dougdeacon
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| Has anyone had trouble with speed on their tt We have yet to define speed stability. Glad to see someone acknowledging the complexity. The definition is actually simple. What's infinitely complex is the number of different time periods across which speed stability must be maintained - simulta... | |
| Has anyone had trouble with speed on their tt Mosin is right, for the second time in the same thread! | |
| TriPlanar Tips Never paid much attention to the scale, always adjusted by ear. The only way to get zero AS is to prop up the dogleg so it applies no force to the fishing line. As I was reducing AS toward zero, I spent some time using just the weight of the dogle... | |
| ZYX R100 Yatra Great observation, Roscoeiii. Any ZYX with the gold coil wire will sound soft, laid back, mellowed, smoothed, etc. Silver is the same, but less so. Copper coils provide closest to lifelike rise times, dynamics, speed and "jump". I've A/B/C'd sever... | |
| ZYX R100 Yatra I keep thinking about Jack(?) Roberts review of the 4D or Atmos where he says wonderful things but it the end he wants more excitement from a cartridge. There lies the rub. I never want more excitement from a cartridge, nor a tube, nor a cable, no... | |
| Cleaning Multiple records at once recipe... My frontloading machines do large batches of records... two or three dozen per cycle. The machines use less detergent and water per LP, and a dash of bleach really lightens up the labels. To avoid static cling I use the damp dry setting for most r... | |
| empire 980 arm mistracks with various cartridges Replace the stylus assembly. From your description it's worn out. Even if you're okay with the sound, the risk of damage to your records from a cartridge that bottoms out and bounces the stylus around in the groove is not worth taking... IMO of co... | |
| empire 980 arm mistracks with various cartridges Unless you have scanning electron microscopes for eyes, you can't see the deterioration of the elastomers used in cartridge suspensions. You may see the result if the cartridge bottoms out. Long before that, however, you'll hear the loss of elasti... | |
| HE Eliptical Great posts by Mofimadness. Agree with them all, especially the last.In addition, advanced stylus shapes are more sensitive to record groove and stylus cleanliness (or the lack thereof). Not that these styli are noisier; in fact, they tend to be q... | |
| ZYX R100 Yatra I was unconsciously worried that 'someone' in the soundfield might bump into me. LOL! As I noted, that sensation is incomparably stronger with the UNIverse (1 or 2). Its ability to erase the wall of artificiality we normally hear is spooky. We mad... | |
| ZYX R100 Yatra Good review and summary of the strong points that are common to every ZYX model I've heard (most of them). IME, you can certainly get more of what you're missing from higher model ZYX's. For much less than $4K, the Airy 3-X-SB provides more "oomph... | |
| Record cleaning fluids Another very satisfied AIVS user here. Tried and/or beta tested products from several companies over the last 10 years. None have matched the results from Jim Pendleton's solutions. | |
| Removing Morch DP-6 tonearm wires from cartridge I wouldn't spread the clips and then tighten them onto the pins. Agreed. Also agree that it's easier and safer to remove/install the clips on the cartridge pins before attaching the cartridge to the headshell... it's especially easy if you're doin... | |
| Better when it rains? I remember several years ago my system sounding unusually bland and undynamic after a prolonged drought. I suspected the electrical ground had deteriorated due to the dessicated soil's lower conductivity. When the weather finally broke and the gro... | |
| Are Bang and Olufsen turntables any good? What may have oxidized is the suspension in the cartridge and/or the glue that held the stylus. Either one is possible, likely even, over a long period of time. Lewm is right of course about the diamond stylus itself not oxidizing. Anyone who pass... |