dougdeacon
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| Anti-Skate::Playing LP's vs. 12 Test records will not help you set antiskate, except for playing test records. You're already using the correct method, listening to the records you actually play.Stringreen's suggestion that you may be hearing permanent groove damage is a good po... | |
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| VPI Classic and ZYX Airy 3 X SB...good match? Ah, we've reached the dithering stage. Good! ;-)Read the reviews beneath my signature. The models you're asking about are all covered.The UNIverse is discontinued. The worldwide distributor, SORAsound, still has remaining new stock. The only other... | |
| VTF and VTA- Constant or not? Henry,Most people believe I'm very much on my own. Why disappoint them? ;-)Do remember that our cartridge reached this stage in small steps. We did not wake up one morning and ask, "What would happen if we dropped VTF from 1.70 to 1.20?". Of cours... | |
| VPI Classic and ZYX Airy 3 X SB...good match? Stefanoo,Classical is our primary genre also, see our reviews. The Airy 3 is indeeed very good for this, though it's true the Atmos and UNIverse are even better. :-( I wasn't sure why you asked about rock but your question implied something untrue... | |
| Arm geometry and null points Yes, Yip may have responded from his own economic agenda. Or he may reasonably believe that an accurate arc for setting overhang is essential to optimal alignment, and that skimping on a $110 tool when optimizing a $10,000 tonearm is irrational. O... | |
| VPI Classic and ZYX Airy 3 X SB...good match? So Airy 3 is not a pick up for rock music?Who said that? If you want to be rocked by whatever's in the grooves, and not by some coloration added by a pick up, I haven't heard anything that rocks better in its price range. I've heard quite a few th... | |
| Koetsu Coralstone vs Olympos or Universe? Not to worry, I don't spend 30 minutes/day tweaking. More like 30 seconds.The parameters that need most frequent attention are VTF and arm height. We adjust the latter for each LP, but whether you'd want to depends on your sensitivity to integrati... | |
| VTF and VTA- Constant or not? Dan, Since record company cutting head VTA's are known to have varied from a low of around 15 degrees to 20 or even 22 degrees, Dertonarm's suggested range seems reasonable. I haven't gone that far myself, but I can confirm that there is great con... | |
| VTF and VTA- Constant or not? What would happen to the data on your post-it notes if you changed arm, cartridge, or table? This thought has always kept me from adopting a similar system.Quite right, Tom. Each data point is rendered obsolete by such changes, and by some others ... | |
| Arm geometry and null points Henry, Still not sure why you had to ask moi in particular, but thanks for clarifying. Yes, you can use the Mint's null grids after setting S2P and overhang by other means. As Mark noted and you obviously understand, the Mint's arc won't be useful... | |
| Koetsu Coralstone vs Olympos or Universe? Agree with Syntax that Koetsu/TriPlanar is not the best match. I'm no fan of the classic Koetsu sound, which always sounds artificially smoothed to me. This is true of every model up through the Onyx Platinum (haven't heard the Coral). The stone b... | |
| VTF and VTA- Constant or not? It's unlikely any "topnotch" audio system could come close to live, acoustic instruments, so I agree that would be a poor yardstick. I haven't personally heard any digital that matches our vinyl, though to be fair our vinyl front end cost more tha... | |
| Arm geometry and null points Null points (Baerwald and otherwise) are defined by measuring a specified distance along a radius centered on the TT spindle. The tonearm has nothing to do with their location.Null points do not change whether you adjust spindle-to-pivot or overha... | |
| VTF and VTA- Constant or not? What's your best, quickest method to prove that VTF and VTA/SRA have been set up correctly or close to ideal?"Prove"? Hmmm, I doubt the concept of proof is practical in this context. One could prove these things with lab equipment and a frequency ... |