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Cartridge azimuth adjustment using a voltmeter and a test lp
Pgastone, having written so much about how to adjust azimuth electronically, which is to say so that the measured crosstalk from one channel to another is minimized, I have come in my old age to agree with Mijostyn in that the net benefit of just ... 
Fidelity Research FR64s Headshell dilemma
Thanks, Raul.  I think you are correct, now that I recall what I have read in the past.Chakster, In your parlance, does "NG" mean "No Good", which it would mean in colloquial English?  I have the old original Feickert, made of white plastic with b... 
Fidelity Research FR64s Headshell dilemma
230mm for Stevenson 231.5mm got BaerwaldI use Feickert protractor or old version of SMARTractor. SMART is absolutely the best IMO. Feickert is much easier and faster. Depends how anal I feel that day. 
Fidelity Research FR64s Headshell dilemma
I have used Ortofon LH9000 (for high effective mass, weighs 18g by itself) and Oyaide and Yamamoto carbon fiber headshells (both weigh ~10g; for high-ish compliance cartridges).  In fact, I have never owned an FR headshell and wouldn't be looking ... 
Thoughts on SS bass. Tube mid and high tube pre
What is the input impedance of the Heil speaker by itself?  I bet it's on the low side, but I don't know. 
Cartridge azimuth adjustment using a voltmeter and a test lp
"The generally accepted method is to use the amplifier output terminal to measure the voltage output of the test lp- but would it be a problem to measure the voltage at the speaker terminals?"  I'm wondering where that idea came from.  It certai... 
Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower
Dover, So what is your turntable of choice, if you revile both belt- and direct-drive?  As far as I know, that leaves only idler drive, which has its own issues.  All forms of tt drive have positives and negatives.  Execution of the idea determine... 
Thoughts on SS bass. Tube mid and high tube pre
If you’re running a sub you likely already have SS bass. Try without the Heil. I bet the overall bass improves because you’re doing your main amplifier a big favor by increasing the impedance it has to drive. Just try it. 
Equal or better tonearm than Jelco for like amount of money
Bukanona, I assume you mean effective mass is much lower, not “compliance is much higher”. 
Equal or better tonearm than Jelco for like amount of money
FR64S for similar price or LESS than Jelco?  On what planet? 
Jelco tonearms closes
Basically, they have been making the same tonearm for decades, with minor tweaks and alterations every once in a while.  Thus they had no need to purchase entirely new machinery.  It's kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy. 
Thoughts on SS bass. Tube mid and high tube pre
Based on what Dover suggests, if you were to bi-amp, why not run a separate amplifier to the Heil tweeter? While that would do nothing for power demands in the bass, it would at least reduce the effect on impedance of running the supertweeter in p... 
Jelco tonearms closes
Our son lives in Tokyo, and he has been working from his apartment for at least 6-7 weeks.  An established company like Jelco could certainly halt production temporarily or cut back to just doing repairs, without the extreme measure of going out o... 
Considering a new Phono Pre-Amp
Dear Mijo, Are there data to suggest that the Herron is quieter than the Chinook?  Great as the Herron apparently is, what with its many admirers hereabouts, I would have thought the Chinook would be quieter, just because of its use of transistors... 
Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower
I must be doing something right, if both Geoff and Clearthink are angry at me. Clearthink even used his signature triplicate warning system.  (I mustn't "limit, restrict, or discourage...")   Did you think that Geoff is some shrinking violet who n...