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| Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You? millercarbonaside from full understanding of the ugly thing, it's ability to dissipate Jitter without being considered Soft: I thank, and not thank you, for the link and my learning about the essentially Jitter Free Strain-Guage Cartridges. Maybe ... | |
| Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You? atmasphere," If the arm tube is not damped you're going to have problems!"I found this, makes my head spin, especially with short term memory issues.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/tonearm-damping-damped-or-not-useless-welcomedAre these tw... | |
| Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You? millercarbon,thanks for the link to the Peter Ledermann Video. I encourage everyone to find an hour to view it, link repeated:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmwnN_T_wW8&t=1200sMakes me want to run right out, rob a bank, buy his best Strain-Ga... | |
| Vandersteen 3A Signatures with 2 dB difference between L and R Speakers a slightly less tight connection can effect signal strength/volume. either end of speaker wires. either end of interconnect.verify all tight, measure, _____?switch the speakers themselves. measure again ___? if difference moved with the speaker, i... | |
| Looking for a GOOD integrated tube amp restorer. I had Audio Classics update my vintage tube tuner/preamp, they work on lots of brands, perhaps write them with questions, then call if you like their response. I dealt with Ryan there.https://www.audioclassics.com/cat?cat=Amplifiersaside from a re... | |
| Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You? millercarbonthere's no need for you to take every opportunity to prove ....I was letting you know my plinth is solid, and currently nothing else (above the cartridge, or under the tonearm base) is moving. You knew what my point was. I agree with C... | |
| Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You? Convincing points Yea or Nay,My arm/arm-board/plinth (70mm 7 layer JVC) are solid, thus I believe all groove/stylus vibration is going into the cartridge; Plinth factory leveling feet on 2" square isolation pads to lessen my springy wood floor vib... | |
| Mono cartridge recommendation The List: If you rule out * and **, and then I advise ruling out Line Contact, it narrows the list.Next: Spherical or Elliptical shape, I chose Elliptical for modern mono grooves and older mono grooves. You gotta choose.Next: tracking force? repla... | |
| Mono cartridge recommendation I kept it simple, a Grado Mono Cartridge, Moving Iron, Elliptical Shape (not advanced) for current and older groove shapes.2 specific Prestige Mono Options (MC+, ME+), and, ANY wood bodied cartridge can be ordered Mono.https://gradolabs.com/cartri... | |
| If Power Cords Don't Matter... In my youth, taking things apart, looking at the lightweight common wiring, soldering, parts inside vintage equipment (speakers, preamps, amps, receivers, tape recorders) (McIntosh, Fisher, Scott, Thorens, SME, Viking, Garard, AR, Sony, Panasonic,... | |
| Mobile Fidelity StudioDeck Setup Issue Listen While You Work.1. can you temporarily swing the lift shelf out of the way to manually play?2. then set arm height so just down a speck while playing3. the lift shelf MUST move independently as others have indicated. | |
| Amp recommendation -- McIntosh, Luxman, Yamaha I have only comments, not specific recommendations: I had and sold McIntosh SS Amp: MC2250 and SS Preamp C28. Frankly, except bulletproof, nothing special, just ’do no harm’. I (and everyone else) preferred my tube equipment. I have my first and o... | |
| Wait time after record cleaning sometimes we get some stuff out of the groove, but not all, and then I find the advanced stylus shape digging out very fine dust first play, clean the stylus, never debris again. most of the time, a very quiet and clean play, no residue on the sty... | |
| Power amplifiers for a 3 way setup, 2 fronts 1 center center for what? music or video?how are you controlling the volume?2 channel with derived center information for fullness, strong center imaging like early vintage stereo receivers? that actually let your left and right not be perfectly placed, or... | |
| Wait time after record cleaning Cleaning one, play it, never worked very well for me,I have vastly better results by using a kit with a drying rack and cleaning batches of 10 lps while listening to previously cleaned or new LPs.After vigorous manual scrub, good rinse, thorough d... |