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| LYRA CARTRIDGES VIDEO Although this is a very long video, I recommend this presentation of Jonathan Carr, the designer of Lyra cartridges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQeut0__a_4 He covers a lot of different ground on cartridge design and what is important to the... | |
| Maybe critical listening skills are bad? It is easy to get caught up in something that a speaker does that is not commonly found in such abundance and the thrill of that experience can cloud judgment; after some time, that very quality that attracted you to that speaker becomes its bane.... | |
| Maybe critical listening skills are bad? A good reviewer has to point out areas of interest/concern so that prospective buyer can have an ear out for such matters. That means trying to put into words qualities that are not easily described and it might mean exaggerating a bit so that th... | |
| Unipivot tone arms I helped with installing a Naim ARO on a Linn table. The combination sounded good to me in the right system. It was quite a lively sounding combination which sounded good in the somewhat dead system I hear it playing. Whether it would sound go... | |
| I am sad That is good news. I hope the replacement module does the trick. Sometimes, it does take a bit of public pressure to get a company to act. I am glad it worked out and I hope the company learned to be more responsive. | |
| Best Classical Labels for Sound A lot of good recommendations. I think that some of the orchestras putting out recordings on their own labels do decent sounding recordings like LSO. To the excellent recommendations made above, I would add Astree and Naive. | |
| I am sad In your communications with the company, did they agree to sell you the module and then not follow up with any further communication? I am a bit confused as to how the problem was diagnosed and why the company would agree to send you the parts to... | |
| I am sad The first step with any problem is contacting the dealer who sold you your unit. The distributor or manufacturer is much more likely to respond quickly to a dealer complaint. The next step up the chain is the distributor. If this is not somethi... | |
| Unipivot tone arms You can achieve neutral balance with a unipivot, as you achieve it with other designs. Graham arms, for example are neutral balance arms. The Graham does not rely on the center of balance being below the pivot point to minimize wobble; that is d... | |
| Unipivot tone arms Effischer, Thanks for your detailed description of your experience. I heard a same table/cartridge comparison of a Graham arm and an SME arm. There were subtle differences in sound, but nothing so major that one would even think it had to do wi... | |
| Unipivot tone arms It might be cheaper/easier to build a unipivot, particularly because precision machining of the point and cup is not as critical as the machining of conventional gimbal bearings, but, some very good builders with very exacting machining make unipi... | |
| Unipivot tone arms As I mentioned above, there are many kinds of unipivot tonearms, and different designs address performance challenges differently. One cannot say that any particular design is superior or inferior because no arm does everything perfectly. Among... | |
| Unipivot tone arms There are various ways to implement unipivot tonearms, so, at best, one can only offer generalizations about how they perform. A unipivot, by apply the whole force from the weight of the tonearm and cartridge on a tiny point, means that the beari... | |
| Analogue front end. You want more weight, scale and dynamics.Where do you start upgrading? So much depends on getting the parts to work together to achieve the whole that you want. Lewm is correct that it is a personal trial process. I don't think you can do a whole lot to add weight, scale and dynamics by choices made with source com... | |
| If Bi-Wiring is an option, should I choose Bi-wiring over single banana with free jumpers My local dealer recommends buying the best single run and then having a jumper made of very high quality wire (ideally, the same wire as the cables being used). He has made such recommendations to customers that can afford anything, including the... |