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| Strain gauge vs Zyx 4D/Atmos Raul et al,Your argument on equalisation is irrelevant. Strain gauge cartridges have a non linear output and therefore require different "equalisation" to achieve a flat response. My understanding is that the output is close to the inverse of the ... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Halcro,Whilst I do not like sprung turntables I agree with Dertonam you cant write them off. The key mistake most suspended tt's with belt drive have is that they have the motor drive on a different chassis from the suspended plinth on which they ... | |
| CONUNDRUM Handymann,The real issue is one you highlighted, that your turntable is way below the level of your phono stage and preamp. Therefore a good low output moving coil will potentially be too good for the arm and sound awful. My suggestion would be to... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System T_bone - I think you are wasting your time on this. This thread goes round in circles.If I look at Halcro's system it astonishes me that for all the discussion on turntable set up I see the following issues in his system -Turntables located on a l... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Lewm, why not use monopods for your amps, with 1 foot - then we can start a thread on the best sounding elastic to balance them. | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Jonathan - nice to hear from a fellow 60kg SPZ plinth owner - only point I would debate would be the air suspension, still think the tt has to be grounded no matter how much mass you have in the plinth. Rf shielding in the wall & perhaps a sea... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System I dont agree with pods but I have thought about mounting a cantilivered armboard off the plinth using 3 mini spikes machined from grub screws so they are adjustable ( for levelling the armboard relative to the turntable bearing ) and using a nylon... | |
| Any info on a VTL Utlimate Preamp with MC Please Hi the mono/stereo switch is for listening to mono records. The preamp is already dual mono inside including power supply & gain stages. The only point they come together is on the volume pot which is dual ganged. In theory you can dual mono i... | |
| Kuzma 4Point vs Airline - is it worth the upgrade? Hi Essential, yes I agree with the line analogy, but my thought was that with 2 points of contact the arm could potentially chatter - does seem a halfway house between captured bearing and unipivot, which may be a good thing, but I guess my point ... | |
| Kuzma 4Point vs Airline - is it worth the upgrade? In my view the use of the word unipivot is misleading - the 2 vertical bearings are like a double knife edge as in the early SME's except that they are points/cups instead of knife edge/groove. Unlike a true unipivot the whole arm tube will chatte... | |
| EAR 324 vs Einstein The Turntable Choice Did you check for phase inversion and set the loading the same ? Try different loading ? I have found with my Klyne it prefers to be loaded much higher than normal, ie 47k for most moving coils. | |
| Reed tonearm w/ Raven One table-how's the match ? Hi there, I think the Raven 1 is great value for money and will work with the Talia ( yes I've heard the Raven ). However given you've already got a good arm, you might want to consider going up to the Raven AC 1 and stay with the SME which is exc... | |
| Sota Cosmos tonearm? I used to be a Sota Distributor and have installed many arms on the Sota. Personal favourites ET2 and SME V. ET2 - massive pinpoint soundstaging and excellent timing. SME V very organic warm and solid sound, we had success with Van den hul cartrid... | |
| To SME or not to SME? Mauidj,Any of the turntables you have looked at will be good. If you are nervous about the $20k, then spend less. What about second hand. For $10k you could get a second hand Micro Seiki RX1500 and a new Graham Phantom. Keep your Oracle as a bench... | |
| $1000 upgrade. Opinions? My view would be to replace the Audiolab. This amp is quite mechanical sounding and in the states you have access to some great pre/power amps at wonderful prices second hand. Because the Audiolab can be split you could do the power amp first, use... |