lewm
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| Most hyped turntable, tonearm, and cartridge? I love the metaphor, Dover. And your point is well taken; it's been noted by others as well, and all you have to do is look at the SP02 to know it is far more massive than any turntable motor needs to be. However, the Mk3 does have a 21-lb platter... | |
| Most hyped turntable, tonearm, and cartridge? I've probably written this too many times already, but if the OP is interested in a vintage DD, then I think the Denon DP80 is a bigger bang for the buck than the SP10 MK2. Can typically be purchased for under $1000, with or without plinth. I hav... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? I just did look at your photos. First of all, you have turned the chassis upside down; we are looking at the bottom of the bearing well, are we not? Typically the spindle is removed from above, by pulling it up out of the bearing well. As an asi... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Royal Purple Synthetic is a perfectly good alternative lubricant to the Redball. Preferably you want single weight, between 0 and 20W. I keep meaning to check my container of Redball so I can quote the weight exactly, and I keep forgetting. The PC... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Luis, As you noted, my finding of the shims under the motor was for the Victor TT101, not for the PD444. I don’t own a PD444. Did you find a similar system for mounting its motor?As Pindac either said or implied, what you have to do most of the ti... | |
| 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 ... |