lewm
Responses from lewm
| How to measure tonearm effective mass Chuck, I AM glad that the question brought responses from some of the most knowledgeable people around this part of the hobby.Viridian, The Catch-22 is the bit about needing a cartridge of "known" compliance. I guess one can figure that out by sta... | |
| High output cartridge for 47db phono stage? This is only my personal opinion, but it is based on many separate experiences. I have come to prefer the sound of a really good MM or MI cartridge over that of high output MC cartridges as a class. This is not to say that one superb HOMC might no... | |
| Dartzeel Phono Preamp? I for one believe. | |
| New to TT's some advice questions Of the ones you listed, go with VPI, IMO. Personally, I favor a vintage Lenco or Denon for low buck pleasure ( | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Ummm.... First you posit a "new" way of looking at the interaction of cartridge, tonearm, and turntable which I think is leading to a defense of outboard tonearm pods. But at the last second, you swerve away from that issue and seem to posit that ... | |
| Dartzeel Phono Preamp? Despite my earlier cynical post, I agree with Fbhifi. Not only would the needed ICs (and the input and output jacks themselves) inevitably introduce new colorations but also, to drive the ICs, the output of the phono section would possibly need to... | |
| Apocalypse Now?—Technics sp10 problem s I think that would be classified by any sensible person as a straight line tonearm. But think of the effective mass. | |
| Apocalypse Now?—Technics sp10 problem s Dear Halcro, Before we know it you will have your tonearm in New Zealand and your tt in Perth. Carry on. | |
| Apocalypse Now?—Technics sp10 problem s Banquo, This is way out on the end of arguing the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin, but suppose in your thought experiment that either the turntable or the tonearm pod is subjected to a vibration or resonance that is not simult... | |
| Apocalypse Now?—Technics sp10 problem s Dear Banquo, Bill will replace your caps as requested, but he will also assess the servo mechanism and hunt down and replace any transistors or other parts that are not performing up to snuff. He will also adjust the critical DC voltages and calib... | |
| Apocalypse Now?—Technics sp10 problem s I think Mirko made or used to make a titanium idler wheel for the Lenco L75, and he probably makes space age parts for Garrard and Thorens as well. You are in good hands for a machinist, but I would STILL recommend an electrical overhaul, when tim... | |
| Apocalypse Now?—Technics sp10 problem s FWIW, My slate plinths are huge, and I could mount as many as 3 tonearms with much much less effort than it would take to de-plinthify my SP10, if I wished to do so. The DP80 is a better candidate for deplinthification. (George W Bush, where are y... | |
| Apocalypse Now?—Technics sp10 problem s Hi Halcro, I am not arguing and never have argued that I know that a good direct-drive table sounds better in a good well-designed plinth than in a no-plinth. I have argued only that I like what I hear from my own tt's in a slate plinth of my own ... | |
| Apocalypse Now?—Technics sp10 problem s Halcro, IMO, no one has proven anything until someone who has an excellent plinth can tell us that his dd tt sounds better without it. Even then, the result is subjective. Banquo has it right in that respect.Banquo, I join in those who are glad yo... | |
| Apocalypse Now?—Technics sp10 problem s Ct0517, I guess I come across as being more dogmatic about this than I actually am. Really, I am all in favor of doing whatever you like with your equipment. I enjoy the debate, and I can think of arguments on either side of almost any issue where... |