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| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Agreed. Stylus contact radius is a factor in meeting challenges like this. You can't accurately trace short wavelength, high amplitude modulations with a stylus that's fatter than the modulations themselves. You also can't do fast laps around the ... | |
| How Does the Soundsmith Excellent comparison by Dgad. As best one can tell from our pathetic attempts to describe music and sound in words, we heard similar things.The Voice is more like a big muscle car. Tons of power but a bit smoother. It just goes.Exactly right.Wheth... | |
| Whats the best $1500 tonearm for a Teres Artemus_5,For clarity, did you move the tonearm from your MMF-7 to the Scoutmaster? Or did you use the Goldring Elite on a VPI JMW arm? Curious as to why you had that problem... | |
| Whats the best $1500 tonearm for a Teres As Syntax said, mating between cartridge and table is not a significant concern. Neither is mating between tonearm and table, at least not with a table like yours (able to fit nearly any tonearm, no suspension to be thrown out of balance).I don't ... | |
| How effective is the Onzow Zerodust? ME can also leave residue on the stylus, and the particles are microscopic and very abrasive. Read my original how-to (linked in the post above). It's mandatory to brush or Zero-Dust after each use. ME is highly effective but must be used with car... | |
| How effective is the Onzow Zerodust? Salavat is correct, but Eric is MORE correct. :-)A Scotch-Brite pad is made from the same chemical as a Magic Eraser, but the physical composition of the two products is quite different as to scale.A Scotch-Brite pad's fibers are much thicker and ... | |
| How Does the Soundsmith Raul,I received that Ortofon MM you recommended but I've not posted on your MM/MI thread because I haven't actually heard it yet. I wouldn't think it useful or courteous to post about something I haven't heard, would you?Slowhand, We heard the Voi... | |
| How Does the Soundsmith I agree with Teres' comparison of the Voice with a Jade Platinum. Of course revealing that a cartridge is faster and more articulate than a Koetsu will win us neither friends nor golden ear awards. Theyll be crying "Death!" on one side and "Duh!"... | |
| Cartridge Suggestions for a Black Widow Tonearm The original question was not if a mid-low compliance cartridge would "work" on a low mass arm. Of course it will work, but that wasn't the question. The question was and is, will it work OPTIMALLY. IME, the answer is that is will work somewhat di... | |
| How to set anti-skate on Thorens Tonearm ??? Agree with Dekay.The second post on this thread is also helpful. Anti-skate cannot be (usefully) set by any scale or numbers on a tonearm (even if it has good instructions). The only relevant way to adjust antiskate is by ear, using the LP's you... | |
| AntiSkate-crooked Cantilever correlation? Mmakshak,You actually read all that?! Just to be clear, all that high-falutin' crap was just a longwinded "not likely" to Markd51's question regarding cantilever/suspension canting. Everyday playing is much simpler than that, thank goodness!Like y... | |
| AntiSkate-crooked Cantilever correlation? Very true. Skating force is unlikely to affect the suspension at all, for the reasons I described. OTOH, ANTI-skating force is not necessarily small. Some tonearms allow you to apply quite a lot (though rarely more than ~10% of VTF). Anti-skating ... | |
| AntiSkate-crooked Cantilever correlation? Hi Mark,Interesting question. To attempt a meaningful answer we must think about the two forces in question, skating and anti-skating. Let's consider skating first.Skating force is a function of headshell offset angle on a pivoting tonearm. Assumi... | |
| Feickert Protractor - anyone use one? Henry,FIRSTWhat Dan_Ed said. SECONDMy TT spindle has a lathe mark that's dead center. Easy to see and measure precisely. Your spindle doesn't have a center mark? You can make your own - for free. How? Simple. Mark a dot, as tiny and precise as you... | |
| tone arm drifts towards the outside when lowering Assuming a tonearm is unconstrained in the lateral plain during cueing (everything level, dust- and dirt-free, low friction bearings in good shape and properly adjusted, tonearm wire twist and other lateral forces eliminated, little friction betwe... |