lewm
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| Dynavector 505 to replace modded Incognito RB300. It will "work" with any turntable. The only issue would be its mass; it is a relatively heavy construction. (I am not referring to "effective mass"; I am referring only to the total weight of the entire assembly.) There could be some issues with s... | |
| Acrylic platter Sorry, but the very fact that you are entertaining this expensive change in platters made me think you were entering into it with the bias that acrylic would be superior to alu. Anyway, you asked for opinions, and you got opinions. I would sooner ... | |
| VPI Classic - Now you have one...... Stringreen, It would seem that a way to avoid hum with the Classic/Grado combo is to shield the motor of the Classic, assuming that the motor is somewhere inside that plinth where it creates an EMI field that is picked up by Grado. The shield shou... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I thought I would raise my head here to say I truly dislike nearly every HOMC cartridge I have ever heard. In fact, the only "good" one was my van den Hul Colibri, which I bought from Mike Lavigne. It had been specially made for Mike to have about... | |
| Acrylic platter This is just a matter of opinion. My opinion is that acrylic is not intrinsically any better than alu. The early Teres turntables used all acrylic platters, and the recommendation was for no platter mat. Then they went to acrylic with pockets of l... | |
| To those with multiple tables/arms/cartridges Yes. I know Toto make bidets as well as toilets. Probably sinks, bathtubs, etc, as well. Toho is nice too. | |
| idler rumble, heat, and record wear--a connection? Cocoa, Have you felt around among the various culprits we've mentioned? The thing that is hottest may likely be the source of the heat. If the LP is very warm due to the motor, the motor must be very very hot, for example. If you own or can borrow... | |
| To those with multiple tables/arms/cartridges Japan in my opinion produces the world's finest toilets: Toto is the brand. I guess there is no relationship between Toto and Toho. Nandric, This is way OT, but I am enthralled with the Beveridges. And they are set up in my basement where my wife ... | |
| idler rumble, heat, and record wear--a connection? Maybe there's a heat lamp hanging over the turntable. | |
| idler rumble, heat, and record wear--a connection? At 33 rpm, assuming no significant slippage of the idler wheel against the platter, and assuming there is some sort of mat between the platter and the LP that ought not to be a very efficient conductor of heat, unless it's made of copper, I cannot... | |
| To those with multiple tables/arms/cartridges What is a ToXion tonearm? I presume one is obliged to capitalize the "X"? Is this another Dertonearm product? | |
| Polishing your TT bearing Viridian, You can add Herb Papier, designer, inventor, and builder of the original Triplanar tonearms to your list of watchmakers who went into analog audio. Herb once made most of the individual parts that go into a Triplanar in his own basement.... | |
| VPI 3D tonearm Anyway, Two things are certain: (1) The early adapters will be ecstatic over this tonearm, and (2) we'll be arguing over why that is. | |
| VPI 3D tonearm Dear Henry, You obviously have a vast knowledge of esoteric manufacturing processes. Thanks for the input on that subject. However, I would take issue with your last sentence:"But casting, welding, machining and gluing do." This was written in ref... | |
| Herron VTPH2 questions? What is the phono gain of the Herron? Does it have a linestage built-in? If so, what is the additional gain afforded by the linestage? If you want your question answered, you need to supply the minimal data needed in order to do it. On the other h... |