lewm
Responses from lewm
| Speed accuracy- how accurate is accurate? I think you and I have gone back and forth on this subject in the past. The issue with the voltage going to the turntable motor could be of two sorts. In one case the motor can directly radiate EMI which can affect the cartridge. This would mostly... | |
| Speed accuracy- how accurate is accurate? By most accounts, the iPhone method is not the most accurate way to measure platter speed, but it puts you in the ballpark. So I would not conclude that the speed error of your turntable amounts to the difference between what you measured and 33.3... | |
| Nature of Koetsu carts The tonearm/cartridge combination is much more critical than is the turntable/cartridge relationship. However, you've got the right type of tonearm for a Koetsu, so I say yes. The Ikeda should be ideal for a Koetsu. | |
| SP10mk2: OMA Graphite plinth vs.Dobbins plinth Dear Raul, the mat on my star sapphire series 3 was most assuredly the original felt mat. Perhaps the dealer glued it to the platter before he sold it to me, but for whatever reason it was glued to the mat, and the surface was a felt like materia... | |
| Have cartridges been known to fail (Grado)? But still, the odds are that two cartridges that were stored under identical conditions for eight years are not going to fail in exactly the same way with no output in either channel. I think the OP needs to re-view his set up. Most likely he’s m... | |
| Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model) And last year, Pani thought that the Audio Teknika ART9 was the greatest cartridge ever. (My deliberate exaggeration of his opinion.) This year he is on to something else and has sold the ART9 He is only human like you and I. Why hinge your thinki... | |
| Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model) Chakster, why are you waiting for a “proper“ review of the SL 1210 versus the SL 1200 G? in my view there is absolutely no way that the SL 1210 could possibly outperform the SL 1200 G. This is based just on knowing how the two turntables were bui... | |
| SP10mk2: OMA Graphite plinth vs.Dobbins plinth Fortunately, the ambient temperature in most of our listening rooms probably does not exceed 1000°C. | |
| Nature of Koetsu carts The Rosewood line of Koetsu cartridges was always known to have a mid range prominent sound. So in my opinion all the responses above are correct. The other models of Koetsu cartridge that are in the same price range or more expensive than the Ro... | |
| Does anything better Jelco arm ~$1000 My point was that a slight sag of the CW on a Victor UA7045 (I agree with you; only a few degrees) confers an advantage vs a sample with a perfectly straight rear end, in that the sag places the center of mass of the CW closer to or in the plane o... | |
| SP10mk2: OMA Graphite plinth vs.Dobbins plinth Raul, I am surprised that in your post above, you seem to be saying that the platter mat should be "seen but not heard". That's a good goal, but in fact we know that the platter mat is always heard, even if it is heard to be neutral, which is the... | |
| Technics SP series mats? S Bank, You actually put a 4 kg mat on your SP 10 Mk 2? The entire platter of an SP 10 Mk2 weighs something like nine or 10 pounds and of course 4 kg is nearly 9 pounds. so you doubled the mass that had to be driven by the motor and supported by t... | |
| Running a LOMC in MM setting? If I understand correctly that the issue is too much gain via the MC inputs of the Korakotta, then what is saturating is the input stage of whatever is being driven by the Korakotta. There's no problem with the Korakotta except too much gain (for... | |
| Does anything better Jelco arm ~$1000 Chakster, In your post above, you wrote: "If the counterweight is in line with the armwand then you’re fine (on the bad samples the counterweight is bent down)." I am surprised that someone who is such a consistent champion of the Victor UA tonea... | |
| Reed 3P dealer I forgot that I knew that Steve Dobbins is or was a dealer for Reed tonearms. Thanks for reminding me. He is a very nice guy, I agree. |