johnnantais
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| Is the Teres a Hi Doug, while ALL instruments, including the human voice, require perfect speed stability to be reproduced correctly, I find speed instablities are most clearly heard (a different issue) in the decay/resonance of instruments, which being but the ... | |
| Is the Teres a Forget about "correct" PRaT, and just concentrate on whether or not any PRaT is there. Humans react to rhythm in a way no machine will ever do (and consequently will never be reliably measured), as we are tapped into the rhythms which are found in... | |
| Is the Teres a And a Lenco/Home Depot, also a very impressive turntable ;-)I have to say that this focus on the importance of PRaT is music to my "ears"! I would have to side with 4yanx on the issue of whether PRaT is colouration or not: the PRaT is inherent in ... | |
| Results from Beta Testers of New Formulas That's funny, the vodka never makes it as far as the vinyl in Helsinki, though I believe that after enough of it the surface noise goes away, or no longer matters...;-) | |
| Which phono stage & cartridge combo? I have to say I love these cartridges, and these cartridges love unipivots! But I find the Grados perform best on low-mass tonearms (the best results I ever got was with the ultra-low-mass Black Widow), where the infamous Grado Wiggle completely d... | |
| AR Turntable Website going online today I'm a fan of these 'tables, good work! Tip: I'm a fan of these 'tables not only because they get the music right (stunning PRaT), but because they maximize the potential of ornery Decca cartridges! Via various discussions I devised the following t... | |
| Decca cartridge experiences Thanks for the head's up, Tbg, nothing dearer to my heart than a Decca mounted on an idler-wheel drive! | |
| Decca cartridge experiences Yes, you are stark, raving mad! Just goes to show you that the Deccas - when you can get them to work well - are in many respects unmatched by anything devised to date, especially dynamics and speed. I have found an excellent and obvious match to ... | |
| Starter Turntable To answer your question about phono circuits, since records are a physical/mechanical system, then the bass frequencies must be attenuated before cutting the master-discs to prevent too-large excursions (squiggels), making it impossible for a cart... | |
| How do YOU find the hole? You are welcome, Sean, and good luck on the other arm. Which Pioneer 'table is it? I may have one, providing it is a PL12D, and will simply measure the tonearm-to-pivot distance from the 'table itself. | |
| How do YOU find the hole? You need the template for the arm. Otherwise try the Vinyl Engine library and find the tonearm-pillar-to-spindle distance, and then simply measure it out to the best place on your tonearm board. The library always tells you the item is not availab... | |
| phono cable suggestions.. Try Music Boys at $12 a six-foot pair (only the 6-foot and 12-foot pairs are true Music Boys, Made in the U.S.A., ignore the 25' and 50'). For that money you can afford to take a chance: you'll be stunned. Order from http://starlink-dss.com/. Fast... | |
| ASL Mini Phono I have heard that the new Mini Phonos have had their design chaged to increase output. Though my Mini Phono has been found wanting in certain comparative tests, I still love mine, as I find it gets the timing right, and is sufficiently detailed (v... | |
| Personal turntable/cartridge evolution Late '60s-'70s, McDonald/BSR auto-changer. Loved it, innocent non-audiophile simply looking forward to new releases!Late '70-'80s, university student with Akai belt-drive, Accutex cartridges. Loved it, looked forward to new releases!CD comes out, ... | |
| Curious about Russco turntables in a home setting Being heavy-duty idler-wheel 'tables, they can be turned into astonishingly dynamic high-end 'tables with the following sonic chracteristics: tremendous dynamics, tremendous bass power and detail, tremendous PRaT (timing, rhythm),incredible detail... |