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Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm
Note the almost perfect Mean Frequency Response against the recorded 3150Hz and the impressive .01% speed deviation.It makes you wonder if you're measuring the speed stability of your turntable, the lathe that cut the test record, or both. Perhaps... 
Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm
The original Timeline flashes once every 1.8 seconds (1 revolution). The latest version, which is at least about a year old, flashes eight times every 1.8 seconds.Tonywinsc,I don't know how much faith I have in the accuracy of an iphone microphone! 
Does vinyl have a sound?
Sometimes I hear a diamond sound from my stylus, an aluminum sound from my tonearm, a wood sound from my shelf, and a plastic sound from my cartridge body.OK, I'm not serious. The point I'm trying to make is that if you only think you hear it some... 
Thiel Acquired by Private Equity Firm
The article mentioned that Gary was a long time Thiel employee. I though he was a fairly new employee?So who will be designing the speakers now? After Jim passed, they came out with the CS2.4SE which is a CS2.4 with boutique caps and some cosmetic... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
Ketchup, thanks for sharing the data. The question then becomes: how do the different flow rates affect the sound when PSI remains the same? Did you notice differences in the sound with different pumps with the regulator allowing the same PSI?Frog... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
I just did the tests with a 60 gallon air compressor from 2 to 14 psi. The setup was:60 gallon air compressor @ 120 psi>water separator/filter (5.0 micron)>pressure regulator @ 25 psi>coalescing filter (.01 micron)>pressure regulator&g... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
I just finished a flow rate test to see how much air my ET2 and ET2.5 arms flow at various pressures with different pumps (Wisa and ET/Takatsuki). I'm also going to do the test with an unlimited supply of air (60 gallon air compressor) from 1 psi ... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
Frogman,Thanks a lot! I have the heavy version, then. 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
Does anyone know how to tell the difference between the light and heavy magnesium wand? 
Power Cords - Just Say Yes
Peter,Who cares whether it passes code or not? The point is to see if there's an improvement in eliminating power cords from the equation. It's a test. But, if I hard wired my components and it made my system sound better, I would deal with code w... 
Power Cords - Just Say Yes
Has anyone ever tried a slightly longer run of wire terminated with an IEC plug (panel>breaker>wire>IEC plug>component) instead of the usual situation where the wire is terminated at an outlet (panel>breaker>wire>outlet>plu... 
Who is your favorite blues guitarist
Jerome Garcia! 
Thiel CS6 Concrete front baffle
Tony,You must have a pair that was made after they made the switch, because there were definitely CS6's made with the concrete baffle. The Stereophile review and Thiel literature mention it.Alan2,You may want to just call Thiel and ask. They're al... 
Bottlehead Crack with Speedbal update.
First sex, now drugs. What next! 
Reduced analog posts and items for sale here?
While this thread is still alive, where else are people going to buy and sell?