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| Surround speakers for Martin Logan CLS in my humble opinion the cls is not a surround speaker it is the hub of a world class system. see my letter in tas on the top ten products of all time and the last page in tas paying homage to the cls. | |
| Advice for high end tube preamp for ss amp HELP I don't usually do this but I am going to recommend preamp I never heard before. Let's face it,whatever bill johnson doesn't know about preamps isn't necessary. ARC SP16. If you don't need phono get the line stage for less money. Has enough gain f... | |
| Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary? so much for having the last word on this subject.I did not say perfect vta was theoretcical.I said those who claimed they could find it easily and repeatedly by ear were highly suspect. A claim that offended many.There is a perfect vta and that ca... | |
| Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary? Okay! I seemed to have lost this argument. It just seems to me that your record could care less what angle the record was cut at. I'm sure you all have seen pictures of a stylus contact point. Maximize it and you'll get the most out of your cartri... | |
| Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary? does'nt this mean you also changed the distance when you put on records of different thicknes? by re leveling the arm you have brought it back into alignment. | |
| Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary? dougdeacon. as long as you dont move the bdoy of the cartridge, pivot to stylus distance is a constant. you are however right in that you have alterered the overhang points. i think what you meant to say is that raising or lowering causes the styl... | |
| Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary? restock, thank you. being involved in audio for thirty years i already had this discussion. back when my eyes were good and my hand was steady, I spent long hours into the night trying to adjust vta. back then hardly anybody cared about vta. that ... | |
| Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary? ok then i concede that the cutting angle varies form lp to lp with no real way to tell. so let's suppose using my method you landed at 22 degrees as optimum. that would leave you with a +/-2 degrees window for any given record.Let us be generous a... | |
| Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary? ok, here's what you want with respect to vta. the stylus manufacturer has decided stylus stip shape. maybe spherical, eliptical, micro line,etc. your goal is to have that stylus tip rest in the grove exactly as the manufacutrer intended. thus you ... | |
| Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary? of course any adjustment to your sytem should result in some improvement of sound or mechanical function.what is the purpose vta adjustment? some say it is to duplicate the angle of the cutting head. If you accomplish that you have got it right. o... | |
| Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary? dekay, i see, you took my comments as a personal assult on your golden ears. that explains everything. i stand by my position that vta adjustments require such minute adjustments that they require they assistance of very accurate measuring devices... | |
| Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary? first hand experience? try thirty years as an audiophile. I have heard or owned most of the major turntable, tonearm, cartridge combinations. i currently own a vpi aries 2,sme 4 and benz glider. I have old sota star waiting as a back up.As far as ... | |
| Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary? for you young whippersnappers. you may look up back issues of the audio critic by peter acel. He broke the story on vta. He gives a detailed analysis of vta, overhang and and antiskating. while i think vta is important, i never took anyone serious... | |
| Who makes the best Y connector? monster get it form audio advisor. | |
| Best Speaker for Loud Rock w/ tubes go with maggies. resonably priced almost indestructable. power hungry.you will need a subwooofer. |