lewm
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| Turnable database with TimeLine Don, While I agree with others that correct instantaneous speed is an important measure of tt performance, it is certainly not the only thing to consider. Different tt's sound different, and it isn't always only due to differences in speed constan... | |
| Linear tracking tonearms..... Corby, I am interested in your comment that the TT2 needed a cartridge with a very low compliance. Unless the TT2 is a complete re-design by Clearaudio, my mental image of it is as an update of the old Souther design, which used the shortest possi... | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine Nothing to say except it was bang on accurate, with the laser beam hitting a wall 8 feet away. I did not try a wide variety of music, and I did not persevere for very long once I felt the point was made. Perhaps in 10 minutes of observation there ... | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine I verbally reported some results I got with my SP10 Mk3, using a Timeline borrowed from my neighbor up the street. (Yes, there are two audio nut jobs living on ONE short block in Bethesda, MD, USA. What are the odds of that?) He was using the Time... | |
| Linear tracking tonearms..... From what I know of them, I would take the Trans-fi Terminator Pro vs the Clearaudio, any day. The engineering appears to be superior. However, I've never heard either, so take my opinion with a large dose of salt. However, for sure the Trans-fi i... | |
| Rega Planar P25 - my specific configuration? Ask Rega. | |
| TT-101 turntables…or any DD decks Dear Dickson, Thanks for all the suggestions, but as I wrote earlier, the bearing was never messed with, nor was the motor per se ever removed from the main chassis (at least not by me or Bill Thalmann), and I did check to see if there was visible... | |
| FR64S tonearm overhaul If it's in excellent condition externally, it's unlikely that any significant degradation of the internal wiring has occurred, and if it did, you will soon know it, because the circuit would short itself out if bare wires are touching each other o... | |
| FR64S tonearm overhaul If anything, leave the internal wiring (and therefore the bearings, etc) alone. Just remove the DIN plug altogether and solder directly to the internal wiring where it meets the DIN plug leads, so as to create a straight shot from headshell to pho... | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine Dinster, The whole idea of the "Timeline test", so far as it goes, is that it does indeed give you some notion of the instantaneous speed stability, as opposed to average speed accuracy, of a turntable. The time interval measured is akin to the ti... | |
| Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable Agree with Jeb. You must let me know immediately where I can buy that unit so as to save you some heartache. Heh-heh. | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine "The Beat [like every other direct-drive turntable] has only one moving part, the bearing." The ad copy is correct; however the inference that this quality is exclusive to the Beat is exaggerated, to say the least. But I really really like the Bea... | |
| Thales Simplicity tonearm review in Stereophile. I finally read Fremer's review. Why does that guy always harp on the notion that the vertical and horizontal effective masses of a tonearm should be equal? Why should they be equal? There is some advantage in having a higher effective mass in the ... | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine Thanks for the great post, Richard. I think of a 3-phase AC synchronous motor is a cousin to a DC motor. In fact, the Victor TT101 does make +/-12VDC in its PS to supply its motor. Likewise, I thought the SP10s used DC motors. But the Denon uses a... | |
| TT-101 turntables…or any DD decks Banquo,We've never "pulled" the motor, and so far as I can tell by inspection, no one has ever messed with the screw that allows access to the bearing thrust plate. But when you say the motor rests on washers, I have to think. As you know, the ele... |