lewm
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| It was the output tubes all along... Tube amps are generally not the best choice for any speaker with a nominal impedance of only 4 ohms. Not only is the impedance a problem but also such speakers tend to be relatively inefficient. However it is not correct to say as a general princi... | |
| Straight tonearms without offset angle IMHO, neither proposition is true. The distortions of different devices in the signal path are not necessarily additive, nor are they necessarily complementary. And if we’re talking about the Viv Float, it’s my impression as an owner that it intro... | |
| Almost time to arm the Victor TT 101 Any of the tonearms you mentioned would be fine, but I think the EPA100 is the best of them. At the very least, I would upgrade the tonearm mount board. Use the OEM board as a template and make a replica out of solid aluminum or panzer holz. In ad... | |
| VPI TNT 3 Agree with cleeds. It is never a good idea to place an internally suspended turntable on a suspended platform. The two systems are likely to interact badly, even causing oscillations that make things worse. If you are unhappy with the TNT footer... | |
| Resistive Loading RP-1 and Ania Pro “Too low” would tend to sound dull, and you’d sense there was less gain. You’d want to turn up the volume a bit. That effect becomes increasingly noticeable as you reduce the input impedance in relation to the internal impedance of the cartridge. | |
| HumminGuru Orbit Vinyl Record Static Remover bdp, I am not sure what you are getting at when you say "Handheld guns may be used on both sides of the LP, for instance immediately after cleaning and drying on a vacuum machine." It's fine to do that but one cannot assume the LP is going to be ... | |
| Resistive Loading RP-1 and Ania Pro Assuming "Ania Pro" is your cartridge, and that the recommendation is to load it at 100 ohms, and assuming "RP1" is a phono stage formerly set at 300 ohms input impedance and now set to 100 ohms input impedance, most likely it will make no signifi... | |
| HumminGuru Orbit Vinyl Record Static Remover Harpo, That device you bought may be fine, but an alarm bell was triggered when I read that it has a copper element that needs periodic cleaning. Devices that work to produce ions such that there is a metal element that periodically needs cleanin... | |
| Hot off the press...Technics SL 1300G Pindac, is there such a product as a clamp that weighs 1 kg? If so, you’re quite correct that such a clamp places the same burden on the bearing and thrust pad as does a 1kg weight. However, no clamp that I know about weighs much more than 100g. I... | |
| HumminGuru Orbit Vinyl Record Static Remover I bought an electrostatic charge meter in order to determine for real what goes on with these devices. The meter tells me that my 50 year old Zerostat still works fine, if used properly as per instructions. Vinyl accumulates a negative charge. So ... | |
| Ringing from the tweeter What’s a “high gain” slot in an all tube device? The tube supplies any gain, so gain cannot be greater than what the tube can provide. I’m guessing that Actusreus’ preamp was picking up RF and that the tubes per se were not at fault; he probably n... | |
| Feel Silly Asking This Question Alignment Parameters Thanks for making me think about that statement. | |
| Feel Silly Asking This Question Alignment Parameters So I just watched the two videos that bill_k referenced, and I don't perceive any conflict between what Peter says and what I wrote, except for the fact I was technically incorrect to have written that the AS force is constant. Upon further thoug... | |
| Feel Silly Asking This Question Alignment Parameters FWIW, I wasn’t notified of your response. The gist of my response to PL is that yes, AS devices might increase the AS force as the stylus approaches innermost grooves, but no, in general AS devices don’t follow the skating force in magnitude. Or ... | |
| Feel Silly Asking This Question Alignment Parameters bill_k, Can you direct me to Peter Ledermann’s quote as follows: "With all due respect you [referring to me, Lew] stated that "AS is constant in magnitude" which is not true. As Peter Ledermann confirms: "A properly designed anti-skating is non-li... |