lewm
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| Fozgometer V2 j-wall, Adjusting for azimuth has very little effect on "channel balance" per se. It only affects crosstalk and the fact that it affects crosstalk is the only reason to obsess over it. So, don’t conflate "channel balance" with setting azimuth so t... | |
| Dust cover up or down? Fuzz, I don’t get the last clause of your quote. Leaving the cover up and hinged to the rear edge of the plinth would seem to be the worst possible choice. Fora couple of hypothetical reasons. | |
| Dust cover up or down? Fascinating. I would not have thought the attraction would be so strong over what would typically be the ~6-inch distance or so, between cartridge and dust cover. So ES on an LP can spuriously increase VTF and ES on the dust cover can lower it. ... | |
| Dust cover up or down? Cleeds, now that is a new one to me (dust cover reduces VTF by electrostatic attraction). How did you figure that out, given that you can’t measure VTF with the cover down? Or I guess you could, by raising and lowering the cover with the scale in... | |
| Fozgometer V2 Teo, by your method you’re adjusting for cartridge plus phono plus linestage, not for the cartridge alone. Not that there’s necessarily anything wrong with that. I had a real Uncle Bob, so Bob was always my uncle. | |
| Fozgometer V2 We have two separate questions, the value of setting azimuth accurately, and the value of a Foz to attain that goal. I don’t think anyone would argue it is not a good idea to set azimuth as close as possible to correct, wherever that is. And by w... | |
| Dust cover up or down? Yes. But in storage is better. | |
| Fozgometer V2 j-wall, No, I have never used a Fozgometer. But I have formed some impressions by reading the several discussions of it here. For one thing, it seems odd to me that many report it does not work correctly unless you have "fresh" batteries. The t... | |
| Fozgometer V2 Do a search on these threads, on the subject of "Fozgometer" or "Azimuth". You will find out about the good and the bad. It's a controversial tool, to say the least. I don't know whether version 2 is any different from or better than version 1.... | |
| Denon DL-103 retipped with micro ridge stylus on boron cantilever & denuded body Steve, you do realize I am sure that by adding a brass plate to a DL103 you are surely increasing its weight by at least several grams, although we are not told the physical dimensions of the plate. Since that mass is added right over the stylus t... | |
| A bit too "non-audiophile", but what are your favorite high-end tuners based on Looks? 10B for me. The materials quality is staggering. | |
| Who Is An Expert On Acutex Cartridges? FWIW, I used 1.6g for my LPM320 mounted in the headshell adapter, in my DV505. I didn’t experiment much with VTF because it sounded so good at 1.6. Some other setting might even be better. I’m also using 1.6 with the LPM mounted in the Saturn V. | |
| Who Is An Expert On Acutex Cartridges? Re-adjusted VTF on my MMC20CL, to 1.0g. That makes a much bigger difference than I expected. This is a really terrific cartridge. (I am understating my impression.) Better than the MMC1? Don’t know yet, and maybe I will never know since I knocked ... | |
| Upgrade SUT For Denon DL103 dhcod, Can you say what it is that must have you at least vaguely dissatisfied with what you have got and why you think a "better" SUT is the solution to that problem? Why, for example, do you rule out the cartridge or your phono stage, or even ... | |
| Reed 5T Opinions Larry, Reports from my friend who has taken up a formal study of zenith error tend to agree with yours, to the effect that cartridge manufacturing errors are paramount in determining the error. Also, I agree with your point about inertial mass of... |