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| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm I get it. Sorry. I don't know if bearing friction would double, because for most tonearms the vertical bearing friction is different from the horizontal bearing friction, but I guess it would be increased. But like Dave said, and in spite of what... | |
| Will VPI's Classic 3 sound much better with a SUT? Jason, do you really believe this?: "Most mc stages amplify a mc cartridge’s voltage TEN times for use with a typical phono stage!" Because most MC gain stages supply at least 60db of gain to the signal, and frequently much more than that, which c... | |
| Will VPI's Classic 3 sound much better with a SUT? Jason, I don’t know where to begin. But 60db of gain provided by the MC stage in the Fosgate equates to a 1000X voltage gain, and a 10X gain that you claim would be insufficient for any phono stage ever. 0.3mV multiplied by 1000 = 0.3V Also, I di... | |
| Will VPI's Classic 3 sound much better with a SUT? You don't say why you are thinking about adding a SUT to this system. That would help. Also, as a rule you don't match a SUT to the TT. The TT doesn't give a hoot what SUT you choose to use, and vice-versa, but I understand in this case that th... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Sorry for not completing my thought above. The skating force arises due to friction between stylus and groove. Therefore the need for AS does not vary with stylus velocity. It does vary in both magnitude and direction with respect to the angle by ... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Dogberry, a warp, or any other change in stylus velocity which is actually happening throughout the course of replay, has no effect on the friction force. The equation for that force is simply the coefficient of friction for the two materials that... | |
| A budget turntable exploration The key to your success (defined here as satisfaction) is or may be in great measure due to the fact that the Reference 3A Da Capo is a superb speaker that could probably reveal any upstream improvements. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Will I be burned at the stake for witchcraft? I am going to buy some asbestos pants. I do own and regularly use 5 other tonearms, all of which are conventional pivoted overhung types, some that you like and some that you dislike. Your vitriol is p... | |
| Recommend an MC cartridge Reimac, until reading your post, I had never heard of this new Miyajima cartridge that you purchased in Tokyo. I am a little disappointed in myself, because I just returned from almost 3 weeks staying with my son in Tokyo, and I would have loved t... | |
| Recommend an MC cartridge When you use the term "optimized", do you refer to consistency of the manufacture of a given model or do you refer to a particular construction (body materials, cantilever type, stylus shape, coils, etc) that you deem to be optimal? | |
| Recommend an MC cartridge FWIW, I had my Grace Ruby re-tipped by SS using their top line ruby cantilever/OCL stylus option. When I got it back, suffice to say it did not sound "good". I notified Peter of my dissatisfaction, and he agreed to have a second look at the inst... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Dave, in line with what you say about the placing of the single null point, I related earlier my experience where I had gotten sloppy about using the supplied template to align the Viv; I was slapping cartridges in there without checking with the ... | |
| Mainstream Phono Stages Incorporating Premium Branded PCB Parts - Do They Exist? Pindac, it is possible to post that URL as a clickable link. Can you give that a try? | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Yes, that is what I’ve been offering as a possibility along with the reduction in skating force. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm No. That’s not what I wrote, and that’s not “the answer”. I’m not a glutton for punishment, and your mind is made up, so we have nothing further to discuss. If you or anyone else actually has a meaningful question, I’d try to respond. |