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| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @ledoux1234 You might want to put some CRC/penetrating oil on those rusty screws and let it soak in - otherwise if they are undone they may well break. I normally replace junk machine screws with T304/316 stainless on my gear and put a dob of o... | |
| Tonearm recommendation Origin Live makes great tonearms in all price ranges. I have owned a Conqueror, Enterprise, and Agile: all excellent! No they don't. All Origin Live tonearms have non offset bearings which means that every time you adjust VTA the azimuth goes ... | |
| Graham Phamtom III Reference tonearm @wrm57 Toward the pivot tilts the sound up, emphasizing treble, while away from the pivot dulls the sound down, de-emphasizing treble. Why is this so? Moving the counterweight closer to the pivot reduces the inertia as seen from the cantile... | |
| Moerch DP-8 tonearm? @portoallegro2016 I have run the van den hul xgw/Moerch DP8 combo - you need the Blue Arm wand - effective mass 14g. The other wands are too light. I did find the DP8 arm tube sensitive to touch, microphonic but no feedback issues. Personally ... | |
| SME 309 Tonearms: Production Years and Variations Which tonearm would be better to keep for my system — the newer version with the colored logo, or the older one? Or is there no difference in the years of production? The coloured logo is a red herring. The arm with the higher serial number sh... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine Personally I'm not a fan of DC motors - they are used because they are cheap and easy to control. DC motors essentially require constant measurement and speed correction, they only produce torque when the speed is out and being corrected, whereas... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine The Transrotor belt was recommended by Callas Audio simply because it was better quality than the original Verdier belt. On my Verdier the original belt was so rough that it rode up and down the platter as it ran. There are plenty of alternative... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine I wouldn't think that was the best choice for reducing belt slippage. You clearly missed my point above and do not understand the Verdier design. Suggest you buy one yourself and then go at it with an angle grinder if that's your thing. | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @mr_gray i then used a very sharp chisel to try and remove this wax and i roughened the surface of the metal This is pretty bad. The Verdier is designed for the platter to dominate the motor, not the other way round. You really should fix th... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine but also because silk doesn't last long. as it shreds one gets all sorts of speed issues. This flabbergasts me. I have been using surgical suture silk thread for 40 years on my TT - it's pulling a 26kg platter. I've only ever had one failur... | |
| Luxman PD121A - PD441 @chridabs its a 50/60 model but i have a step down. Japan domestic market has both 50 & 60 hz power grids. If it says 50/60 it should run on both frequencies. If it is Japan domestic market it is 100v and you need the step down ... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @thekong This flexibility was accomplished through the use of a massive, solid alloy base on which tonearms can be placed anywhere on their respective spindle-to-pivot arcs. Purchasing a Transcendence with a large base enables one to use a ton... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @thekong One interesting design of the Basis Transcendence is that it seems like both the arm pod and motor pod are just sitting on the plinth with no hard connections! No I think they are through bolted from under the plinth. Plinth Some ... | |
| Luxman PD121A - PD441 @chridabs After spending a good few hours back and fourth with a seller apparently the 505MKII or MKIII will not fit on the TP-MT as its 30 mm (1.18 inches). I wouldn't know as I dont have the arm to hand hahahah The micro 505 requires a... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @thekong I used compressed bamboo ply - so it works out about roughly 10kg for 80mm plinth. The engineered stone would be more straightforward. Suddenly had a brain explosion - it would be interesting to do a larger plinth and push the feet out... |