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| Zero Antiskate vs Stylus Wear Nick, But consider this: if a straight tonearm (no headshell offset) is set up such that there is any amount of overhang (meaning stylus tip overhangs the spindle, as is typical for all conventional tonearms), then the stylus can never be tangent ... | |
| Allnic Puritas vs. Koetsu Stone Body All good points. I am sure David has done much more work on this subject than I. I would only comment that the etiology of "sibilance" is one of the most vexing among problems that occur in vinyl audio reproduction. (Meaning, there are many causes... | |
| Allnic Puritas vs. Koetsu Stone Body All I can say is I heard the Allnic Puritas in a 12-inch Reed on Vetterone's The Beat direct-drive turntable, far into the late evening at the RMAF two years ago. We were comparing it to the SoundSmith Sussuro, riding in a second Reed tonearm. The... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dear Nicola, We're good. In the vernacular of Italian-Americans, "fuhgeddaboudit". Same goes for Henry, actually. | |
| Allnic Puritas vs. Koetsu Stone Body I don't understand your line of reasoning. You seem to be saying that Koetsu's are both overpriced and over-rated, and yet you may purchase one of their very expensive options, regardless. On the other hand, you seem to be reluctant to accept the ... | |
| Zero Antiskate vs Stylus Wear Thanks for bringing that old study to our attention. I don't recall whether I ever read it the first time around. I could summarize my response with three statements:(1) I don't know who ever promulgated the idea of increasing VTF to compensate fo... | |
| OMA or Jean Natais Lenco rebuild I don't recall how long I waited for Jeremy, but it was more like a year or less. On the other hand, the wait was worth it. I believe it makes a big difference. Takes quite a while to break in, but sounds good from the get-go. But when it's really... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? I've got two spares for my Denon DP80, but I believe it is not the same IC as what was used in most of the other models. If the caps are kept tip-top, and if one does not plug a 100V Denon into a 115V AC outlet, all should be well. (I am pretty su... | |
| OMA or Jean Natais Lenco rebuild 2500 Euros = $3250. Does that include the starter turntable, or is that the price for work done to a unit that must be supplied by the buyer? If the latter, I am not sure the price difference between the PTP table and the other two options posed b... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Cat9, Capacitors are cheap, available, and better than ever. That's why I repeat ad nauseam that one ought to routinely replace electrolytic capacitors in the circuits of these old DD turntables, because failure of one of them can lead to destruct... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dear Henry, Re your last post. First, can we be clear that I am NOT talking about air-borne vibrations? You keep going back to that in order to debunk something or other that I've written, and I keep reiterating that I am not so concerned with tha... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? If that is so, we can move our whole discussion to the aforementioned website. (I am not taking any chances; Big Brother is listening.)I am reading a novel about life in Russia under Stalin, so this is timely, not to mention Timeltel. Comrades, we... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dear Raul, What you write makes perfect sense. I note that most of the MS users have modified their tables to get to where they are happy with it. Along those lines, I would have thought that an outboard arm pod would at least defeat that very rea... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timel, Don't go away! Your post is so cryptic that you need to stay and explain it. I don't know why your posts are delayed, if that is the case. Mine are all too distressingly immediate.When you guys discuss the sound of an AT20SS, are you talkin... | |
| Walker Audio Proscenium Black Diamond V Geoff, Touche'. I wrote what I wrote BEFORE I saw the new price of the latest Proscenium. Suddenly, it has become less real. I used to think of it as a bargain among megabuck turntables, when it was in the $40K to $60K range. |