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| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Here's the thing, jejune. Rick's conclusions may have merit, but we'll never know because both the tonearm and cartridge were not alike in this comparison. I am also willing to believe Jean's claim that some of the shortcomings of the Lenco, if in... | |
| RS A1 Labs rewire I've used the A-M systems teflon-coated silver wire in 0.5mm diameter. It's a bear to work with, unless you have excellent vision, but the results are superb. I think the Acrotec would be great, too, but I fear I would not be able to see it well e... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Kudos to Rick also for having the good taste to choose Sound Lab speakers and Atma-sphere electronics, the very same gear that I use myself. Rick, if you want some ideas on DIY upgrades to either the speakers or the electronics, let me know. Espec... | |
| Micro seiki sx111fv- good for beginner?? I say go for it. If it works now it will work essentially forever, if properly cared for. Check it out in advance, though. | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II I say again, it would be interesting to try to make the comparison more "scientific" by using at least the same cartridge on the two turntables, granting that swapping tonearms is just too much of a pain in the arse to ask of Rick. (I know I would... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Dear Jean, I know that I sound like a nattering nabob of negativism (thank you, Spiro Agnew's speech writer), but very widely experienced analoguistas like Raul have written on this site that the tonearm/cartridge combo has far more to do with the... | |
| How critical is the exact placement of the tonearm Good point. I am aware of the reasoning, but I just thought it was a point of interest. The RS-A1 is eccentric in many ways, but somewhere in there is a very good idea. | |
| How critical is the exact placement of the tonearm Contrast these responses with the instructions for mounting the 47 Labs (or Miyabi?) RS-A1 tonearm, which is merely placed on the armboard so that the stylus is "about" a cm from the spindle! (I don't have an RS-A1, and these may not be the precis... | |
| DynaVector DV505 is it worth the hassle? I get it. The vertically pivoting portion of the tonearm can develop a relatively high effective mass AND be "light" in weight at the same time, due to its short length. I am especially intrigued by Raul's mention that it can be used with no drill... | |
| DynaVector DV505 is it worth the hassle? Dear Raul and Genesis, Your remarks and Raul's quote from the DV manual are a bit puzzling to me. How do we reconcile the two concepts of "lightness" as you both mention and tonearm "effective mass"? In their literature DV does make the dual and t... | |
| DynaVector DV505 is it worth the hassle? Mechans, You wrote, "it is right on top of the vinyl no VTA adjustment unipivot bearing". Can you explain further just what it is you are talking about? Do you own a Dynavector tonearm to go with your DV XX20 cartridge? I ask because I too have so... | |
| Has anyone tried EZ-Zyme enzyme cleaner Considering that the Miltex product is dirt cheap compared to "audiophile" ones, it would certainly seem to be worth a try. But don't forget that cleaning is a multi-step process; once you have completed the enzymatic step, you need to remove the ... | |
| Koetsu cartridges - myth or reality? My point is that the effective mass of the tonearm is largely governed by the mass between the pivot and the stylus contact point. The CW is on the "other" side of the pivot and I don't think makes much contribution to effective mass. I saw a disc... | |
| Koetsu cartridges - myth or reality? Dgad, I think the point is that one can alter the effective mass of the DV507 in the vertical plane, by using headshells of different weight mostly. I am not sure about iSanchez' idea that changing counter-weights has much of an effect on effectiv... | |
| Koetsu cartridges - myth or reality? Cool! Thanks. |