fleib
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| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Chakster, I assume the end result would be the null distance for a standard alignment, whichever it is, the same as listed on page 2. Now that I think about it, perhaps the UNI-DIN nulls would be most pleasing on a 7". It will have much less erro... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Lewm, your defense of the arc seems valid, but the Dennesen types don't need perfect arm mounting distance. As long as you can sight the pivot intersection you can get a "correct" alignment provided you have enough headshell room.I always check wi... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Chakster, sorry, I made a mistake, but so did you. None of the standard alignments have both nulls within the recorded part of a 7".Baerwald - 66.0 & 120.9mmLoefgren - 70.3 & 116.6mmStevenson - 60.325 & 117.42mm7" record recorded band... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Cleeds, My Dennison has alignment lines for the cantilever and I believe the others also have this. I also have a mirrored protractor and results are the same. Raul, An arc protractor is great if and only if mounting distance is in exact agreement... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Chakster mentioned Feickert in OP. Great device based on the Dennison Soundtractor, gets excellent results as long as it's used properly. One thing often overlooked - an arc protractor is only accurate if your mounting distance is perfect (facto... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Lewm, Sampsa,The only reason to elevate the pivot is to have the cantilever aimed there vertically. It's not beneficial for tracking like an underhung counterweight. That's the only plane where that happens on the Grado arm. The VE photo was suppl... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Lewm,If the RS-A1 headshell doesn't rotate, then the only other unique feature the ViV brings to the table is the floating pivot. I'm not sure how significant this is, but I suspect you already have the better sounding arm. If the goal is to reduc... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? **It's in Baerwald's original derivation from 1941, where he shows the resulting distortion to be primarily 2nd harmonic.**Not to be argumentative, but that's hardly convincing. The distortion analyzer wasn't invented until '41. What did he use as... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Sampsa55,Interesting post. Vertical alignment error (SRA/VTA) can be measured with a test record and a distortion analyzer. I've never done this. It seems to me, it will vary somewhat from record to record and I adjust it by ear and on the fly. Mo... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Lewm, When Loefgren published his alignment(s), he equated alignment error to distortion. I wonder if any attempt has been made to qualify or quantify this assertion, what kind of distortion and how much? Aside from a very small amount of phase... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Agree with Lew. On an arm designed for Stevenson (or close), to get a Loefgren A or B requires moving the cart forward and increasing offset angle. I've done this numerous times for people who wanted a Baerwald alignment. Often such an alignment ... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Sampsa55 - "I align the cartridges based on the alignment the tonearm was designed for. Since most of my tonearms use removable head shells and were designed for a 52mm distance from the head shell connection to the stylus..."Raul - "that's true ... | |
| MS Phonomena II vs. iFi Micro Phono vs. Audio Vista Phono-1 Mkii Hi, Vista phono here. Unfortunately, I can't give a first hand comparison to the others. "They" say the Lounge Audio MM stage is the only competition for the money. I bought it as a tool for checking MM loading options. It reminds me of my AHT wi... | |
| AT 155LC and AT 160ML They both have the same 490mH generator and they both weigh 8.3g.The 155 has a line contact and the ML is micro line. Both - output 5mV. DC 790. Impedance 3.2K.Compliance is higher on the 155 - 16 @ 100Hz. Cu on your 160 stylus is 10 @ 100Hz. Th... | |
| The ever lasting diamond stylus...is it a myth or?? They wear at different rates depending on a variety of factors, but no doubt about it, they wear.You ask what a worn diamond tip looks like. When examining for wear you do not look at the tip as such. You look at the light reflected off the sides.... |