lewm
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| TT speed I thought this through over the last few days, and I agree, but I would explain it differently. I’ve done a 180, reversal of my prior opinion.There’s more than one path to the same conclusion. Still, I’d like to see a demonstration. | |
| Another “How to choose an arm” question Get a lowish mass tonearm and add mass as needed to suit any cartridge. Then choose a tonearm based on other qualities such as bearings, ease of VTA and VTF adjustment, etc. Don’t overthink it. | |
| DIY TT To be clear, I did not intend to say that the SOTA sapphire is uncreative ; I meant that to start with one and only replace the cover (see Mijo definition of cover) does not involve innovation with respect to the starting material. | |
| DIY TT Pindac, I did some research on line. From what I can tell, the DP80 was optionally equipped with a gunmetal platter MAT by some end users. Not a gunmetal platter. There was back and forth discussion of the benefits or lack thereof, on Audiokarm... | |
| Lloyd Walker has passed away. Interesting and fun guy. His tweaks are expensive, but nearly all of them work as promised. Not many others in that specialized field can say the same. His turntable is iconic and will remain so. He was good for the hobby and will be missed. | |
| The best phono cartridge alignment tool Feickert or Mint. But the most complete and thoughtful design is the SMARTractor. Which is over your budget. If you’re spending more than $2000 on a cartridge you ought to learn how to do setup yourself. A high end precision protractor is somethin... | |
| DIY TT Raul, is that really you? Most persons who have examined the M-S DD units up close (I have not) come away with the conclusion that they are not well made, in sharp contrast to their behemoth belt-drive models, but most of all you (and I) have not... | |
| TT speed I just thought of a way one might test this idea. You would need the shortest pivoted tonearm possible with the greatest tracking angle error, since, I am thinking, TAE correlates with this movement forward and rearward with respect to the straig... | |
| TT speed We all get a bit snippy at times. I'd rather ignore that and get on with this somewhat interesting discussion. (At least it beats talking about what phono stage a stranger should buy.) Dover, I respect your knowledge, and I certainly agree with ... | |
| Received The MC2000 Back From Expert Stylus Today I just yesterday moved mine to my Triplanar, because the TP has no physical connectors between the cartridge pins and the phono input jacks, whereas the DV 505 has three sets, in addition to at the cartridge pins and at the phono inputs. The TP h... | |
| TT speed Holmz, if you are thinking of how to prove or disprove your frequency hypothesis, I fear we cannot do the experiment in the real world, because we require a perfectly created, perfectly centered, and perfectly flat LP on a TT with perfect speed ac... | |
| DIY TT Holmz-ie, The title of this thread is "DIY TT". So tell us about your DIY TT. It can't be a Star Sapphire. I thought you brought up a few DD turntables, like the aforementioned Denons. | |
| DIY TT Pindac, I asked about your claim that Denon made a gunmetal platter for the DP80, or that there is an aftermarket gunmetal platter for it. Can you respond to that? I have no beef with low mass plinths per se, but for a DD turntable, the plinth m... | |
| I'm Done with the Fozgometer and the Foz XTR Your post is kind of a candy mint, a breath mint, and a floor polisher, all in one. Brief reviews of the original Fozgometer, the Foz XTR, digital stylus force gauges, and two cartridges. Sorry you've had so many problems with so many audio gadg... | |
| DIY TT Pindac, you mention this: "three Denon DP80's, of which one has the Gunmetal Platter." I am at a loss to understand how a DP80 can accommodate a gunmetal platter, which presumably would have much higher mass than the original, but most of all, ho... |