dougdeacon
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| Telarc 1812 revisited Raul,I was never a defender of SUTs, still less the "official" one, whatever that means. Please don't put words in my mouth.It's true I once used them (as have you). In using them, I learned something of their strengths and weaknesses. I posted wh... | |
| Telarc 1812 revisited Thanks as always for your valuable input, Jonathan... bon voyage! | |
| Telarc 1812 revisited I posted three times here and in other threads this sentece that you certainly did not read, here again:" EVERYTHING THE SAME Unfortunately, everything is never the same. Modifying a system to enable extreme behavior in one parameter invariably af... | |
| Telarc 1812 revisited Peter, it hurts to denigrate my Landy that way, but it is what it is. Hope he wasn't listening. His ex-wife (an RX-8) would never let him hear the end of it! ;-) | |
| VTA and SRA? Whether SRA is worth measuring is another question altogether, one that's been discussed to death on many threads. My own view is that while I can measure SRA on most styli I choose not to, since I've found it to be a waste of time. SRA differs fr... | |
| Telarc 1812 revisited An audiophile, speaking to one of the world's premier phono cartridge designers:I don't have gold ears, I'm a " normal " listener...... but, ...I can detect some kind of " sound " that you can't because you don't know what to look for...False mode... | |
| VTA and SRA? I imagine that people having difficulty understanding this also find it difficult to visualize other spatial relationships. They may be challenged by geometry, geography, map-reading and navigation, jigsaw puzzles, loading the dishwasher efficient... | |
| VTA and SRA? Both would be changed. Changing SRA without simultaneously changing VTA would require altering the angle between the stylus and cantilever... not recommended. ;-) | |
| VTA and SRA? Read it again. SRA = the angle formed between:1) a vertical line through the lowest contact point of the stylus and 2) the line of the stylus's contact ridge or edge. #1 never changes, but #2 can be changed in several ways.The stylus's contact edg... | |
| VTA and SRA? Czarivey and Effischer,Your posts are incorrect. For a basic understanding read the link posted by Mofimadness above, which is *almost* correct.VTA and SRA are both viewed from the side of the cartridge (along the axis of the cantilever, as Effisc... | |
| Cartridge break in I'm unfamiliar with the Musical Surroundings SuperNova, but in principle I concur with Downunder. An inadequate phono stage can distort the richly detailed but very low level signals produced by really good LOMCs. There's reasonable debate over th... | |
| Question on Cardas Frequency Sweep & burn in LP Lew, I've found it easier and less stressful to flip between test records. | |
| I need help diagnosing a sibilant problem on vinyl John_Tracy - excellent post. Concur with you on all points (and with Wc65mustang).HF ringing and sibilance are different phenomena. Calling the first one "sibilance" is a common misunderstanding and may engender further confusion."Sibilance" is th... | |
| Cartridge break in Agree with Rodman and Mosin. With regard to Pops' experience, I've experienced both. Some cartridges change wildly in the first 25-100 hours, including basic changes in character - particularly at the frequency extremes. Others barely change at al... | |
| CJ PV10A phono section: Repair or buy separate? I concur with Microstrip. My PV11A is as satisfying as anything new I've heard up to several times what it's worth.Other possible culprits include a dirty/worn tube socket or a bad solder joint. Start by swapping the phono stage tubes and see if t... |