lewm
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| the 47 lab RS-A1 arm, and it's clone ? Someone else did not make it to the shower on time. It sold. And not a bad buy at that. Congrats to the buyer, if he read this thread, and please report to us your impressions of that weird yet wonderful gadget. | |
| New Teres Direct Drive Motor Available as Option Or, if you want to get fancy, the best strobe/disc I know of is sold by KAB. Worth the reasonable cost, IMO. | |
| New Teres Direct Drive Motor Available as Option I think I remember that the Shakti stone does have the property of soaking up some of the stray fields radiated by transformers, over and above the fact that mass loading the tranny helps to reduce vibration. I also think I read that any old out o... | |
| New Teres Direct Drive Motor Available as Option Did you try a plain old brick or rock or piece of slate as a control for the benefits of the Shakti stone? | |
| New TT or old Although the best and most expensive tt's available today are superior to anything available 25 or more years ago, I would argue that at the low- and even the mid-price level you can get better quality reproduction for less money with a vintage tu... | |
| the 47 lab RS-A1 arm, and it's clone ? You are exchanging communications with a man who once owned collector sports cars now worth many millions of dollars. Not to mention why didn't I buy that Ferrari 250GTO back in 1971 for $12,000 (now worth upwards of 5 to 10 million)? I guess one ... | |
| the 47 lab RS-A1 arm, and it's clone ? One was sold off this website for $500, or certainly less than $600, within the past 6 months. I know because I wish I had bought it. | |
| Tonearms without anti-skate, damage to records? Audiofeil and Bob, You are both correct, as I already conceded to Bob. BUT since the headshell of the RS-A1 could in theory remain tangent to the groove at all points on the record, the designer claims that no skating force is generated. I would a... | |
| Tonearms without anti-skate, damage to records? Bob P., The headshell on the RS-A1 tonearm has a unipivot bearing right at its base,in addition to the one at its main pivot point (so there are two articulations). Thus in theory the cartridge CAN always maintain tangency to the groove, and no sk... | |
| Haven't used my analog rig for months...... Nothing that could not be undone with easy warm-up procedures, providing your rig is kept in a controlled temperature and humidity environment. | |
| Tonearms without anti-skate, damage to records? The RS-A1 and the new Nottingham tonearm on the 294 model do not have anti-skate, because the headshell (and therefore the cartridge) is not set at an angle to the arm tube. Thus skating force is not generated. I think there are other older tonear... | |
| the 47 lab RS-A1 arm, and it's clone ? I think the price is at least $1100 these days, still a relative bargain if you can deal with its idiosyncracies. I actually heard it at Dopogue's home. During a recent trip to Tokyo, I tried to find the RS-A1 in several of the high end audio shop... | |
| Lenco , With Rega geometry is there some thing I know of two people who have had great results with the 47 Labs RS-A1 tonearm on Lenco L75s, which does not even need to be formally mounted in order to check it out. I heard the combo myself, and it was excellent, superior to that owner's previo... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Coupling the bearing seems like a great idea. But somehow one has to build the plinth in order also to allow that at some time during its life the chassis may have to be removed for repair or other mods, etc. I'm sure you've thought of that. I too... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II If postings to this site are truly reviewed prior to being made available to the rest of us, it is surprising that posts such as the one above are permitted, since it, and others from this same individual, do nothing to further the aim of this dis... |