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| Replace OL Illustrious 3 with Graham 2.2? Artemus,Why this haste to upgrade if you've done so little to optimize what you have? In addition to the adjustments you admit you haven't made, if your system photo is current then you also haven't optimized the drive system of your Teres. A 340 ... | |
| New arm DaVinci, TW-Acustic or? Second the Talea, it's a superb arm. It easily outplayed any arm I've heard with a ZYX UNIverse. The maker, Joel Durand, is both smart and a very pleasant man to work with. | |
| Cartridge Output When comparing the output of any two cartrdges, make sure both cartridge manufacturers used the same test track and measurement protocol. Not all of them do, so it's easy (and pointless) to compare apples with oranges. | |
| Graham Phantom DV XV-1s setup question Musichead,Good discussion. What you heard as you tweaked VTF (balance of highs vs. lows, altered dynamics) is exactly what I've been advocating for years based on my experience with other top level LOMCs:1. Take VTF down to the mistracking point (... | |
| Turntable Storage Yes. Tension and compression stresses are both major factors in permanently altering the molecular bonds that give elastomers their characteristic elasticity (oxidation being the other). Once those bonds are modified they usually cannot be restore... | |
| cartridge mistracks in final 25 of a record side Krisgel,What do you mean when you say "the cart mistracks"? Is it jumping out of the groove? Staying in the grove but audibly losing groovewall contact? Maintaining groovewall contact but distorting? Does this happen on all records or just some? W... | |
| Project Align it CartridgeAlignment Gauge is good? Agree with the other posters. Most other alignment gauges I've used/seen are toys compared to the Mint. Serious rigs deserve serious tools, and Yip's quality, service and responsiveness are second-to-none. Further, the instructions he includes wit... | |
| cleaning with VPI 16.5 and Mobile Fidelity brushes I've tried both ways and prefer wetting the brush. Makes it easier for me to gauge how much fluid I'm applying. There's no right or wrong. Try both ways and use whichever works best for you.Thanks to Actusreus for the tip on Listener Select brushe... | |
| What MC for $1,000-$2,000? I'm no fan of Linn tables. Nor is "toe tapping" any sort of serious sonic parameter in my book. But my experience is that Ivor got the order of precedence right. The functions of a table and arm are to (a) spin the LP at a precise velocity despite... | |
| garrard 401 the definitive true Agree with the previous posts (except disagree with Elizabeth about the tonearm). The other tables you mentioned will not better or even match the performance of a well maintained and modded 401. Unless you're motivated strictly by their looks, fo... | |
| ZYX R-1000 Series Omega-S The mysterious added overdub in high frequencies shows, that this „Ball-Design“ created its own kind of life. This design generates multiple, time-shifted echoes of each waveform. In a sufficiently revealing system that is actually worse. Sonicall... | |
| VPI JMW 12.7 Spindle/pivot distance If that's the sort of company he keeps, no wonder he gets "frustrated". ;-)Seriously, if HW's active on any forum then Xupakabras should go there and ask him for this basic and relevant user information. | |
| VPI JMW 12.7 Spindle/pivot distance VPI doesn't let HW answer phone calls, emails or forum postss any more. He gets "frustrated" pretty easily. LOL | |
| Parastat/Solution There are a zillion threads on record cleaning, with nearly as many methods as there are posters. That said, few Audiogoners would regard the Parastat, the fluids you mentioned or the techniques you described as adequate. I tossed mine many years ... | |
| Stylus lowering Every cartridge suspension absorbs the downforce and visibly shifts a little. The question is, were your arm and cartridge fabricated accurately enough so that Rega's very simplistic instruction to move the counterweight all the way forward actual... |