dougdeacon
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| Crazy TT Tweak? Many people have tried that, and other materials too. The topic of TT belt materials has been discussed here quite often. While results will vary from rig to rig, mostly depending on the qualities of the motor, materials like the one you suggested... | |
| tonearm mounting and alignment The dimension is called "spindle to pivot", and it means precisely that: from the center of the TT spindle to the exact point around which the tonearm pivots (horizontally).The tonearm's horizontal pivot axis is easier to see on some arms than oth... | |
| tonearm mounting and alignment Thats great. Dont forget warning #2 in my post above. Assuming your arm is mounted at the Rega-standard 222mm from the spindle, proper use of the TTB will leave most cartridges well forward in the headshell slots and angled slightly inward. That... | |
| ZeroDust still the best? Lak, Thanks for posting my article. The original can be found in the Threads beneath my signature, but the version you posted looks like my regularly-updated Word doc. I only added that Wiki link within the last year or so.Philjolet,The ZD removes... | |
| What Cartridges to use with Triplanar IIV Tonearm? Responding to Stringreen re: Benz warmth, I was referring to models in the OP's price range, which I've heard and which did indeed sound warm, slow, soft or even bloated. Like Dan, I haven't heard the higher priced models but they're above Mikeaud... | |
| What Cartridges to use with Triplanar IIV Tonearm? Stringreen and Thomasheisig did indeed get it right, and Dan's question was appropriate, since different cartridges work well (or at least differently!) for different musical and sonic tastes. For "all sorts" of music, a neutral cartridge like a Z... | |
| Alignment Snafu? Or? Ted,Correct assumption.Mark,Null points at 57.9/114.6 aren't necessary, and probably not optimal unless you have many LPs with very wide lead-in grooves (like 1/2" wide) and music cut right up to the label. Not very likely, so I don't understand w... | |
| setting azimuth on VPI turntables Radrog, Didn't you mean, "Get a BAD cartridge and forget all the nonsense"? ;-)The more resolving the cartridge the more it responds to changes in azimuth and other setup parameters. Low resolution cartridges do mask the effects of many adjustment... | |
| Alignment Snafu? Or? Ted,Forgot to mention. With an OL at 222m, aligning a cartridge at the Baerwald points will leave it slightly angled (inward) in the headshell. That's okay - as long as the stylus is tracing the arc and aligned on the grids. | |
| Alignment Snafu? Or? Ted,You're more likely to be able to align a cartridge at the Baerwald points on an OL arm if you mount the arm somewhat closer than the specified 223mm. The problem with 223mm is that, (i) Rega/OL arms were not designed for Baerwald and, (ii) at ... | |
| Alignment Snafu? Or? Mark,Another suggestion: try installing your cartridge without the finger lift. The extra hardware and material boundaries make your cartridge less stable in the headshell and alter the resonance behavior of the cart/arm. I can't guarantee this ec... | |
| Expressimo RB 250 mistracking issue Zerodust and a dry brush are not adequate for long term stylus cleaning. Many of the cartridges I've rehabilitated, as discussed above, were maintained using exactly that.Do a search here or on Vinyl Asylum for "Magic Eraser" or click "Threads" be... | |
| What do defective phono tubes sound like? Keep your chin up SirS. Friday night our system sounded terrible. No life, no snap, just dull, dull, dull. I gave up and we went out for dinner. Yesterday I realized I'd moved VTF in the wrong direction. Doh! When I fixed that the music all came t... | |
| What do defective phono tubes sound like? SirSpeedy,Any chance it's mistracking? (I know you'd have recognized that, but thought I'd cover all the bases.)Diagnostic question: do these pops happen in both channels or just one? I'd put a small wager on a loose connection at the cartridge pi... | |
| Expressimo RB 250 mistracking issue Mistracking is just a skip that didn't quite make the jump into the next groove. We're talking about differences in degree, not in kind, so any possible explanations apply to both. I haven't had a Rega style arm for several years (and never had th... |