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| Advise on TT Support Platform As noromance says, I would go in the crawl space and install a few adjustable height screw jacks from Home Depot and your floor will never move again. Probably cost less than $100.00 and should be installed in about 30 minutes. | |
| Turntables hit the mainstream Shinola is a good sized company with over 120 employees, run by the former Fossil watch people, and an American gift to Detroit working people decimated by the car industry. They are the best!BTW, as a watch collector I have not worn my watches a... | |
| Soundsmith Zephyr MkIII, Boheme on VPI Classic 2 Companion I use the gimbal arm with the Sound-Smith Mimic Star and it is a perfect match, resonance of 10 Hz.. I have used the Zephyr on it and it was perfect also but the resonance was 12 Hz, still not an issue. Have not used your two choices. | |
| Need help and advice on a VPI 3D arm We now have 3200 3D arms made and shipped with a twisting rate of roughly 1% (almost all in the first year) so Mr. dgarretson you have no clue what you are talking about.When you deal with new technology, in areas never used before, you will alway... | |
| Class "A" phono cartridge discussion. The ART-9 is an excellent cartridge with very solid separation numbers and a very stable soundstage. Fast, clean, very good sound. The problem is for any Class A recommendation the cartridge compliance and mass has to match the arms effective ma... | |
| Need help and advice on a VPI 3D arm I personally have 10 3D arms in all lengths and will tell you the armtube has a 1/4" copper tube running through it so it cannot bent or twist. The headshell is the only part that can bend when confronted with heat, cold, or sun. Under normal co... | |
| What cartridge on your VPI prime? Just add this into the equation, the arm was designed and tested using an Ortofon Quintet Black plus many others. The Q Black is a perfect combination, just let it break in and warm up and you will love it. If you like rich and full and powerful... | |
| Tonearm recommendation Look, this thread has become ridiculously long over what is in reality a very simple subject.Having both the 66 and the Jelco (and 26 other tonearms that are not VPI's)and way more than 71 cartridges I can say that the 66 is better in so many ways... | |
| Tonearm recommendation Great discussion, full of passion and some interesting information.I just built a 3D gimbaled arm with enough mass to work perfectly with the Tsar, a cartridge of such low compliance it is almost ridiculous!! The great thing about 3D printing arm... | |
| It's Back - Technics SL-1200 MKGAE Harry is not worried!When it is out it has to beat a Scout JR with the same cartridge for me to get excited. I'm using a Scout JR in my big system right now with an Ortofon 2M Red (Roughly $1500 retail for both) and it really sounds amazing!!!In ... | |
| Victor TT 101 vs TT 81 Dear Lewm,I have a guy but we are so busy making, upgrading, and repairing our stuff (400,000 customers) the days just run away before we can do anything but what we need done.I have another possibility that I will check out this week, he is very ... | |
| Tonearms longer than 12 inches A 12" arm with its shallower arc is like a linear tracking arm that is set up wrong, it is wrong over larger parts of its travel then a shorter arm. I don't hear the difference the math claims but I do a very precise setup.My 12" 3D arms when set... | |
| Tonearms longer than 12 inches Is this the Albert Porter I have heard about over the years with the Technics tables??? Or am I old enough to be hallucinating again!!!If so it is nice to meet you.HW | |
| VPI Cartridge People: What next? I have to agree with one of the posters, get the 3D arm and the Art 9, you will be one happy vinyl listener. Any table change would be a sideways move, it is the arm that matters, do it. I have a few "B" stock 3D arms that will be presented on t... | |
| Victor TT 101 vs TT 81 What is wrong with your TT-101? Is it electrical or mechanical? Remember, this is a low power system and any mechanical issue will result in that motor spending the whole day trying to correct itself.HW |