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| Was Beta as good as or better than reel to reel? I'm 56. What's googling? | |
| getting azimuth right Excellent report. Glad you're hearing and enjoying improved sound!To address your question, "Is this unusual", the answer is "no". In fact it's common. Jcarr of Lyra once posted about the technical challenge of affixing styli to cantilevers at pre... | |
| Basis Vector 4 arm question Many people have had experience with it, in this and other unipivots. In general too much damping sounds, well, like too much damping! Dull, slow, attenuated highs, sluggish, flat, undynamic etc. Too little damping sounds bright, aggressive, edgy,... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Paperw8, a few posts ago you said: But, yeah, if it's easy to remove, then it's probably worth a try on a "what the heck" basis.Indeed, and it is easy to remove: take 5 screws out, put 3 back in. It shouldn't take more than two minutes. (Re-checki... | |
| noob TT setup question Occasional, sudden slides inward on sloped LP lead-in ramps is actually a sign of a good tonearm (i.e., one with very low friction bearings). My TriPlanar, which has some of the world's best bearings, does the same thing. IME cheaper tonearms with... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Ralph, That's an fascinating suggestion but it's way too much trouble to reinstall my trough to test. I'm going to work up some theoretical objections to justify not trying it. ;-) | |
| TriPlanar Tips Dan,Thank you for asking, I appreciate it. You'll find the answer in my last post, dated 08/27/10. I haven't posted since as it would be fatuous to contribute to a discussion after explicitly asking that it stop.If the next post on this thread wer... | |
| TriPlanar Tips ... ultimately what counts is whether a person knows what they are talking about.Agreed. In this case the measure is how music sounds with and without the trough. We know. You don't.The OP requests that you avoid further postings on his thread, wh... | |
| TriPlanar Tips In the past year much of this thread has been filled by posts from people who won't take fifteen minutes to try a simple, reversible tweak. Some timidly seek explanations, others boldly assert them. Neither will try or trust their own hands and ea... | |
| Question on Cardas Frequency Sweep & burn in LP Neil,Good to see you posting again. Nice summary of the issues surrounding cartridge break-in and demagnetizing. We also hear sonic benefits from regular runs over frequency sweep tracks, as do many. Crystalline alignment (as with cryoing) is very... | |
| Question on Cardas Frequency Sweep & burn in LP Hi Mark, Should I thank you or shoot you? I'm on the fence... ;-)From the quotes above it appears that technically I did not offer advice. I asked two questions and challenged you to decide for yourself. Whether you displayed your normal good sens... | |
| STP distance. Is it critical ? This necessarily depends on (i) the stylus-to-mounting holes dimension of the cartridge and (ii) the length of the headshell slots.As to whether any particular cartridge will be able to track the arc, the surest way to know is to try. It only take... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Paperw8,The small, threaded VTF weight at the end of the stub only arrived with the TriPlanar VII U ("U" stands for updated). Previous versions of the arm lacked that feature. As I expressly stated in my original post, these tips are for the TriPl... | |
| analog newbie question/vinyl weight Luke,Be aware that using the weight/thickness of an LP to estimate arm height is only valid when comparing LPs on the same record label (and from the same pressing plant and era). Different plants and engineers used different gear and adjusted it ... | |
| Help with Cartridge selection Greg, Click "Reviews" next to my signature. I think 4D is around $4500 list, but you'd have to ask a dealer to be sure. As I mentioned, the previous ZYX distributor is selling NOS Atmos for around $2K. For exact prices you'd have to ask them of co... |