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| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II I am still breaking in the Jeremy bearing plus clamp, so any improvement due to the string might be hard to decipher, if I added it at this point. I will do some listening to the Jeremy this weekend and then maybe do the string next week. But I wi... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dgob, You might try a laser-type device for assuring that the table and arm mount are plane parallel. I believe such things are now commercially available. I would not completely trust a small spirit level; a large long carpenter's level would be ... | |
| Brinkmann Bardo vs Transrotor Fat Bob Reference Glai, I apologize if I sounded offensive or aggressive. I thought you had written something to the effect that you "noticed" improved speed stability when you introduced the AC regenerator. This to me meant that you looked at the little strobe dev... | |
| Brinkmann Bardo vs Transrotor Fat Bob Reference I don't know about the Bardo, but the SP10 external power supply converts AC from the wall socket to DC and delivers three discrete DC voltages to the main chassis. I guess it could not hurt to supply it with "clean" AC, if one lives in an environ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? DU, That's a beautiful piece. Hope you like it. I too have toyed with the idea of buying a 70s or 80s Japanese phono stage (usually in those days you got a full function preamp along with it). The main attraction for me is the built-in loading opt... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, The other potentially maddening thing is that you secure the cartridge in the headshell only to find during alignment that you have chosen the wrong pair of mounting holes, not to mention that it is possible that none of the mounting positio... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Forgot you said you used his kit. Thx anyway. I have figured out how to implement the string in the context of the PTP without drilling new holes. So I will (reluctantly) give this a try using small lead or brass weights. Does anyone know how much... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, Do all 3 of the headshells you cited above follow the AT trick of providing three pairs of threaded holes on the bottom side (not shown in any of the photos), to allow for some adjustment of overhang? I bought one of the MG series, and ... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Dave, How much weight did you use? Thanks. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timeltel, Do you mean to say Rumsfeld read the book you mention, and did not realize how apt the title was with respect to his own work as our Secretary of Defense? Actually, there is no need to respond. Any humility you may see there is false. | |
| Brinkmann Bardo vs Transrotor Fat Bob Reference Dear Mel, Now that you made your choice, there is little point in this, but in the case of the Bardo, you would never want to or have to purchase an optional outboard PS. The Bardo, like all direct-drive turntables, must include its own outboard p... | |
| Brinkmann Bardo vs Transrotor Fat Bob Reference I don't know the price of either 'table, but I must say I am very surprised to learn that the Bardo is so much more than Fat Bob. If the difference, even with all those options on the FB Reference, is two-fold in favor of the Transrotor, then I do... | |
| Brinkmann Bardo vs Transrotor Fat Bob Reference I have no direct knowledge of the Transrotor IMD, and I did not mean to imply so. It may work great. When I was last considering a new Belt Drive tt, a Transrotor with IMD was near the top of a very short list. I do have to wonder whether the magn... | |
| Brinkmann Bardo vs Transrotor Fat Bob Reference Dear Chosenhandle, You wrote, "I was surprised how different it sounded from la grange and balance. Much more lively sound." Call me crazy, but perhaps that is the difference between belt drive and direct drive that you heard. Thus, the Transrotor... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Trav, Don't you think there might be an "Angel of Pull"? And she has no doubt spoken to Jean. |