last_lemming
Responses from last_lemming
| Good Direct Drives I’m not sure you understand the the level of sophistication of the 1200g, yeah it looks like same ole old 1200 tables but is a serious bit of kit. That being said $4k is a serious bit of coin. OP, if you want a great direct drive TT with a lot off... | |
| Gonna have to ditch the Soundsmith Carmen II Peter,Thank you for taking my call.I also just wanted to let everyone know that Peter is on the case! He and I went over all my information and I will be sending my cart in and he will give it the 'going over'. I suspect it is not the cart, but ... | |
| Tube integrated You will need a preamp, but look at the Decware Zen Torii. 25 spec, it hits way above its weight. | |
| Gonna have to ditch the Soundsmith Carmen II Always a possibility I suppose, but why then only on lp? | |
| Gonna have to ditch the Soundsmith Carmen II So last night I took the dynavector 20x2L off and put the Carmen II back on. The Dynavector doesn’t sound as “real”. Period. That’s what I love about the Carmen, things just sound real. I set up the cart again, and yes, I set it up correctly, and ... | |
| Gonna have to ditch the Soundsmith Carmen II I have left a message for Mr. Ledermann on their voicemail, they were out I do believe or offer the day. I am awaiting his call I will keep you posted . . . | |
| Gonna have to ditch the Soundsmith Carmen II I clean before each side is played and check the condition of the cantilever and diamond often. | |
| Gonna have to ditch the Soundsmith Carmen II Hello Peter,I did call you about a week or two after I purchased it. That was about 4-6 months ago. I don’t listen every day, usually on weekends so it’s taken me a while to go through all my the different variables. You did indeed try to help an... | |
| Gonna have to ditch the Soundsmith Carmen II To answer some questions,i look at the cantilever and it’s reflection. As for vta, I don’t have a tool. It I do have my ears. If it would have changed for the better reardless of the actual angle I would be happy. | |
| Gonna have to ditch the Soundsmith Carmen II The SMARTractor makes alignment very easy and exact. | |
| Gonna have to ditch the Soundsmith Carmen II I align the cantilever not the body | |
| Gonna have to ditch the Soundsmith Carmen II Let me answer some of the questions: I tried lowering VTA ended almost had no affect. I went all the way down just to be safe I used a Mint protractor first, then I stepped up to aSMARTractor to align my table. Tried different alignment types too... | |
| VPI 2nd pivot point set up question Another question comes to mind. I've been looking at where the 2nd point gets mounted and it seems it goes either in front of or behind the inner lateral side weight. It would seem a better solution would be exactly where the lateral weight is lo... | |
| VPI 2nd pivot point set up question Thanks Stringreen! I’ve heard good things about this mod. | |
| HELP PLEASE - VPI Classic Signature 3D Arm or Dr. Feickert Woodpecker Jelco Arm I own a prime with a Soundsmith Carmen MKII. I also have a decent DAC, and I can tell you that it does compete with the digital. I listen to my LPs about 80% of the time. |