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| Tonearm recommendation If those who are recommending other arms, have not even heard an FR-66s......why are they even bothering? | |
| Tonearm recommendation The FR-66s is close to the very best arm I have heard.....and I have heard many and owned many, both modern and vintage.The FR-66s is as good as the Continuum Cobra and Copperhead arms with LOMCs and is JUST shaded by them with high compliance MMs... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? So that's the Bayonne Bridge...?When I first visited NY in 1984, I was shocked to see what I thought was a copy of our famous Sydney Harbour Bridge which opened in 1932http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xM4JuGOb_fc/T2VA_JxTW7I/AAAAAAAADm8/4gtCt_JPpWc/s1600... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Thanks for those articles rwwear....especially the one by Dave Crawley on Quartz lock where he debunks the myth of 'speed hunting' that has regularly been levelled at DD decks by its antagonists.The TT-801 seems to be a stripped down TT-101 (witho... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Dover,When I graduated in 1970, a University Architecture degree in Sydney was 5 or 6 years of full-time study with Structural Engineering being a compulsory subject for each and every year.But it was really 40 years of professional practice consu... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? a piece of aluminium 255mm will only expand by 0.0587mm for a 10 centigrade temperature change according to my calculations.You're correct Dover. Quite small but as record grooves are in the order of microns...I wouldn't be boasting about this con... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Ahh Lewm......the Master of illogical analogies.Firstly we have the "rowboat in the floating sea" analogy whereby the stable platform of your shelf or rack is likened to the unruly fluid of the sea and the vibrations which uniformly affect the rig... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Fleib,I still just rest the TT-101 on three butyl rubber pads stuck to the granite cradle...http://i.imgur.com/h673918.jpgThey are the same as the ones I had on the stainless steel cradle...http://i.imgur.com/UuEyECm.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/qEWvSHn.... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Fleib,I'd recommend that you at least try the 'Halcro' method...😎But please don't underestimate the importance of a REALLY heavy armpod...that's the real message of the Copernican Thread.Most armpods I see folks using are made of aluminium or holl... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? The interesting thing about this new technics turntable is that Jonathan Carr appears to be involved or in some way supporting it.....http://www.analogplanet.com/content/new-technics-sl-1200gae-not-your-fathers-old-technics-sl-1200mk2...I can't re... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? We may not have to rely on vintage DD turntables anymore.There appears to be a distinct revival....http://www.monoandstereo.com/2016/01/technics-grand-class-sl-1200-turntables.html#morehttp://www.monoandstereo.com/2016/01/grand-prix-audio-10th-ann... | |
| Victor TT 101 vs TT 81 Hi rgs,In the Vintage DD Thread, there are some Posts by HiHo https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/vintage-dd-turntables-are-we-living-dangerously?page=12who is very knowledgeable about all the Victor models made only for the Japanese market, an... | |
| VPI vs JV A Link may be of some help.....http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/acoustic-signature-invictus-turntable-and-ta-5000-tonearm/ | |
| Victor TT 101 vs TT 81 VintageKnob is often an unreliable source.You can download the Service Manuals for both TT-81 and TT-101 units from Vinyl Enginehttp://www.vinylengine.com/library/jvc/tt-81.shtmlhttp://www.vinylengine.com/library/jvc/tt-101.shtmlwhich disclose tha... | |
| interesting phenomena in the cutting room Regarding 'accuracy': a big problem in knowing accuracy is your reference. I use an LP that I recorded myself, and having the master tapes know how its supposed to sound. So the LP is very useful in that regard- in playing it I can instantly tell ... |