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| Auralic Aries I use a Google mesh system which works fine with other devices dotted around my house , eg it connects to Apple TV via wi fi and streams 4K without any issues.I appreciate that a wired connection should solve the wi fi connection issue but Auralic... | |
| Auralic Aries I’ve got an Aries and despite having a strong and consistent wi fi signal it’s always been unreliable in terms of staying connected to the wi fi network. I had the wi fi module replaced (apparently to a better one) but the issues persist.I won’t b... | |
| Turntable isolation platform Recommendations? I use an HRS base under my Brinkman Balance - works really well, highly recommended | |
| Recommended FR 66 service Hi,yes I was using a Vertex AQ Hi Rez phono cable., who just has silver wire. In fact I still am - I had a weird set up involving a modified phono cable with capacitance matched to my London Reference (Decca) cartridge - which is still being used ... | |
| Recommended FR 66 service Hi Dover,am very happy to share my experience of the the service/rewire.it’s easy to get carried away, but the improvement is astonishing.The specific reason my FR 66 needed attention was that it was starting to develop an intermittent channel cut... | |
| Recommended FR 66 service Thanks guys.in the end I sent it to Richard Mak at analogmagic who refurbished it and rewire it. As it’s over 40 years old all the grease was rubbish and the wiring was frayed and oxidised. It’s back onboard the Brinkmann Balance with new silver w... | |
| Best sturdy floor rack for turntable Many thanks for these replies, much appreciated. | |
| Best sturdy floor rack for turntable You don’t happen to have a spec for that Solution Turntable rack by any chance ? I’m not much good at diy but I know a man who is ...! | |
| LONDON Decca, Tzar DST and similar cartridges Hi @Bydlo glad you’re enjoying the LDR !I’ve probably arrived late on this bit of this excellent thread, but just to let you know I’ve always had the sort of “squeak” you refer to- I think it’s normal and I recall reading a (gushing) Ken Kessler r... | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl @noromance - with the SmartTractor I was able to set the PS distance on my Brinkmann Balance to the recommended 230mm (which obviously can be done on other alignment tools).This is seemingly relevant to the cartridges with fixed headshells as one ... | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl #chakster #edgewear. tinkering (obviously) continues here in audio OCD land...:)Essentially I’ve gone with your advice and set the FR66 s2p at 295mm and simply run the fixed headshell carts with that (which is hardly news given they can’t be adjus... | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl #edgewear... I tried my newly aligned London Reference this eve on some Monteverdi - a digital recording that just begs to irritate - and literally for the first time ever the great choral crescendos towards the end of the side actually held as mu... | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl #edgewear, hi again !In the end I went down a slightly different path and bought a SMARTtractor as I’m a big admirer of Acoustical Systems work in analogue.I spent some time setting up my favourite FR7 (fc) and other “conventional” cartridges (as ... | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl @chakster , thanks again.i understand the point that fixed headshell cartridges can’t be adjusted for zenith (or azimuth). so how is this solved on the Feickert alignment tool ?cheers | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl @edgewear, hi again, I measured the s2p of the FR66 in the “new” position (ie the position of the tonearm whereby the stylus tip of an FR7fc sits in the “bullseye’ of the Brinkman alignment tool) - and its 295 mm (!).Most definitely the FR7fc and ... |