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| Victor TT 101 vs TT 81 I am blown away by the amount of interest in these Victor motors. When they were selling them everyone wanted the Technics, or the Kenwood, or the Micro three arm, etc. One hearing and I knew these were special but stopped using it decades ago p... | |
| Victor TT 101 vs TT 81 I always use a solid base because I like to be able to lock the tonearm to the chassis the motor is in, that's me and probably means nothing. Besides, I new I was using my 12" 3D arm so it became a moot point to have arm changing capabilities, I ... | |
| Tonearms longer than 12 inches I agree Raul, the 10" Prime/Classic length arm is the one I recommend for almost everyone. It is rigid (good bass) it is quiet (3D printing), it is easy to set up correctly, and does not cost an arm and a leg.. The Prime arm just got Product of ... | |
| VPI Traveler and Lyra Delos Out of stealth and into the light!!I love the uni-pivot, it is in my reference system with the JBL's and the Blades but I had to play with gimbaled and yoke bearing assemblies to be sure. In reality the Yoke arm sounds better to me than the gimba... | |
| Victor TT 101 vs TT 81 I used the Classic Direct base which is 5/8" aluminum, 1/8" steel, MDF, and a walnut outer finish. Really works well and has the resonance structure of a sausage hitting a pillow.HW | |
| Turntable Wars- Reviewers take sides Halcro, I have the TT-101 in a custom made plinth the same size as the Classic Direct and made of the same materials which makes comparisons easy.Using two 12" arm bases and moving the 12" 3D arm wand with Atlas between them the comparison is very... | |
| Turntable Wars- Reviewers take sides Thanks guys, nice to be here. I fall asleep every night to the TV timer and a Seinfeld episode, watched Festivus yesterday!! (had to add Festivus to my dictionary otherwise it shows a red line under it!!)HP used to store audio gear in his garage ... | |
| Tonearms longer than 12 inches Very interesting post, I disagree with almost the entire thing but other than that very interesting.The tracking error problem that has been brought up over and over is a mathematical problem, not a listening problem if you know what you are doing... | |
| Victor TT 101 vs TT 81 I have a TT-101 for roughly 30 years, just mounted it in a new custom base with a 12" VPI 3D printed arm and it sounds amazing. Highly recommended and it does hold up if not abused. I have never had an issue with it.HW | |
| VPI Traveler and Lyra Delos If you want a great time put an Atlas on a Traveler and sit back and enjoy the sound, it is wonderful. Yes, it will be better on the Prime but that does not say it will not be almost as wonderful on the Traveler. The arm on the Traveler is excel... | |
| LONDON Decca, Tzar DST and similar cartridges I have read a lot of what has been written here, the Tsar as mounted up on my massive gimbaled 3D arm on the Avenger Direct Drive is as good if not better than the Atlas and the Ortofon A95, which means it is as good as it gets with even more life... | |
| Turntable Wars- Reviewers take sides Wow, when do you begin making watches!! Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year to all on Agon.HW | |
| SME turntables A used SME 20 or 30 is a great table and a good buy, at retail it is vastly over priced for the way it sounds. Do you enjoy paying for shipping, currency, dist. markup, dealer markup, and the list goes on. Used it's a great buy, new not so much.... | |
| A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck? I have a load of vintage (late 50's) Capitol 1/2 track reel to reels at 7.5 ips that blow away everyone who listens to them, including tape collectors. They were made in real time, on good tape, and they still work perfectly.In the end, nothing so... | |
| Turntable Wars- Reviewers take sides BTW, no one needs to spend more than $10K for a table to achieve world class sound and I might even kick that back to $5K if you pick your cartridge well.There is no reviewer that has all the gear I have and have listened to and set up, they are w... |