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| Klyne vs 47 Labs phono stage Dear J, Yes, as mentioned, I did talk to Stan Klyne 2-3 times, regarding both the outboard PS that I built myself for my unit and the state of tune I eventually chose for the phono section in my 6LX, which he rebuilt. I agree he is a very nice pe... | |
| Newb question regarding alignment - Should the stylus Physically touch the protractor? You would lose accuracy if the tip of the stylus is not allowed to touch the surface of the protractor. Adding a layer of plastic over a paper protractor might have a similar, although negligible, effect on accuracy. However if stylus force (VTF)... | |
| Drying time after a VPI record cleaner? Perhaps my HW17 has a slightly stronger vacuum sucker than does the 16.5, but I find that my LPs are very nearly bone dry after vacuum. I usually just wave them around in the air for a minute or two before re-packaging them, always using a new en... | |
| Klyne vs 47 Labs phono stage We're even. You wish you had not had to sell your Klyne, and I wish I had been willing to allow Stan Klyne to max out mine. The Allnic also interests me. Without trying to compare it to your Klyne, how do you like the Allnic, perhaps compared to... | |
| Klyne vs 47 Labs phono stage Dear JMcgrogan, So I am wondering why you sold your Klyne? I find my 6LX to be great as a line stage and maybe not as good as my best sounding tube phono stages, but maybe only because I cut corners on having Stan Klyne upgrade my phono. As I s... | |
| Tonearm mount on the plinth or on Pillar ? Sorry, Ct. I just took another look at that photo, and I still think that the new brushed aluminum or steel pillar that holds the tonearm closest to the viewer is NOT sitting on the shelf; to my eyes it is attached to the granite base that also s... | |
| Tonearm mount on the plinth or on Pillar ? Ct, I if I misinterpreted the photo of the Verdier, mea culpa. But would it be possible to have this discussion without the heavy air of sarcasm and condescension? Most of us are trained professionals in some specialized area or other. And most... | |
| Tonearm mount on the plinth or on Pillar ? Verdier photo: It looks to me like Dietrich simply replaced the OEM flimsy tonearm mount (an inverted L-shaped affair that never looked to be very stable, to me) with a nice solid pillar and then attached it directly to the granite "plinth". Not... | |
| Full Manual Turntable-What to do One of the beauties of direct-drive or idler-drive is that the platter gets up to speed much more quickly than does that of a belt-drive turntable. In that case, the choice for me is clearer; I shut the motor down not only between LPs but also whe... | |
| Tonearm mount on the plinth or on Pillar ? Flieb, Exactly what part of what I wrote, specifically, is BS? Would you use an outboard arm pod with a suspended turntable? I don't think so. You are arguing specifics (it might not work well because of this or that), and I am talking about the ... | |
| Klyne vs 47 Labs phono stage Pani, As you may know, the last and still latest Klyne models go up to "7". The "6" series is second tier in terms of cost, with the 7 series at the top. There are some variations in this theme; I once knew for sure what is the difference between... | |
| Tonearm mount on the plinth or on Pillar ? Dear Fleib, I cannot resist commenting on your penultimate post, dated 05/05 at 8:51 PM. A suspended plinth is not a "different story"; it is the same story, except in the case of a suspended plinth vs a stationary discrete arm pod, it is plain f... | |
| Low volume on turntable?? Good points, Al and mofi.There were a slew of products marketed in the 90s, receivers and integrated amplifiers mostly, that had input jacks labeled "phono" and yet contained no phono stage. The label was to indicate a pair of high level inputs t... | |
| Low volume on turntable?? Hockey et al, What surprises me the most is that you perceived apparently decent sound in the first place, with no RIAA corrector in the circuit. Did you notice a bizarre frequency imbalance? | |
| Speltz Zero Autoformer with Tenor OTL 75 Don, Implicit in any response to your sentiments is that (1) the Zeros are autoformers, not transformers. That is a BIG difference, because in addition to the low turns ratio, and like Ralph says, the bandwidth is huge and at the extremes autoform... |