lewm
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| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms I don't know whether you use a specific mounting template for every different tonearm with the SMARTractor, as one does with the UNItractor, but if so, you would obviously want to buy the FR64S template from Acoustic Systems and, yes, know the dia... | |
| Technics Sp10 Mk2 vs SL-1200G - I finally did an A/B Geoff, You wrote, "I tend to discount oddball results like yours since no single test should be used to draw general conclusions."This is such a puffball one-liner that I almost don't have the heart to start on it. First, "no single test should b... | |
| Using Maple Butcher Block Under a Turntable Mabel Mercer, maybe. She could hold up a turntable. | |
| Technics Sp10 Mk2 vs SL-1200G - I finally did an A/B Geoff, the point is that we could hear a difference. And the difference was decidedly in favor of the cheap fuse. I don’t know why we should’ve heard any difference. I tend to discount the whole experience, except for the fact that four other peop... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms I aligned my FR 64S using the UNItractor, made by Dertonearm. In so doing I used the recommended pivot to spindle distance of 231.5 MM. (Not the factory recommended distance of 230 mm.) Then I used the supplied template that came with the Unitrac... | |
| SL1200G GAE Arm Board I would think you can take the armboard off for a quickie measurement and get it back on in less than an hour of work. Unless you are compelled to listen to LPs 24/7, that should be an acceptable amount of down time. (I am sitting here wishing I ... | |
| Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?" ericsch, If you've got both the Mint protractor and the alignment gauge supplied by Technics, perhaps you can determine whether they both result in identical mm of stylus overhang. That might settle the issue regarding what alignment algorithm is... | |
| Static electricity pulled the rubber mat right off the Turntable! Aluminum is quite commonly used either alone or in concert with other metals to build turntable platters. I would guess that the majority of platters have some aluminum in them. Therefore, I am trying to figure out why some of you guys believe t... | |
| Any new turntable brands we should pay attention to ? Almost none of these products, save the Technics and the Dohmann, bring anything new to the table except affordable pricing. Most of those that are affordably priced are concocted of MDF, perhaps with aluminum in the platter driven by a cheap mot... | |
| SL1200G GAE Arm Board If you are in the USA, then I can supply the name and contact information for a very skilled machinist with audiophile sympathies; he can make you anything you want out of metal. But maybe I am misunderstanding your question, which seems to be ab... | |
| Any new turntable brands we should pay attention to ? I guess it's too expensive to merit inclusion on this list, but my neighbor recently acquired a Dohmann Helix I turntable. Seems quite nice. Dohmann was a designer of the Continuum products, including the Caliburn, and you can see the family res... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms My post was just a general comment. Not at all aimed at you or anyone else specifically.I think there is plenty of room to discuss what topology sounds best and what insulation sounds best (of silver wire). (Litz vs stranded vs insulated strands... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms The whole business about whose silver wire might sound better seems to me to be silly. Unless we think that either Ikeda or Kondo or Dertonearm own silver mines. All of these entities must buy their silver wire from some company that makes wire. ... | |
| Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?" Knollbrent, There are probably hundreds of LPs that were created for testing and setting up audio systems. Many of them were made and marketed by Shure, the cartridge company. Audio Teknika also made several. I wouldn’t really know where to beg... | |
| Static electricity pulled the rubber mat right off the Turntable! Now take off all your clothes.i know it’s a bit awkward to do it for every LP. |