dwette
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| IsoAcoustics Gaia feet on Oracle Delphi turntable I once tried a set of Gaia III as replacement feet for my Clearaudio Ovation (about 45 lbs). I didn’t care for that so much, so I got an isoAcoustics Delos isolation base. That worked so much better. In summer 2013 I upgraded that Ovation to an In... | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped @chayro @dogberry @mulveling Thanks for your feedback. I’ve only heard great things about Joseph Long and mixed reviews about VAS, so I’ll stand with what I said before in considering the former and avoiding the latter. I've also heard good thi... | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped I’m still trying to decide what to do with my broken Koetsu Rosewood but sending it to Joseph Long (groovetickler) is at the top of my list. A couple people have said to me elsewhere not to use VAS. When I inquired with VAS he said I had to send i... | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped It's costly to do but there is no way I would send my Lyra cartridges to a 3rd party for retip. Factory rebuild is the way to go, especially with Etna and Atlas. I have a Koetsu Rosewood Signature with a missing stylus. It was given to me by a de... | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped To follow on my previous post. I had my Dynavector XV-1s factory rebuilt early last year. It came back better than it ever was before. The distributor (he’s local to me and told me himself) said when they rebuilt it they included improvements to t... | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped There is no cut and dry answer. It depends on the cartridge, who is doing the service, and what their retipping service includes. It can be done cheaply and/or badly and change the original cartridge for the worse, or it can be done very well at g... | |
| Record Storage Problem I'm in the St. Louis area (i.e. high humidity in summer months). My collection of some 5000 LPs – acquired over the last 50 years to now – is mostly (not box sets) wrapped in Sleeve City 5 mil sleeves, and there is no evidence of mold anywhere. In... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? When I make changes to the system I just play all the music I love to listen to, and much of it isn't boutique audiophile reissues or anything like that. A lot of it is jazz and classical and early music records from the 70s I have listened to for... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? I think what he meant is that with the Bugatti after you get from point A to point B you need $20K for a new set of tires. | |
| Analogue front end. You want more weight, scale and dynamics.Where do you start upgrading? @larryi A clamping system can further improve the transfer of energy, but whether this will improve the sound is a matter of system synergy and personal raste. I have the Clearaudio Statement clamp and outer limit ring, and it does sound bett... | |
| Analogue front end. You want more weight, scale and dynamics.Where do you start upgrading? I don’t use a platter pad. Well, maybe I do. It’s a 70mm POM platter pad sitting on a 15mm stainless steel platter. Right @mulveling? | |
| LYRA CARTRIDGES VIDEO @josepad FWIW: I just use the SPT at the beginning of each listening session (usually 2-4 hours). After every record I wipe the stylus with the dense carbon brush supplied with the cartridge (I have Atlas Lambda SL and Atlas Lambda Mono). I still... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? Plus, I've gotten great support over the years from Musical Surroundings. I am getting both my Universal 12" arms rewired. They have to go back to Germany for that, for est. 6-8 weeks. Musical Surroundings sent me one of their demo arms, first to ... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? @mulveling Thanks for answering about Clearaudio parts. I haven't ever needed to buy such parts (and I have my original boxes). When I ordered my Innovation I got an extra 30mm standard armboard for a 2nd Universal arm. That was $500. It seems ste... | |
| Rumble - turntable or background noise DG LP @richardbrand has a good suggestion. The OP should get their own system out of the equation if they think the records have an issue (and I have already commented the DG TOS reissue doesn't have that issue here). Play them on a known good system be... |