lewm
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| 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... | |
| Artemis/Schroder SA-1? Notec, I don't doubt what you say, but that report is most surprising. What is there to make noise in a DC motor at idle? (Nothing, I think.) Is this hum you are talking about, audible over the speaker, or a mechanical noise? . | |
| Artemis/Schroder SA-1? CJ, Have you tried the Schroeder website and/or Schroeder dealers? | |
| Artemis/Schroder SA-1? Dear Notec, Don't leave me and the OP hanging. What noise issues? Surely if there were an issue of noise from the motor, it would be correctable and in fact quickly corrected. | |
| Artemis/Schroder SA-1? You might contact Frank Schroeder through HIS website, to find out about the Artemis. I agree with you that it appears/appeared to be an interesting design for many reasons. | |
| Why is it that? What CJ says is spot on, which is why I was wondering at the sonic results. The OP writes that the sound is more "romantic and richer" and moreover that there is an apparent loss of gain, at the 40-ohm setting vs the 3-ohm setting. That does not m... | |
| Why is it that? I do it both ways. I have both a full-function preamplifier (Atma-sphere MP1) and an outboard phono stage (revamped Silvaweld SWH550). I use the MP1 for LOMC and the Silvaweld for MM/MI. So I am not as dogmatic as I may have sounded. Nevertheless,... | |
| Dead Oracle If the bad parts are discrete transistors, as you infer, you might try Googling the parts numbers. Very often seemingly unobtainable transistors and ICs can actually be found from sources in the Far East. I have had to do it twice, and I am 2 for ... | |
| Why is it that? Dear Zd,The debate over "separates" vs full-function preamplifiers is a never-ending one, but suffice to say that there are many advantages to an all in one unit vs separate phono and linestages and vice-versa. But why would you expect "better syn... | |
| Stylus Rake Angle I was trying to fix my post when I accidentally posted it. I obviously was referring to the front end of the cartridge body when I wrote that a "forward" tilt would move the cartridge body "downward". The rear end would move upward. |