight clamps because a heavy clamp would throw the suspension off.The reason to use a heavy clamp (on an appropriate table) is not to change sides without stopping the platter. It's for superior vinyl/platter... | |
| ZYX Airy2-X-SB on Graham 2.2 Hi Raul,Thank you for the kind words. We did our best to describe everything we learned or heard, as you can tell from the ridiculous length of that review! ;-)I couldn't easily name all the LPs we listened to from September until Xmas, at least n... | |
| Generator mounted off center in cartridge body. I'll take a slightly stronger position than Twl. If a cartridge comes to you new in that condition, strongly consider requesting a replacement.My Shelter 901 (bought used) has two visible defects:1. cantilever is not square to body when viewed fro... | |
| ZYX Airy2-X-SB on Graham 2.2 Some would disagree. For instance, I know two Miyabi 47 owners who prefer the Airy 3. I haven't heard a Miyabi so no opinion of my own to offer. We need a cartridge swap meet!Of course if the UNIverse is "excellent" then the Airys are only "good".... | |
| ZYX Airy2-X-SB on Graham 2.2 Scott,That's very interesting and very good news about the Airy3 on your Graham. We did all the damping fluid, VTF and VTA tweaking possible in two days on Cello's Graham, but still couldn't tame the edginess. It was either too edgy or instantly o... | |
| A short afternoon of Linn, Basis and Redpoint Good questions from Twl. Comparing rigs with multiple differences can be interesting and fun, but it only tells you how they compare as packages. Concluding that one table (or arm, or cartridge) is better than another based on such a comparison ma... | |
| Suggestion for more detail One other possibility. Have you tried optimizing VTA for these "supposed to be good" recordings? If arm height is much too low you could be losing the top end. | |
| Turntable Upgrade Suggestions Raul,We agree on several things, like Koetsu and Graham 2.2 for instance.I don't agree that an Acoustic Signature Final Tool will outplay a Teres, but I don't disagree either. I've never heard an Acoustic Signature Final Tool.I'll repeat the quest... | |
| ZYX Airy2-X-SB on Graham 2.2 Hi Jeff,With or without the weight your vertical and lateral resonances would be fine, somewhere between 9.3 and 11.7 Hz. For optimal resonance behavior you could safely go either way. So much for math...Most other cartridges weigh about what a we... | |
| My current Benz-Micro ACE low or Koetsu Black? No problem. Are we even now? ;-)(Apologies to others for an inside joke.) | |
| My current Benz-Micro ACE low or Koetsu Black? Ballywho, Thanks for being brave enough to mention your table, because I agree with Twl and Johnnantais. Putting a $1400 cartridge on a $300 table is putting the cart before the horse. I've tried it. It doesn't work. The cartridge highlights all t... | |
| Turntable Upgrade Suggestions It sounds like VPI really wants to keep all your money. Their turnkey approach is okay if you're satisfied with the whole package, but it sounds like a table designed to accommodate a variety of arms would suit you better.VPI's argument that the S... |