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| So many great golden era DD tables out there, what do you recommend for $1000? Built like a tank. Sounds like a tank. (Just kidding.) | |
| Stylus-Drag..Fact or Fiction? Off-topic: Hi, Mike! Good to hear from you.I have only one further comment: It is not valid to lump all servo speed correction mechanisms as if they were all the same. Technics was dominant in the DD industry, and they espoused powerful iron co... | |
| So many great golden era DD tables out there, what do you recommend for $1000? Uber, If your new QLA7 is built for 100V, then a step-down transformer is a MUST. Do not run your turntable on US 120V. I would not even plug it in until you have a stepdown. If you mismatch the voltages, the question is not "whether" but "when" y... | |
| Stylus-Drag..Fact or Fiction? bohe60s, You wrote, "Nice, if not perhaps irrelevant, if we can detect it audibly." Was that in reference to my post at 11:23 AM? If so, can you explain your meaning a little better? If you were referring to my post, perhaps you did not underst... | |
| Stylus-Drag..Fact or Fiction? Davey and Rodman, Wouldn't you rather leave the human-ness of live music in the hands of the actual musicians, who are also human, rather than to the super-imposed alterations in pitch and timing due to stylus drag, belt creep, and the like? For ... | |
| Stylus-Drag..Fact or Fiction? Non-compliant or very low compliance belt and placing the motor drive as close as possible to the circumference of the platter are the best ways to minimize belt creep. Of course, a truly non-compliant belt would not bend around the platter. But... | |
| Listening to music matters Freddie Hubbard thought my woof was going to blow? There may be a low frequency resonance in your system, due either to cartridge/tonearm match or to something else, like proximity of your TT to the woofers or etc., which would work through feedback. | |
| Azimuth setting using channel decibel level on a mono LP? Stringreen, See my post above. If you choose to set azimuth according to electrical measurements of crosstalk, then a (properly functioning) Fozgometer is fine. No one said it wasn't. However, recognize that there are trade-offs. | |
| Vacuum tubes: Radio tubes, TV tubes, Audio tubes Dang! I guess I will have to ditch my Hitchcock tube tester and look for a Hickok. | |
| So many great golden era DD tables out there, what do you recommend for $1000? The GT1000 is or was the "little brother" of the GT2000. The GT750 is the new baby in the family, with no teeth. Every opinion I have ever read is to the effect that the GT2000 stood alone in the Yamaha line-up. Even the GT1000 and certainly the... | |
| Azimuth setting using channel decibel level on a mono LP? To set the azimuth so the stylus sits perfectly "square" to the groove walls is only one "right" way to set azimuth, and it assumes that the transducing end of the cartridge (which we will call the "coils) are also perfectly oriented with respect ... | |
| So many great golden era DD tables out there, what do you recommend for $1000? Cliff, The subject of the thread is vintage Japanese DD turntables, in case it is not obvious. So the Well Tempered Classic doesn't qualify. You ought to try out one of the turntables we are talking about. You'll like it. | |
| So many great golden era DD tables out there, what do you recommend for $1000? It's one curious case where the tonearm alone (from a P3) costs much more than the same tonearm, if you purchase it along with a turntable, like the PL70LII. In my opinion, the PL70LII with that tonearm is a screaming bargain at $1600 (price on Y... | |
| So many great golden era DD tables out there, what do you recommend for $1000? Raul, The PL70LII is pretty well known to be a stealth bargain, if you "study" pioneer turntables. It only lacks some of the fringe features, including the massive suspended plinth, of the Exclusive P3. You're correct about the tonearm, too. Some... | |
| So many great golden era DD tables out there, what do you recommend for $1000? Raul, with respect, I have to disagree on the gt750. It’s not in the same league with TT81 by most accounts. And you said it yourself: the manufacturer published specs are not meaningful for comparing two products from different companies. Also th... |