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| Pros and Cons of Platter Mass I have learnt that the Thrust Pad can show signs of increased wear after a lesser period than anticipated, where inspection of the part has shown noticeable indentation occurring from the Point Loading.There are harder Thrust Pad Materials that wi... | |
| Pros and Cons of Platter Mass I would be loathe to do anything to dramatically alter platter mass or the materials used at the bearing/thrust pad interface, or even the lubricant, without conside ring the effects on the other constituents of the closed system.I wish more fol... | |
| Nagaoka MP-150 vs MP-200 Audio-Technica invented the MicroLine stylus shape.Nonsense - Namiki patented it in 1983. | |
| My kiseki Blackheart nightmare. @nandric I firend of mine has the original Kiseki Blue Silver Spot and the original Kiseki Agate Ruby - both of these were superb cartridges - the energy of the Koetsu range but very precise in their sound.Of the current Kiseki range I have only h... | |
| DAC Dilemma The Etsuro Urushi Gold is excellent.If that is too expensive go for the Etsuro Blue. | |
| Decca London Gold cartridge nightmare I bought a London Maroon wired for mono as I had a spare deck. Mounted in a Naim Aro, effective mass 11g it worked very well with original mono records but on anything cut on a stereo lathe it tended to exit the groove in no uncertain manner. Now ... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 @halcro Thread DriveI actually tried a number of 'approved threads' sent to me by Dertonearm for driving the Raven AC-2 as an alternative to the rubber belt.Unfortunately....none of them could regulate the platter speed correctly due to the Raven'... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 @halcro I thought it was a fun exrcise. I'm pretty relaxed sbout the outcome, happy that I got the first comparision correct. As I said I found the second a little harder to pick.I am a little surprised on the second - I listened to the bottom end... | |
| Linn Sondek LP-12 tonearm recommendations? Yes, I mounted an Audiomods arm on a Platine Verdier when I sold it, the Audiomods was excellent, superb vaue for money. Even with a modest Goldring moving coil it sounded superb. Way above Jelco level of performance. Only caveat would be to stay ... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 @halcro I've actually been busy getting my new ensuite ready for the plumber to hook everything up.I'm happy to give it a go, but in an ideal world I would want the same arm/cartrtidge on both TT's - I believe I could pick it every time in a blind... | |
| Where to go from Grado Gold? @simmaSince you like your Grado, why not stay with Grado and go up the range. | |
| Four MC Phono Cartridges @stereo5 I think you would be better off with the Dynavector DV20X2L.The Technics 1200G is a dry sounding deck and the ART9’s, particulalrly with the Shibata tip, can be a bit brittle sounding.The Dynavector is slightly higher compliance which wil... | |
| VTA adjustment on Technics 1200G @chungihou You do not use VTA for a tone control.The optimum VTA is when you have maximum soundstage and maximum detail.Is your arm level ?Can you go a little below level.If not, you could use a cartridge spacer, this would achieve the same result... | |
| Best phono stage for Lyra Etna SL cartridge? @chungihYour phono stage loading available ranges from 14ohms to 200ohm and 47k.The cartridge can run into any load more than 10 times the internal impedance - so you can safely load it from 20ohms up.What Lyra recommends is that you try all your ... | |
| What angle should I set the VTA on my VPI turntable? @audioguy In general, you want the tonearm parallel to the record...from there, you can tweak it to your liking, cartridge ass down, or tipped forward...generally ass down, more bass and more full, tipped forward, more treble or high frequency det... |