dougdeacon
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| New ZYX Premium cartridge line Just noticed this thread. I hadn't heard about ZYX's new "Premium" line and can't say anything about it. My own current cartridge is the ZYX UNIverse II, which handily outplays the original UNIverse in a number of areas (see the review beneath my ... | |
| Stylus Rake Angle Karl_desch,It's hard to imagine anyone designing a cartridge for something other than headshell-parallel-to-LP-surface. Why would they do that? It would restrict sales of their own product. Every tonearm on earth, even the wacky RS-A1, is designed... | |
| How long does it take you to install a cartridge? With a familiar cartridge on my own rig, 30-45 minutes is typical for a reasonable setup. After that I tweak while listening... a never-ending process, as Onhwy61 noted.That's after 10 years of working with multiple tonearms and dozens of cartridg... | |
| Stylus Rake Angle Thanks, Jazdoc.Ever since Jon Risch posted his seminal SRA article on Vinyl Asylum, people have over-interpreted 92 degrees +/- 2 as "SRA must be 92 degrees exactly and perfectly". People with a fondness for measurements and exactitude are vulnera... | |
| Stylus Rake Angle My problem is that I cannot reliably move my Dino microscope to where I need to in order to take a photo. ... Despite hours of trying to adjust I cannot get a clear or properly positioned shot.Actually, your problem is that you (and the OP, and Fr... | |
| Long cables from turntable or phono stage Short posts, bad advice. | |
| tonearm parameters Raul is correct. A statement like, "Low mass cartridge should be installed on a low mass arm" is incorrect. A better (though still simplified) statement would be, "High compliance cartridge should be installed on a low mass arm, or vice-versa".Exa... | |
| New VPI 3D Arm If you prefer to optimize your setup for playing warped records, by all means do so. OTOH, the effects explained by Larryi are audible in my sytem on all records, warped or unwarped (and the vast majority is unwarped). Like many things in audio, t... | |
| New VPI 3D Arm In any case, if you are using this arm (or any arm) you should use the most appropriate weight to get it as close as possible to the fulcrum. Says who? Setting things up that way reduces effective mass. Using a lighter weight set farther from the ... | |
| Long cables from turntable or phono stage Ralph,The OP is not using a LOMC. His ADC XLM is a MM cartridge, so the last sentence of your post is the only one applicable to *him*.That said, those of us who use LOMCs appreciate your knowledgeable input, as always. | |
| Aluminum Foil test for Audio Desk Vinyl Cleaner Peter,As your regimen is similar to mine (maybe somewhat based on mine?) I'd be very interested in your comparison. Please do post your findings. Thanks! My thoughts are much like Audiotombs: use an Audio Desk (or similar) for most cleaning, to sa... | |
| Damping the analogue "setup" String,Judging by the photo on Joel Durand's homepage, one of his tonearms would totally rock your world. ;-) Seriously, a bowling ball on top of my washer or dryer provides a similar benefit. The additional weight lowers the frequency and amplitu... | |
| Upgrade: Turntable or Cartridge? P.S. Try some (metal or wood) spike cups beneath your motor spikes. This may increase friction between motor and platform, reducing its tendency to slide, without adding elasticity. To keep the belt at the same height on the platter you'd have to ... | |
| Upgrade: Turntable or Cartridge? In fact, that is what I normally do, but at times I get a bit lazy and try to turn it off with one hand.Lazy moments are for CD's! There are no shortcuts to good analog reproduction. In fact, the more capable the system, the more care the user mus... | |
| Damping the analogue "setup" From the OP:The problem is, the overall sound can vary vastly from lean-strident to round-warm very quickly based on what kind of spike base I use underneath the rack. Most of the comments above, including Halcro's insights, assume that the sonic ... |