dougdeacon
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| ZYX Omega or UNIverse? Wrm57,Paul and I assessed the Omega in our system shortly after it was introduced. We declined to publish a review.As others have suggested, if you want an accurate, neutral, lifelike cartridge to form the basis for building a reference class syst... | |
| What is the best storage for cartridges? Agree with Larryi. Oxidation seems like greater risk for permanent damage than "drying out". I'm thinking a chamber filled with nitrogen might be best. | |
| Are there any advantages to mc over mm? Additionally, depending on the input sensitivity and headroom of your MC stage, the output of the Benz might cause overload. This isn't likely to damage anything (except your ears, if you forget to reduce the gain control!) but it could cause some... | |
| Best Record Cleaning Process on a Loricraft Sunnyboy, glad you're enjoying ever-improving results. We also demag our LP's, with audible improvements as Peter described. We use an industrial tools demagnitizer. These are available from industrial supply houses for < $100. | |
| Anti skating SME V The behavior described in the OP is normal on any properly set up rig (assuming a pivoting tonearm and an offset cartridge mount). Fact: when a stylus contacts a spinning LP surface, skating forces immediately act to pull the tonearm inward Fact: ... | |
| are all used LPs dusty? 1) Yes and no. New or used, all records benefit from proper cleaning. Cleaning not only improves the sound, it reduces the chance of permanent groove damage which can result from dragging a diamond chisel through a plastic groove filled with (micr... | |
| MM Cartridge or MC Cartridge Agree with Audiofeil. In my system, which is optimized for LOMC's, I've yet to hear one which costs less than ~$2K significantly outplay several sub-$200 MMs. An LOMC that costs ~$600 would be a waste of money IME. For the same money I could buy 3... | |
| How important is the tonearm? Play is done,Gone the fun,From the makes, from the shills, from the buys,All is well,Safely rest,Mods are nigh. | |
| Arms w/ azimuth adjustment while record is playing Adjusting azimuth on a Graham 2.2 requires raising the stylus off the LP. The adjustment is very quick, much quicker than a JMW or Triplanar, but it's not quite "while the record is playing". My experience is the same as Lewm's, the Talea's the on... | |
| Arms w/ azimuth adjustment while record is playing Br3098,Adjusting azimuth during play on a JMW (and most tonearms) would indeed be risky, foolhardy even, but that misses the point.On some tonearms (like the Talea mentioned by Dan_Ed) the risk is essentially zero. Adjusting azimuth on the Talea i... | |
| tonearm/cartridge matching, mass/damping/tweaking +1 for Viridian's post. The formula everybody frets about only addresses his first point, which is fairly trivially easy to get right. The hard part is his second point. | |
| Best Record Cleaning Process on a Loricraft Peter and Gradys, Don't waste your time. In our experience steaming is ineffective at best, and more likely to do harm than good at worst.We've tried it, with three different recommended steamers, using every technique espoused by the acolytes. Wa... | |
| What I learned on Audiogon This Year That won't help you, their instruments are out of tune and they cannot hear it.LOL. True, but I can. Still helps me know when any particular system change is closer or farther from reality. If the local reality is less than ideal, oh well. All tun... | |
| Analog Preview? Heh. Me too. I first heard it on the fold-up-into-a-suitcase stereo my parents gave me for my 13th birthday. Ah, that was a fine day.1966. That thing got me through high school, and from the Beatles to Beethoven and Bach. It ruined every record it... | |
| Analog Preview? Sprog, I agree that pre-echo can be heard even in many basic systems. It's also true, however, that on the same LP it will be more audible, clearer and earlier in a more resolving system.A sterner test is the ability to hear post-echoes. This is r... |