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| Vinyl playback - lack of bass? RB, after acknowledging my egregious error in saying that RBCD has a 22Hz cutoff , I went on to say that nevertheless RBCD seems to cut off unnaturally below some very low frequency. This is only how it sounds to me; not a fact of anyone else’s li... | |
| GRADO CARTRIDGE & TONEARM COMPATIBILITY The shimmy is most likely due to a peculiarity of the Grado suspension interacting with the tonearm. So no, I don’t think you need to worry with other cartridges. | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? Elliot, You wrote, "Everyone, the Aurorasound EQ-100 is uniquely different, from the manual: "When a stereo cartridge is used, any vertical signal on a record is cancelled by an internal circuit of EQ-100. Only the R+L horizontal signal are de... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? Using a stereo cartridge on a mono LP is not going to harm the LP. No way. You won’t get the best possible SQ, but there is no harm done. However, many stereo LPs marketed at the dawn of the stereo era do say on the back of the cover, usually in... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? Define “early”, because that’s where there is lots of controversy. | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? What is "EQ-100"? If you think you have a true mono cartridge, do try with vs without the mono switch engaged and let us know what you hear. At least some of the Beatles LPs originally came out on Parlophone in the UK and were mono to begin with.... | |
| Hexagonal spanner for Fidelity Research FR 66S tonearm This is an adjustable wrench. It has two flat parallel jaws that could engage that large nut with flat parallel sides. For good measure, protect the nut with tape before engaging it with such a wrench. "small metal rods". Are you referring to th... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? I hope I did not say there are no "true" mono cartridges. I only refer to the type described. Still, the second caveat for comparing is valid; your particular mono cartridge may just be "better" or "worse" than your particular stereo cartridge. Th... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? This subject has been rehashed many times. Many of the mono cartridges on the market are nothing but stereo cartridges in which the two channels have been bridged internally. The mono switch on a linestage also achieves mono output into both chan... | |
| Hexagonal spanner for Fidelity Research FR 66S tonearm If you’re looking at the large round nut with flattened parallel facets, as shown in Elliot’s photo, I’d first try to turn it counterclockwise by hand, grabbing those facets. If that doesn’t work, then I’d use an adjustable wrench as I described a... | |
| Hexagonal spanner for Fidelity Research FR 66S tonearm Black knob is NOT removable from the B60. You may damage the B60 if you try hard enough. | |
| Technics SL-1300G Turntable issues A little better. A lot better. These are value judgements. The fact is that in developing the G series TTs, Technics upgraded every aspect, most especially including the platter and motor (changing from an iron core type in the old SL1200 series... | |
| Hexagonal spanner for Fidelity Research FR 66S tonearm So maybe my memory is faulty in that the huge nut with parallel flat surfaces is common to setup both with and without the B60. But if that is the case, why would your manual refer to a "hexagonal" nut? With the B60 nut, no hexagonal wrench is ap... | |
| Hexagonal spanner for Fidelity Research FR 66S tonearm Elliot, In your first photo, that huge nut with two flat sides is the unique nut for the B60 base. That's a costly option that facilitates VTA adjustment and also adds mass to the tonearm base. Without the B60 base, the nut is hexagonal and much ... | |
| Hexagonal spanner for Fidelity Research FR 66S tonearm So sorry. I just tried to gauge the size of the hexagonal nut that does fix my FR64S to the armboard, and I can barely see it without dismantling it, which I am loathe to do. The only thing I can say is that it IS hexagonal, as you say, But if you... |