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| Help all ye Triplanar Gurus Ouch!The proper method to remove a broken off screw is to grind the butt end flat, drill a hole (by hand) into it, tap reverse threads into that hole and insert a matching, reverse-threaded rod. Screwing the rod in (counter-clockwise) will safely ... | |
| Tonearm compatibility and advice Rene,The Mint is indeed designed for an arm mounted at the designed pivot-to-spindle distance, and is useless for any other distance. My OL Silver (Rega clone) was designed for 222mm. Regas can be mounted at that distance AFAIK. Whether it would b... | |
| Tonearm compatibility and advice Mingles,I was a user and a proponent of the Turntable Basics protractor for many years, for Rega style arms and others.Recently, Audogon member Palasr helped spread the word about a new protractor offered by http://www.MintLP.com After resisting f... | |
| Doug Decan I think there is a new ZYX 4D cartridge Bill, You didn't address the 4D question, but thanks for clarifying that "the best I've heard" means "in my experience, budget, preferences and opinion". I doubt Jwm could have worked that out, perhaps he'll thank you separately. | |
| Doug Decan I think there is a new ZYX 4D cartridge Hi Jwm,As Mark says, the 4D is the Atmos rebadged for non-USA markets. The two models are identical, though I've seen European dealers claim otherwise. Performance vs. the UNIverse? A search here will turn up a UNIverse owner who tried the Atmos/4... | |
| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. Sonofjim,You understand the economics behind making a cutting edge, top class product for a very limited market, so calling the price "ridiculous" wasn't quite fair. How about, "unfortunate"?An entry level BMW wasn't a relevant comparison of cours... | |
| Any opinions on the Lyra stylus cleaning fluid? As Rushton said, the Magic Eraser + a dry stylus brush work better than most liquid cleaners (I haven't tried the Lyra liquid, but I abandoned two other liquids and two gel type cleaners long ago). The only thing that works better IME is a sliver ... | |
| Walker Vortex Vacuum Wand for VPI ...I get a screeching sound, sort of like a cross between a children's party horn and an elephant.Sounds like most of the horn speakers I heard at RMAF. You may be onto something! | |
| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. Quiddity,We've gotten virtually all our (hundreds) of L'oiseau Lyre LP's off ebay. They're readily available from sellers in the US and Europe. Intercontinental postage can be a killer, but at least these LP's are almost invariably in perfect cond... | |
| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. Wow, lots of stuff here. Thanks all for your ideas.Ralph,I'm 100% in agreement that a well matched and set up TriPlanar will outperform a well matched and set up Schroeder, including the Reference and certainly a Model Two. A TP on Win's table wou... | |
| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. Hi John,Great question. How were you able to separate which components contributed to or detracted from the wonderful sound in that room?Separating which component is contributing what in an unfamiliar system is indeed difficult, often impossible.... | |
| Walker prelude vs. Audio Intelligent Agree with Stiltskin. AIVS and MoFi's enzyme based fluid systems go far beyond DD. Waiting until you run out of DD is just wasting precious music listening time. Use the DD to wash the car or something.I haven't compared Walker's fluids, but since... | |
| Review: ZYX Atmos X-SB (low output) Cartridge Halcro, thanks for visiting. As you know from your very fine system (love your speaker description) the UNIverse is capable of extraordinary dynamics, but releasing them requires genuinely top performing components throughout. One of our fellow A'... | |
| Review: ZYX Atmos X-SB (low output) Cartridge Mattheus,I think you'll find the Atmos is quite an upgrade from your Airy 3, especially as you're changing from silver coils to copper. Loading should be the same (assuming your Airy 3 was also low output). I could predict what I think you'll hear... | |
| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. Too busy catching up at work for a full report. Quick impressions...A huge thank you from Paul and me to Larry and Steve for the A'gon receptions at "Garcia's". Friday night was great, Saturday night was better! I got to meet many A'goners for the... |