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| Turntable platforms jperry, Is there a reason you apparently believe Herzan platforms are superior to Minus K platforms? So far as I know, Herzan make Minus K, but other than that factoid, which could be erroneous, I'm curious. | |
| Floored by Beatles "White Album" Reissue I have an Abbey Road that I purchased in 1970 and played the heck out of it. It’s nevertheless superior in many ways to the mo-fi stereo from the boxed set, to my chagrin. Probably my favorite Beatles LP. I’ve ordered the new White album reissue. ... | |
| Anyone experienced speed issues with Artemis Labs SA-1? The Artemis is a very thoughtful design which uses two pulleys, one to drive the belt and the other to push the belt up against the circumference of the platter so that the belt contacts the platter very nearly on its full circumference. This is ... | |
| Floored by Beatles "White Album" Reissue What "reissue" are you talking about? I have the Mo-Fi boxed set of Beatles albums, the stereo version. Just the other day, I was comparing the White Album from that set to an "original" US pressing, on Capital I think. While the latter LP is n... | |
| Anyone try the replica B-60 Fidelity Research VTA? dronepunk, Check eBay and the various sites where audiophile gear is for sale. Also check "Hi-Fi Shark". On that site, they collect "for sale" data from all other sites. I am confident you can eventually find what you are looking for.Friends, w... | |
| Correct alignment for Fidelity Research 64fx/SPU? While we're at it, since you brought this 6-year-old thread to the fore. Jeff1225 said (in 2014) that he had "zero tracking error" using his Mint Protractor with his FR or Ikeda tonearm. THAT is a feat, indeed, unless he turned his pivoted tonea... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Mijo, blah-blah-blah.what could be cheaper to make than a typical modern belt drive in the under $3K price range? They multiply like rabbits. THAT is why belts became dominant. You can build one in your basement. ( I have respect for some expensiv... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Ralph, One of the virtues of a coreless motor as originally designed by Dual and used by Pioneer, Yamaha, and Kenwood, and even now Brinkmann, is that the field it generates is in the horizontal plane, mainly. The engineers who designed for these ... | |
| Power supply upgrade to Brinkmann? I'm just surprised to read here that the PSs developed for their belt drive turntables are also sufficient and even an upgrade for their direct-drive motor, which I thought was a coreless type. Whereas one would probably not use a coreless motor ... | |
| Art Dudley passed away. Rest in Peace I did not know his age but would have assumed he was in my age range (old) or a little younger. I did notice he was not writing so much in the past year or more. I agree he came across as a nice guy with a sense of humor and a thoughtful approac... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Bob, how could the changes you describe have affected bearing noise? | |
| Whest Phono Stages Slim, I have been using tube gear since the late 1970s. I’ve also built and repaired tube equipment. I own a Hickok tube tester. I have never ever had a tube fail due to loss of vacuum, although it can happen with mishandling I guess. The major w... | |
| Whest Phono Stages Slim, You wrote, "Tubes, which I have lived with for decades in various Amateur radio and military transmitters and receivers are fine, but they have huge variables and matching them is key. They are colored in terms of how they perform and to ... | |
| High vs low internal impedance cartridges....Is there a sonic signature for each type? Dave Slagle, one of the two brains behind EMIA, has converted a few MCs to "field coil" types, using the Denon DL103, for one example. I have heard that cartridge at the Capital Audio Fest, in the context of a truly fantastic direct-drive double ... | |
| Are 500 hours too many for a used hi-end cartridge? Miller Carbon, You wrote, "Look at it this way. The vast majority of the sound of a cartridge comes from everything other than the stylus. The vast majority of wear on a cartridge is only the stylus. Therefore the one thing most likely to be wo... |