ledoux1238
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| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update @sgunther What is the size of your tank? I have changed from a Rena 250 ( ? ) pump to a more powerful Enhiem 400 due to surge tanks mods. 20 liter and 25 liter tanks filled with cotton / paper balls are placed in sequence to a 5 liter empty tank... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update @sgunther There are plenty of testimonies from long time Terminator adopters here, especially the early threads. @spiritofmusic gives a succinct reply. I came to the fully updated Terminator from a SME V arm. And the improvements in vinyl playbac... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update Andrey's email : music.from.vinyl@gmail.comwebsite : https://www.musicfromvinyl.shop/Be warned: shipment from Moscow could take up to 1.5 month or longer. XLR cables I ordered from Andrey took 3 months to get to East Asia. Pay extra and have him... | |
| Remember the year and first vynil you ever bought? 1975, Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy. Aside from the high quality of pop music, the entire album package of posters and booklets of cartoons, lyrics, and with cover art from Alan Aldridge inspired by Bosch. It was one of the best exam... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update I’d like to start a different line of inquiry into the Trans Fi arm ——cartridge compatibility. For a few months now, I have been researching my next cartridge purchase. Right now a ZYX Ulitmate 100 is in service. And with all the help and input fr... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update @dgarretson Thanks for the Fabco info. I was a bit lost as to what to look for. Correct me if I’m wrong. It looks like a three-way valve. The turn knob is opposite to a open valve where a future Weiss gauge could be inserted, and the tubing passe... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update Hi Terry, where are you putting the pressure gauge ? 0.5psi right before air enters the manifold?It seems a gauge is really required for me now. I’ll look into you recommendation. Regarding long run of horse acting as surge tank. I spoke to a fri... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update Here's Vic's lightening fast response:" Hi Albert Interesting with the surge tank cascade. I have had several people fallow this path & report back positive results. Here is my test for air-flow: Position the stylus above a stationary reco... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update So Ledoux, the benefits audibly of adding extra tanks outweighs the theoretical disadvantages of having to run a higher pressure/air flow The benefits are clearly audible, and not subtle. I just sent an email to Vic regarding increased pressur... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update The pump that came with the Trans Fi was a Sera Air 275 R plus with output of 4.5 liters / min, or 270 liters / hr. I am assuming that 270 l / hr is max output. Until the smoothing tank was added, the vol dial on the Sera was at 50%, even with the... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine The venerable J Gordon Holt reviewed the MC 2000 for Stereophile in 1985. The cartridge, if NOS, would be at least 20 years old. My interest with this super low output cartridge is due to a recent acquisition of a current mode phono stage, Channel... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update @spiritofmusic The additional 3” dia x 30 cm smoothing tank required ‘increased’ pressure. The original pump was almost maxed out. I switched to a higher output Enhiem pump. An additional surge tank idea is no tank at all. Using long run of copper... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update Two more updates:1. Having added the 3" PVC pipe surge tank, the pressure provided by the as-supplied Sera pump had to be increased to maximum level. I decided to switch pump to a Enhiem 400. Pressure is at half full level, but operating with much... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @barbapapa Thanks for the update. According to a post by @ct0517, it retails for $13,995 in the US. I seem to remember purchasing it for closer to the its present French domestic retail price.Did you ever get the Trans-Fi Terminator? | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update Over the weekend I added an additional 3" PVC pipe capped at both ends approximately 50 cm in length in series with the three surge tanks already in place. This was placed next to the Terminator with 1.5 m of plastic, not silicone, tubing. The so... |