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| A question of loading... fsonic, May I just ask a question without making you angry or making anyone else angry. As the owner of a Manley Steelhead myself, I am wondering how you achieve a load of 50K ohms or 100K ohms or "25", by which I take it you mean 25 ohms? As yo... | |
| Is my anti-skating too strong. MC, It's a matter of vector algebra, adding the various force vectors results in a net side force that can only pull the stylus toward the spindle (in the case of an overhung tonearm), because the stiffness of the arm wand prevents movement in the... | |
| Luxman releasing a MC cart in Japan luxman, Since the LMC1 is said by Raul to have an output of 0.1mV, it probably requires a SUT to work well with any of the Luxman phonopreamps I know about. And perhaps some of those do have built in SUTs adequate to the task. But you would need... | |
| Which VTF Scale are you using? That one DOES indeed resemble the Ortofon DS3, except for the weigh pan shape. It's a good candidate for you, if you want an upgrade from the Riverstone. I can't believe how cheap those Chinese-made digital scales (see my URL above) have become s... | |
| Which VTF Scale are you using? Mijostyn, I just searched for the HiFiGuy digital stylus force gauge on Amazon, and what comes up is exactly like the digital SFGs on eBay, for which I provided a URL as an example in my above post. That is not at all like the Ortofon DS3, which ... | |
| Which VTF Scale are you using? fsonic, I hope your Lyra is "singing", not "signing". Music is no fun when translated into hand gestures. (A little time out for humor here.)Mijostyn, Can you provide a URL to the gauge that looks just like the Ortofon DS3, only cheaper? I boug... | |
| Luxman releasing a MC cart in Japan I bet Chakster has some info on those. If you shop the stores in Tokyo, you see Luxman very prominently. The brand is highly regarded and rightfully so. | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again In my opinion, that AI Modulus is a bit overpriced, as it does not include a built-in phono stage. As such, it would not even fulfill your needs. The one worth having would be the 3A version with a phono stage designed by John Curl (if memory ser... | |
| Is my anti-skating too strong. This is a complex topic, whether you like it or not. It seems that when I focus on one aspect, you assail me for not focusing on another aspect. So this is useless. I did NOT ever say the "spindle" caused the skating force, for god's sake. Whe... | |
| Is my anti-skating too strong. Justme, what I objected to in MC’s generalization was his saying “no overhang, no skating force”. I believe that is a direct quote from his post. The fact is that any pivoted tonearm, whether it overhangs the spindle or not will generate a skating... | |
| Is my anti-skating too strong. Clear thinker, I do apologize for being so pedantic, but your point #1 is blatantly incorrect. In fact all of our pivoted tonearms mounted so the stylus overhangs the spindle WILL generate a skating force even at the two null points, because of he... | |
| Which VTF Scale are you using? In my opinion, in this modern era , it is foolish to use a Shure stylus force gauge, when for the same cost or maybe a little bit more one can have a digital scale. Iused the Shure scale for 35 years, so I certainly am not making fun of anyone who... | |
| Wally Tools to Offer a New Service. Just to make this terminology a bit more complex, I was once informed that the azimuth adjustment on a triplanar tonearm is flawed, because as you alter azimuth you are also altering zenith. So, I thought about how the triplanar azimuth adjustment... | |
| Is my anti-skating too strong. Stylus overhang, along with headshell offset angle, was posited (by Baewald and Lofgren back in the early 40s, probably) in order to make it possible for there to be two null points on the playing surface of an LP. "No overhang, no skating" is fl... | |
| Is my anti-skating too strong. MC, Yes, if you can draw a straight line from stylus tip, through the cantilever, that intersects the pivot point, then you have zero skating force. And to Larry, yes the reason conventional pivoted tonearms that are mounted so the stylus overhan... |