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| Denon DA 307 and DA 309 Use the 2 little screws and drive yourself nuts trying to find the exact correct height, hold the vertical shaft at that exact point in space, and tighten the two little screws, all at the same time. Easy for anyone with three hands. Which is wh... | |
| Most hyped turntable, tonearm, and cartridge? You guys act like the OP is shopping for a turntable. He isn't. | |
| Most hyped turntable, tonearm, and cartridge? Ihcho, I don't think you are a deliberate troll, but the kind of question you ask has no factual answer and is only a call for opinions on a subject that is probably for vinylphiles only a little less provocative than questions about Trump or reli... | |
| The Great Cartridge Shootout Just an aside. I agree with Davey, and if your LPs are so warped that the cartridge body is hitting the surface of the LP, then you should take that LP over to the trashcan and delete it. Like Davy said, the shape of the cartridge body should be i... | |
| Best ultrasonic lp cleaner in 2020 and what surfactant best? Don't necessarily take me literally about 2 drops but a small amount on that order of magnitude is what I personally use. Others may do differently and they are not necessarily "wrong". I use a higher concentration of isopropyl alcohol, maybe 20... | |
| Best ultrasonic lp cleaner in 2020 and what surfactant best? ml89009, Triton X-100, recommended by Mijostyn, is a non-ionic detergent, otherwise known as "2-[4-(2,4,4-trimethylpentan-2-yl)phenoxy]ethanol". It is a true surfactant used mostly in biology and I suppose for industrial processes. Kodak Photo-f... | |
| Measuring TT Speed Your way is fine, and so is the KAB strobe. It is quite a precise instrument in use, and a speed error is immediately detectable. This is really not worth further discussion, in my opinion. I learned something from your last post; maybe failure... | |
| A new way of adjusting anti skate! I partly agree with MC, in that there IS no "correct" amount of anti-skate, because the skating force is a constantly varying quantity, as the stylus traverses the LP. However, "some" amount of anti-skate is advisable, because all pivoted tonearm... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? theo, It interested me that you think the Triplanar is designed and built with a "watchmaker's" precision, because Herb Papier, the designer and for a few decades the builder of the Triplanar was in real life, a watchmaker and watch repairer. Per... | |
| Measuring TT Speed Mijo, You are certainly OK to prefer and use the RPM app on your cell phone, but your little experiment doesn't prove anything about its accuracy relative to an un-named strobe to which you compared it. I am only speaking for the KAB strobe, not ... | |
| Measuring TT Speed Mijostyn, With much respect, especially as I have never used the particular application you recommend, RPM, cell phones are notoriously inaccurate for measuring TT speed. If the strobe is wavering back and forth, it means something. Sometimes tha... | |
| Solid State Phono Preamp Suggestions $3k-$4k 220 ohms (balanced) into 10K ohms should be absolutely no problem. Why do you think it might be? Who recommended 1:100 ratio? Typical recommendation is 1:10, minimum. Also, are you taking into account the input impedance of the Bryston in bala... | |
| The Mutech RM Kanda Hyabusa Thanks for your informative response. | |
| Review: Sempersonus TE-2 Idler-Type Turntable System (TW Raven 12/Charisma Signature One) From what I read elsewhere, the Sakura Mat is essentially a re-make of the now defunct Boston Audio Mat2, which is a good thing. I don't "love" any turntable mat, but I do "like" the Mat2 very much. | |
| Phono preamp suggestions My bad. iFi iPhono3 now costs $900, but still within your budget. (The previous model, the iPhono2 was priced at $500.) I just re-read Fremer's review of the 3. He gave it a rave. |