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| JVC TT101 QL 10 PLINTH ISSUES My thought was incomplete. When I pack a delicate object for UPS or Fedex, or any shipper, I consider how a frustrated gorilla, given free rein to do everything except open the box, might damage the object. I allow for dropping the box about 6 fe... | |
| JVC TT101 QL 10 PLINTH ISSUES By the way, I would blame the persons who packed the turntable, not UPS, for the damage. If done right, the QL10 should have arrived in undamaged condition. For one thing, I would not ship with the dust cover in place on top of the plinth; that ... | |
| JVC TT101 QL 10 PLINTH ISSUES The lid is useless anyway, and should be put aside. There are a myriad of choices for new feet, any of which might outperform the originals. (Did they really break all 4 feet? That’s quite a feat.) I use the QL10 plinth but I have added at least 2... | |
| Stylus not tracking and sounds terrible GRG, A phono cartridge is a "reverse motor", in the sense that it converts the physical motion of the cantilever into electrical energy. A motor takes electrical energy and converts it to physical motion. That's the way in which the two can be v... | |
| Cartridges that get strings right? Further following on to Frogman's and Raul's posts, because of the complexity of the sonic signature of even a single violin, let alone a massed array of them, the aural sensation produced in a "live" hall may at times exceed the capacity of music... | |
| Turntable leveling +1 with Glen; level the platter surface and the tonearm mount board or achieve the same degree and direction of error for both. Forgot to bring that up. | |
| Turntable leveling I use an "analog" bubble level, and that seems fine. So my answer to your question is don't fret over it. On the difference between your phone app and the ordinary bubble level, I'll go with the latter. I have an "audiophile" bubble level, mean... | |
| Cartridges that get strings right? It’s also the microphone and the recording studio and the way in which the musical signal was transferred to a piece of vinyl. | |
| Class "A" phono cartridge discussion. You waited three years to say that? It goes without saying that a thread like this is easy to criticize for the reason you cite. But if it’s fun to exchange experiences then people will do so. The best one can do with a thread like this is to gat... | |
| Kiseki and Lyra Cartridge Dealers in Japan and Taiwan By now I have owned so many cartridges that my memory is failing me. (Plus, my memory is failing me anyway.) If I recall correctly, the Supex first hit the US market in the mid-1970s. At that time, I think I was listening to a Grado TLZ. As you... | |
| Kiseki and Lyra Cartridge Dealers in Japan and Taiwan Ooops! I just thought of a reason why 2J might change the serial numbers: To protect his source of ZYX cartridges. This was already described by Viridian. | |
| Kiseki and Lyra Cartridge Dealers in Japan and Taiwan Thanks, V. I am not in the market just now for any new/used cartridge. My plate is full, for the moment. What I would look for, if looking, is an original Purple Heart, from the good old days. It's remarkable how much Kiseki's look like Koetsu... | |
| Kiseki and Lyra Cartridge Dealers in Japan and Taiwan Ok. I stand corrected in my understanding of the history.Now where can one get a good deal on Kiseki? | |
| AR xa Turntable Head shell question No self-respecting sufferer from audiophilia nervosa could put up with duct tape as a solution to that problem. Did you try jamming the head shell with some force, up against the receptor on the arm wand? The trick is to let the collar catch on ... | |
| Kiseki and Lyra Cartridge Dealers in Japan and Taiwan In general, just walking around to the high end audio stores in Tokyo, you will find neither Koetsu nor Lyra cartridges for sale, on open display. Whereas most good stores display dozens of other cartridges from a wide variety of well known brand... |