dougdeacon
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| I got a stylus cleaning kit for, but--------- Wow, it's been nearly 5 years since I first wrote about the Magic Eraser for stylus cleaning. Time flies! Here's the original thread .Only one thing has changed from that original recommendation: stylus cleaning should be done after every side, n... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret Belated Merry Holidays to all. Just catching up on this fun and fascinating thread.***Hevac and Dgad both suggested - correctly - that the damage to Thomasheisig's cartridge could have resulted from sticky tonearm bearings. Most of the discussion ... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret Stefanl,Your method seems much like Nsgarch's. As he mentioned, the higher the compliance of the cartridge, the better it works. I would add that this method works best for arm/cartridge combinations which need a fair amount of AS. As one approach... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret I cannot get the distortion to stop coming from the left channel first no matter where I put the anti skating weight. Start by taking the AS weight off altogether. AS on top level arms and carts should be started at "zero". Adjust upward only if n... | |
| Cartridge / Needle Repair Why not identify the cartridge? You might get more responses if people knew what they were trying to help you with. | |
| ZYX Atmos/D4 and SME4 antiskating Mattheus,Once the cartridge has broken in a bit you'll probably need very little antiskating, if any at all.Read the responses on this thread , where you'll see that the majority who've tried it prefer very low/zero antiskating levels with modern... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret FWIW, the methodology I posted does result in a zero antiskating setting (with our present arm and cartridge). That's where we play every day. Other carts have produced different results however, so IME it would over-simplify to say "no antiskatin... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret Here's a method for setting antiskate (AS) that's more effective than visual methods for lower compliance carts (and works for any cartridge, subject to the disclaimer at bottom).1. Play 2-3 sides to warm everything up.2. Reduce AS to zero.3. Choo... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret Neil,Great to see you again! Hope all's well. Your AS method, which you've posted in the past, is one of the simple, safe and effective ones, especially for higher compliance carts. As you said, users of lower compliance cartridges may prefer anot... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret Great photo, Thomas. Very likely caused by many hours of play with excessive anti-skating.Calibration with a blank surface is not always the 100% solution.Calibration with a blank surface is NEVER the right solution, unless you play a lot of LP's ... | |
| Felt Mats or ??? Dave,That makes sense. Zinc probably wouldn't be so good for resonance control either. I doubt anyone clamps directly to that platter, especially not "bareback".Good warning re: not clamping a Boston Audio Mat. If Nrenter decides to try he should ... | |
| Felt Mats or ??? Nrenter,Great insight and an interesting spin. Clearly a mat could be combined with a clamp to provide a coupling system. That isnt the way mats normally get used but on the right table thats no reason not to try and you may have exactly the r... | |
| Felt Mats or ??? Like Ddarch44's modded Merrill's, the best sounding mat for tables like my Teres is no mat.Some tables are designed for close coupling of LP to platter. Teres uses a threaded spindle and clamp, which ennables very tight (and adjustable) coupling. ... | |
| Anyone used the jennings cd stylus scale SaveOnScales provided excellent support when I needed it (several years ago). Nothing to do with the JS-CD-100, but they replaced a defective My-Weigh scale I'd purchased from them very quickly and at no cost. FWIW, YMMV, etc. | |
| Tracking Troubles--Upgrade or Setup? Chashmal,First, let's learn some jargon so we can confuse each other in the same language. "VTF" = Vertical Tracking Force, sometimes referred to as just "tracking force" or "downforce". It's what you meant by "tracking weight" (though scientists/... |