dougdeacon
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| Choice of Koetsu cartridges? David 12,I also agree with all the above. Regarding Koetsu "magic", Rudolff said it perfectly, "...vinyl alone, has a magical midrange." Why gild the lily?If you point a gun at my head I'll say get a stone body, the higher the better. A Jade Plati... | |
| SPU Royal N on an SME V arm? It has the effect to increase the effective mass of the arm and it might be somewhere plus ~ 2gram now. The standard weight, depending where it happens to sit, renders the effective arm mass between 10 - 11 gr.Assuming you can balance the cartridg... | |
| Seeking turntable upgrade advice ... while the 265 may be step down from the Galibier, Reven, your 320 (and maybe SME?), would it still be a step up from my Scoutmaster considering it allows me to change the tonearm?Yes, I'd say so. Being able to use a TriPlanar is a notable step... | |
| Add Headshell weight to track better? Audiofeil is right, the MusicMaker cartridges are designed to go directly into an MM phono stage. Inserting more gain (via SUT or otherwise) is likely to overload the phono inputs and cause increased distortion.As to the original question, I doubt... | |
| Seeking turntable upgrade advice I'd forgotten (or maybe didn't notice) that difference between the Steely Dan playbacks. Proof again that it helps to do these auditions with familiar LP's. If we'd played one of our records it might have jumped out at me.Given that, I understand ... | |
| Seeking turntable upgrade advice What gives you impression I have distorted harmonics in my system, Doug? You haven't heard it... I'm confused.In your own words (unless there's another Ian who has a VPI/XV-1S and just bought and sold an Alaap)...From your email to me dated 3/27:"... | |
| Seeking turntable upgrade advice I'm not sure I understand everything you're saying about harmonics, but my take-away is that you're suggesting I get a less than detailed tonearm because my system or room can't handle harmonics.Pretty much. Until you address the cause(s) of those... | |
| Seeking turntable upgrade advice Madfloyd,We first met because your system was unable to reproduce full harmonics without distortion (as Riley804 obviously remembered). I assumed you wanted to reduce the distortions while retaining the harmonics. Sorry if I misunderstood. As you ... | |
| Upgrade for users of 1/2" mylar belt Interesting indeed. At RMAF, TW's table was the only belt drive not using tape that didn't betray the obvious flaws of an elastic/rubbery belt. We walked out of a dozen other rooms within minutes, disappointed by softened transients and dulled mic... | |
| RB-301 Spring "ringing" when VTF set to "2"? Raul,It's true one CAN adjust by moving the counterweight. But for small VTF changes (.05g or so) it is MUCH easier and faster to slip an O-ring on/off the end stub. Moving the counterweight that small amount requires weighing after each movement ... | |
| RB-301 Spring "ringing" when VTF set to "2"? Good observational skills by Vinyladdict and excellent advice from Jea48 and Raul. Many RB-300/301 owners do exactly this, as a search of this or most vinyl forums will show.The question may arise, how do I fine tune VTF without engaging the sprin... | |
| Tracking error distortion audibility Axelwahl,Sorry for your sonic pain. I've no doubt you hear exactly what you describe. I used to hear it too. I don't now, ever, and I agree with Dan_ed. Inner (or outer) groove distortion does not have to be accepted.There's at least one thing you... | |
| Can a small amount of bleach hurt your records? What Dan_Ed said, and more. Why use a "cleaning" solution that promotes the growth of the very stuff you're trying to remove from the LP? Bug food for removing bugs? No such reports regarding the current generation fluids from AIVS, MoFI or Walker... | |
| Mint Tractor Perfect example, Tim.We've got most of the Mozart symphonies on Philips, with Haitink in the Konzertgebau. For years I described those LP's as veiled, soft, rolled off highs, little sense of soundspace, etc.Today, while they may not quite match an... | |
| Record Sleeve Recommendation Hi Myles,Understood. I have plenty of MFSL's with the cardboard inner. Still, provided we're careful, we rarely snag or hang up a corner when sliding a MoFi/HDPE sleeve directly into a non-MFSL outer jacket. Practice, practice, practice...? |