dougdeacon
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| Schroeder Reference Arm What you heard, IME, is the best feature of Frank's tonearms (aside from their gorgeous looks perhaps). All Schroeders are excellent at damping stray energies escaping from a cartridge. The higher up the model line you go the better they get in th... | |
| What is the best knot for a thread drive belt ? Teres also recommended a blood knot back when its tables were supplied with a thread drive (pre-2004). | |
| Azimuth and the Fozgometer ...dead on azimuth is where the phase is aligned, not gain. the image snaps in based on phase being equal in each channel.Now that you mention it Mike, this makes more sense than merely minimizing crosstalk. Reducing stereo crosstalk certainly hel... | |
| Graham Phantom DV XV-1s setup question Myles,That makes good sense for active demagging/fluxbusting, where the potentially conflicting requirements for music play don't exist.1. The LP need not be spinning, there's no need to optimize VTF for clean tracking. 2. You're not playing a mod... | |
| Graham Phantom DV XV-1s setup question Dev,First, do your line stage, amp and speakers produce acceptable SPL's and dynamics with line level sources at a reasonable gain setting on the line stage (i.e., somewhere between 10 and 2 o'clock)?If so, then the phono stage gain you need for a... | |
| Woofers going crazy when playing vinyl LOL, I'd say Knownothing knows quite a lot. ;-)Stereo5,I'm happy you're happy but the problem is not "solved". It's papered over. You can't eliminate mechanical behaviors in a source component with a downstream electrical filter. That's nonsensica... | |
| Turntables better than a Wadia 861SE w/ Statement This thread has taken a comical bent and I'd like to thank Weisselk for the entertainment. I was worried for a moment. It's not every day we see a thread revived after FIVE YEARS of dormancy, only to become a platform for dealer adverts.Fortunatel... | |
| Azimuth and the Fozgometer I've regularly been able to reproduce the minimal crosstalk position (as measured by a Wally Analog shop) when adjusting by ear (and yes, the final adjustments are VERY small). The Fozgometer is faster, easier to use and less expensive than Wally'... | |
| Graham Phantom DV XV-1s setup question Agreed, and it's not just the XV-1S. This has been my experience with other high end LOMCs (Lyra Olympos, ZYX Atmos, ZYX Universe). For any particular LP on any particular day, optimal sonics are obtained by applying the least downforce and side f... | |
| Replace OL Illustrious 3 with Graham 2.2? Thanks guys, I practically feel like a teenager again. This year's only our 27th. ;-)In 1991 I snuck in a new c-j PV-11 to replace a Phase Linear 4000. The sound gave me away though, it took Paul about 3 seconds to notice. Oops! | |
| Graham Phantom DV XV-1s setup question Interesting points you make about the VTF continually changing and dependent on the record as they are not all cut the same. That logic explains what I hear, you either continually adjust or you accept a compromise on some.Exactly. BTW, I second J... | |
| Replace OL Illustrious 3 with Graham 2.2? Sorry, I must have mis-read something about an AC power cord on your TT. Large, AGM batteries do provide a sonic performance boost over the one Teres recommends, the heftier the better. It should be easy to sneak a battery into the house, it certa... | |
| Replace OL Illustrious 3 with Graham 2.2? They are quite inexpensive right now and that was my reasoning.In an active secondary market comprised of knowledgeable buyers and sellers, a piece of equipmnent that retains a relatively low percentage of its original price is likely to perform:a... | |
| Why do old tubes sound better than current tubes? My experience and that of many Doshi Alaap (preamp) owners is diametrically opposite to Viridian's, which leads me to believe that the design of the component is a critical factor in which tubes work best. If a component is designed and executed f... | |
| New arm DaVinci, TW-Acustic or? Dan,What's a scuffed up country kid doin' with a shiny toy like that? And you even matched colors! Who'da thunk? Don't let Ann know about this, she may start thinking of you as a shopping consultant.I'm just sure a Talea belongs in a sophisticated... |