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| How best to eliminate LP warps Jazzguy, your principle holds if warps are always the result of local expansion or shrinkage of the vinyl disk. But you can also take a perfectly circular disk and twist it so it becomes”warped” in the horizontal plane (viewed on edge). Such a dis... | |
| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 The Manley Steelhead can be vastly upgraded by replacing the output coupling capacitors. I am certainly not about to claim that doing so would result in it sounding as good as the CH1, but it is a worthwhile alteration. | |
| Harmon Kardon Citation 12 Amp with AR 9 LS Speakers: OHM's Question What is the stated efficiency of the speakers? This would be in units of db/Watt at one meter distance, usually. The "ohms" rating of the amplifier means very little (it usually means that the amp makes X Watts into an 8-ohm load), but if you wa... | |
| New 55,000 Euro tonearm Mike, I do not doubt your testimony on iota. I am just thinking out loud about the two kinds of magnet and why would an electromagnet outperform a permanent magnet in this application. And of course, there can be any number of other reasons (suc... | |
| New 55,000 Euro tonearm Aside from the fact that the strength of the magnetic field and its orientation with respect to the unipivot would or could make a big difference, why is the FCL superior to the best iteration of the Graham Phantom tonearm(s), which use permanent ... | |
| New Koetsu on Ebay from Japan??? Carrying small items worth less than $5K in from Japan, I don't think I was ever charged by US Customs. Just be completely honest with them. Shipping from Japan, I don't know. | |
| New 55,000 Euro tonearm Mijo, you’re criticizing the FCL because the wand is made of wood? If I’m correct, then what about Schroeder and Reed? Both of which brands you seem to approve. I like them too. History suggests wood tonearms deserve to be evaluated on a case by c... | |
| New 55,000 Euro tonearm If you were 7” shorter you’d be more rigid. Your wife might like that. | |
| New Koetsu on Ebay from Japan??? It just demonstrates the markup on Koetsu imposed by the US distributor. Again, that was 12-13 years ago. | |
| New Koetsu on Ebay from Japan??? In Tokyo, my Urushi cost about 40% of the then current US price, with warranty and all. So I was happy to consign a profit to the dealer who sold it to me. No problem. | |
| New Koetsu on Ebay from Japan??? As to the potential value of the factory warranty, in my case I found when I got back home in the US that my Koetsu Urushi had a deviated cantilever. I sent it back to the dealer in Tokyo and got a new cartridge with absolutely no problem, becaus... | |
| Brand new Lyra Delos - skewed cantilever I am not sure I understand your hypothesis to explain the skipping of two LPs that apparently still exhibit skipping, but I am gratified to know you found a problem that certainly could cause skipping, and other unpleasant effects. If it makes you... | |
| New 55,000 Euro tonearm Inertia and “effective mass” are interrelated terms (not “mass” alone). I get that the cartridges you like are not especially low in compliance, but that’s beside my point. which is that mass at the pivot does not much affect effective mass. And a... | |
| Brand new Lyra Delos - skewed cantilever Mijo and davey, Just to be clear, I am not claiming that set-up is not important. I am just saying that the gross malfunctions experienced by the OP would usually not be due to small errors in geometry, regardless of the stylus shape. Also, I for... | |
| New 55,000 Euro tonearm Mijostyn, you are consistent in your preference for low inertia tonearms, but we’ve mentioned before that some of the “best” cartridges are low in compliance and work best with higher inertia tonearms. So in a world where we are matching cartridge... |