dougdeacon
Responses from dougdeacon
| Azimuth observations and importance Agree about the ease of the Talea's azimuth adjustment. Perhaps even more important, it doesn't compromise the rigidity of the armwand in any way. I'm looking forward to your lengthier impressions. We only had the protoype for a day and were VERY ... | |
| Rhea Noise Lew,Why criticize a four year-old comment? FWIW, Raul has since heard at least one tube phono/line preamp that rivals his SS one, even to his ears. Today he might agree with you.Xagwell,Glad you resolved the noise issues. You say you wouldn't trad... | |
| Azimuth observations and importance So, do we listen in a wiggly world or do we use an objective test? Well, both... which may lead us to the enlightened state Lew mentioned.Thom makes a valid point: having an objective standard to navigate through the wiggliness can indeed help tra... | |
| Azimuth observations and importance Doug,Congratulations on advancing to "adjusting by listening", and on learning to hear the difference azimuth adjustment makes. Like Teres I used to use electronic equipment to adjust azimuth. After sessions with several cartridges I realized I co... | |
| Correcting drifting with Sutherland Timeline First I've seen of this cool device, great concept. Every high end TT manufacturer should use one during product development and QC testing - if they dare.All Teres belt drive tables self-compensate for drift by monitoring a built-in platter strob... | |
| Any vintage tuners with a small footprint? LOL, Al, you stole my pumps! | |
| Any vintage tuners with a small footprint? Glad to be of service, Ludi Magister. | |
| Prevent stylus wear? Thanks, I tried, but they don't make them for my spindle to pivot dimension. | |
| Any vintage tuners with a small footprint? Vintage tuner, small footprint | |
| Prevent stylus wear? Maineiac, I'm in with modifications and tweaks, gotta love adjusting Vertical Tracking Angle. Sound activated? Okay if you can do it, but I'm happy if it can be activated at all. Magic eraser sounds too scratchy for me, you're tough! | |
| Prevent stylus wear? I'm peeing my pants waiting to hear what Cobra3, 4, 5 and 6 think... Can I get an end of wizzing lift? Useful at my age. | |
| bent stylus questions Lloydc,If you're serious enough to purchase a Mint protractor, why would you consider using a badly damaged cartridge? The possibility this cartridge can still play as designed is now zero. Aligning the outer end of a bent cantilever makes the bes... | |
| TTWeights new Black Onyx Idler drive Turntable Congrats! Glad to hear that even a ruff 'n' ready setup produced such stellar results.P.S. No, you didn't spell it right. ;-) | |
| Ortofon MC A90 Cartridge VTF I've commented regularly for 3+ years about exactly the same VTF behavior with two ZYX UNIverses. I'd be astonished if an A90 or any other cartridge acted differently. Individual details and numbers vary, but not the basic behavior.All cartridges ... | |
| New Arm/cartridge? I have two ideas:1. Enjoy what you have, or2. Explain what you dislike about your current rig and/or what you'd hope to get from an upgrade.Otherwise, how could anyone reply to your post, except to tell you what they like? Fifty iterations of "I l... |