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Question on Cardas Frequency Sweep & burn in LP Stressed? Me?While my audiophilia does cause occasional stress, it is never around whether I am using the "best" test LP. I think Mr. Cardas realized that the best way to enhance the profits from his first test LP was to make another. | |
Question on Cardas Frequency Sweep & burn in LP I use the Cardas cuts 2a, b, and c of the first version LP to "wake up" cartridges I have not used in a long time or to break in a new cartridge. The results seem to be beneficial, emphasis on "seem". But how could anyone have anything but a subje... | |
What Sets Price on Turntables? I wonder whether Isaac is happy.... with his turntable. | |
SP-10 Mat Downunder and Kmc, I have not heard any Krebs-modded SP10s. Perhaps they bring the Mk2 closer to the Mk3. However, IMO between the unmodified versions, the Mk3 is indeed far and away superior to the Mk2, albeit the Mk2 is excellent. It doesn't tak... | |
SP-10 Mat JB, Thanks for that URL. If the mat is made the way they claim, it might be very effective, and it is quite reasonable in price.Ct, I kind of regretted that remark; it's the kind of thing one can say in face to face conversation with a friend but ... | |
SP-10 Mat I like the Herbie's business. They sell a lot of nice accessories for reasonable prices, but I would not rate their tt mat in the same league with the best of the others that have been mentioned. In my mind, therefore, the mat is a false economy. ... | |
SP-10 Mat Then why not sit on the f***in' thing? Be my guest."Resonance" is one of the most used and abused terms in audio. Like I said in reply to Raul, the theoretical advantages of record dampening are obvious. I only know that when I do it using the ava... | |
SP-10 Mat Raul, I freely admit that what you say may be true. I believe it myself. Nevertheless, I do not like heavy record weights. (I said nothing at all about vacuum hold-down; you impute to me an opinion I do not hold. Nor did I say I prefer metal mats;... | |
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I don't know whether Nandric is lurking here, but I think Nandric reported that Axel can glue a new stylus tip to a cantilever. It's a long way from Australia to Axel, however. You might also inquire with Sound Smith. You might also consider repla... | |
SP-10 Mat Downunder, I used a BA Mat1 for quite a while on my Lenco platter. It's excellent in that application, but I found that the Mat2 is far better than the Mat1 on my SP10 Mk3. I have not tried the Mat2 on the Lenco, because now the Mat2 "belongs" to ... | |
has anyone else tried Lloyd Walkers latest tweak Dear Tawa, I guess your subjective opinion that the crystals make your system sound better makes it just "silly" to question how they might actually work, in the light of the claim that they absorb RFI. | |
SP-10 Mat I second either the Boston Audio Mat2 or the SAEC SS300 mat, with a slight nod in favor of the BA one. I use it on my SP10 Mk3. | |
Stylus Rake Angle Smoffat, I think your sequence would work, except then the truly precise audiophile has to start over back at "VTF". In other words...VTFOverhang/ZenithVTA/SRAAntiskatingAzimuthDampingVTFOverhang/ZenithVTA/SRAAntiskatingAzimuthDampingEtc. | |
Artemis/Schroder SA-1? Now I find myself in sympathy with Notec. The capstan is the single truly unique feature of the turntable and highly desirable for its effect on belt creep. Any number of tape recorders use such devices and on any good RTR, they are silent. No rea... | |
Artemis/Schroder SA-1? Notec, Is that "mechanical dude", as in Robocop, or "mechanical, dude", as in The Big Lebowski?If the motor made that much noise and was not grossly "broken", the company will have discarded it in favor of some other motor that does not make noise... |