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| Two Protractors - Only One Aligns Peter, Based on the info you provided, you own a $5800 tonearm. Such an expensive tonearm certainly does merit the cost of a Smartractor (if you want universal applicability) or a dedicated Mint LP. (Plus also you apparently own an SME 312S; not... | |
| Two Protractors - Only One Aligns Bottom line, now that I've re-read your OP and gone to the website. First of all, don't expect the Mint you own to work with this tonearm unless the specs are identical to those of an SME 312S. Seems your new tonearm is 10-inch effective length ... | |
| Two Protractors - Only One Aligns I agree with wlutke. Nearly all other tonearms have a fixed angle headshell offset, unlike yours. The P2S (pivot to spindle) distance, effective length, and the headshell offset angle are intimately related and chosen for whatever geometry the d... | |
| Lyra Kleos vs Koetsu Urushi davey, What phono stage? Thx. | |
| Two Protractors - Only One Aligns Peter, believe the Mint and toss out the TTB. I think your conundrum goes with it. The TTB is not very accurate (because citing the pivot point by eye is not possible with +/-0.5mm error), even when you do plug in the correct data, which is ano... | |
| Low Hours Phono Cartridges? For expensive used cartridges being sold by someone I don’t “know”, I’d ask the seller to send it to SS for a formal evaluation prior to purchase, at my expense. Both parties derive a benefit from that. | |
| Lyra Kleos vs Koetsu Urushi I own a Koetsu Urushi and like it very much, but I always ranked it slightly below my favorite LOMC, which has lately been the ZYX Universe (the original version). Recently, I mounted the Urushi in an 18g Ortofon LH9000 headshell and connected th... | |
| Mono Cartridge Recommendations bdp, Back in the 70s, my close audiophile friend and I both purchased Decca London cartridges, which we liked very much. But somewhere or other we read that the performance could be enhanced by fiddling with an adjustable platform that was access... | |
| is ok to use wifes new make up brush to clean styius needle I'm with Teo. However, Last also make similar stiff brushes, sold with their stylus cleaners and preservatives, that probably work just as well as the one cited by Teo.Presumably, your wife will want her brush returned, so she can use it for make... | |
| JVC TT-101 Won't Stop Just relax and enjoy it, is my advice. I do believe that once these initial and endogenous issues have been dealt with by someone like JP, probably all will be well. But I have back-up tt's, just in case. | |
| JVC TT-101 Won't Stop Ummm.... Best-groove, what are you trying to prove? No one would contest the fact that the TT101 is temperamental. Least of all, me. So, I don't get it. Unless you're just trying to be funny, which is fine.It's also a very fine sounding turntabl... | |
| JVC TT-101 Won't Stop I think we all agree that the TT101 is fussy. That’s one way in which this hobby requires a relaxed approach. For my part, I can only thank JP for the excellent work he did on my unit.Once JP educated me on the genesis of the issue with my TT101, ... | |
| Mono Cartridge Recommendations In the "old days", it was widely known that using a mono cartridge on a stereo LP was verboten or at best ill-advised. Some vintage early stereo LP album covers even have that warning printed on the back, in fine print at the bottom right of the ... | |
| JVC TT-101 Won't Stop It’s hardly a main stream item anyway, these days or even when it was current.on the other hand, the TT101 and its ilk are now pushing 40 years old. | |
| JVC TT-101 Won't Stop I think JP would agree that the most likely story is that the crack was there since it left the factory or that the PCB swells and contracts with changes in humidity, thus rendering it susceptible to cracking at areas were expansion and contractio... |