dougdeacon
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| changing anti-skating with clear red vinyl? No_method, My partner and I concur with Tom6897. Ask him if he's ever read my original writeup. ;-)The bristles of a record brush are inadequate for stylus cleaning. Read that link for an explanation from Jonathon Carr of Lyra. By contrast, Roy G... | |
| changing anti-skating with clear red vinyl? First, is your stylus clean? What method do you use to keep it so (if any)?Second, is the buzzing distortion in one channel or both? If just one, which? | |
| Tweaks such as demagnetizers ionizers for lp's Doug, I am really surprised to read that your nephew thinks the effect may be to reduce or alter static charge.Lew, I never said anything about static charge. Nor did I quote my nephew. Were you thinking of someone else? | |
| non-magnetic mechanical stylus force gauge As has been pointed out here for many years, that canned response from Shure contains more errors and false assumptions than facts. As Tobes asked, why buy a cheaply made, inaccurate tool when for very little more money you can buy a decently made... | |
| Tube Life The rate at which tubes wear out and how they sound as they do varies with the circuit they're installed in. The general tips above (and any that follow) are useful but if the OP wants the most applicable guidance he should post the preamp he's us... | |
| Tweaks such as demagnetizers ionizers for lp's Yup! DVD and Blu-Ray discs too. If you have a good quality, accurately calibrated video setup, there will be PQ as well as audio improvements. We even demag rental movies. Future renters will benefit without knowing it, can I backcharge Redbox? ;) | |
| Optimizing TNT, Triplanar, Transfiguration Temper Ctlphd,Sorry to hear about the new preamp/amp problem. If it ain't one thing...Your sonic description of missing jump and snap made excessive VTF an easy guess, glad that helped. Those O-rings do fail after a while. I've replaced mine a couple of ... | |
| Thread source for Loricraft RCM's;also seeking f/b Fjferal,I also noticed that slight marking of some LP's when my PRC3 was new (6-7 years ago). A tip from someone here to reduce "VTF" to zero eliminated the problem on my machine. You obviously had to do more, but at a minimum I think LC should re... | |
| Tweaks such as demagnetizers ionizers for lp's :-)My partner, whose brainstorm this was, will be pleased. Of course he'll just say, "Really? Two electromagnets of similar size powered by the same current produce similar effects? Did you expect otherwise?" ;)But he'll still be pleased, so thank... | |
| Optimizing TNT, Triplanar, Transfiguration Temper While I haven't heard a Temper in my system (I also have TriPlanar), I don't believe most Trannys would benefit from damping and I'd definitely remove the trough. You should hear a lower sound floor and more low level detail. Not so much benefit o... | |
| Isolation/Vibration control advise for a phono pre Agree with Johnnyb53 regarding Herbie's tube dampeners. They're cheap and they work. I have them on all my preamp tubes. (For power tubes I prefer Pearl tube coolers, which dissipate heat well and should prolong tube life.)My two-chassis Doshi Ala... | |
| VPI Rim Drive vibrations Krell303, If you need to isolate your TT from the floor yet also need it holding rock steady vis-a-vis the motor, the obvious solution is to place both TT and motor on a single platform, then isolate that from the floor. Vibraplane, Symposium shel... | |
| ZYX R-100 Yatra & SME 3009 MKII Non-Improved Thanks, Peter. I'm no SME expert. I just pulled the first number I spotted off the internet...An arm of 12.5g eff mass should be a match with a ZYX, providing that the ZYX has the manufacturer's optional SB headshell weight installed. | |
| Tweaks such as demagnetizers ionizers for lp's Tzh21Y, if you have an opportunity to compare results with the Furutech we'd all love to hear about it.I can't reiterate too strongly, PLEASE unplug this cheap, made in C***a doohickey whenever you're not actively using it. It overheats quickly, s... | |
| Mistracking Jimborjrjb, thanks for coming back to the fray and sorry if I sullied your thread in any way.Here's a simple test to detect damaged or flawed vinyl:Power up your system and cue the stylus down just prior to the offending passage, but with the TT p... |