frogman
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| VPI bearing oil/grease? There is no definitive answer. Lithium grease, motor oil, trick oils (vdH, etc.), will all "work" to varying degrees. I have tried them all, and guess what? They all sound different. Your particular set-up will dictate which one works best. The th... | |
| Changing from an XV1-S Perhaps I am showing my age (53), but I remember a time, not that long ago, when it was generally recognized by most audiophiles (in my circles), and certainly by the audiophile press, that the establishment of a fairly-well agreed-upon descriptiv... | |
| Changing from an XV1-S Stickman 451: >>So, after all of that; which is the "better" cartridge, a XV1's or an Ortofon A90, or maybe a Grado The Statement? :)<<For me: 1.Grado The Statement 2.XV1 3.Ortofon A90For Dcarol (I would wager my Stax F-81's on this):... | |
| Changing from an XV1-S Dcarol, thank you for addressing my concerns directly. You wrote: >>The XV1-S was better than the Black in a lot of areas such as overall detail and 'togetherness' - the performance sounded like a whole and not just separate instruments play... | |
| Changing from an XV1-S Dcarol, forgive my bluntness, but I just don't understand the goal of your original post. You ask for suggestions for a cartridge change that will give you more "realism", but you seem to dismiss every opportunity given in the responses to your or... | |
| Grado TLZ ??? Mosin, I did notice that the XTZ was not mentioned. I owned the XTZ also. I am not aware of a XTC; interesting. As I recall, the XTZ had an output of .5 mv, no? Very refined sounding cartridge. I ended up selling it because it did not have enough ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Drewmb1, please read my post above on the subject. I strongly recommend that you first run the tonearm wire through a length of teflon tubing, then cover with the shielding braid. All tonearm wires are fragile, and copper braid can be very abrasiv... | |
| Vinyl pops and clicks: Can they be eliminated?? About a week ago or so, a thread in this forum caught my eye. It was on a subject related to a piece of gear that I own. Having very little time at that particular moment, I quickly perussed the opening comment and a few of the responses. It wasn'... | |
| Grado TLZ ??? From the Grado website:Grado Signatures -- the 8, 8M, 8MR, MCX, 8MZ, and TLZ | |
| Grado TLZ ??? Lewm, there never was a "Signature" version of the TLZ, only a supposedly upgraded stylus assembly the "v", which is what the OP has. The TLZ was always part of the "Signature" line, which included the 8MZ, MCZ, TLZ, and XTZ. | |
| Grado TLZ ??? OK, I just read your most recent post. I made my previous comments on the assumption that you had a "Gold" body. If the body that you have is silver and black, then you probably do have a full-fledged TLZ. It was probably packed in the box of a Go... | |
| Grado TLZ ??? Very simple. You have a Grado "Gold" with a stylus assembly that has been upgraded to that of a "TLZ v"; they are interchangeable. My guess is that performance-wise, you are not quite at the overall level of excellence of a full-fledged TLZ, but f... | |
| Add Bob Devices CineMag SUT to EAR834P Deluxe I have not heard the CineMag, but own the EAR. If you did not follow this thread, check it out:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1278350882&&&/SUT-shootoutPersonally, I would be careful about inserting another set of in... | |
| Tube Phono Stage Help EAR 834P for $900-$1000 more or less, used, is wonderful. A little on the juicy side (particularly in stock form), with very good PRAT. Will definitely warm things up. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? When using MC's, I have never had any issues with grounding noise of any kind using the wire without any shielding. With MM's it gets trickier, and grounding noise can be a real problem. I solved it this way:The positive and negative runs of wire ... |