lewm
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| Found a Milty Zerostat alternative Zerostat is probably better than that arc lighter, and the arc lighter probably generates a small amount of ozone in the vicinity of its user. Probably not enough to be unhealthy, but not great for the environment. I recently bought an electrostat... | |
| Pioneer SL-570D TT Tonearm Suggestions Upon re-reading your OP, I hope you’re not powering those 350W amplifiers via the P12. Plug them directly into the wall socket. | |
| Mint Protractor. A Pretty Nice Alignment Tool There is something to be said for using the alignment algorithm (Stevenson, Lofgren, etc) for which your tonearm was designed. Because deviating from one to another requires twisting the cartridge in its headshell which can create aberrant force o... | |
| Solid State Phono Stages That's a fine kettle of photons. | |
| Solid State Phono Stages Bliss is a very good guy, but I have to agree with the SR critics, as noted. I am an MD/ molecular biologist with 40+ years experience at the lab bench. Had some wonderful physics teaching in college but have no advanced degree in the field. Howev... | |
| Purchased a used Shure V15 Type IV cartridge, looking for stylus The brush would have to weigh about 10 lbs before it would affect the speed of the 1200G (Hyperbole intended). | |
| Purchased a used Shure V15 Type IV cartridge, looking for stylus br3098, On balance, I wouldn't use the brush either. But if your motor is THAT weak that the brush slows down the platter, then we are in trouble. Most weak motor BD TTs are designed with massive platters; the designer wants the inertia of the p... | |
| Solid State Phono Stages That’s not quite a fair summation of my comment. I only pointed out that the stated mechanism of the base is at best questionable, because there are many reasons why it cannot possibly block or absorb EMI from the component. I then did acknowledge... | |
| Need a replacement motor for Audiomeca J1 Maybe an opportunity to justify purchasing the Eclipse motor system from SOTA. It’s likely to be a huge upgrade. | |
| Choosing a new turntable Not that I want to perpetuate an argument about head shells, but I always thought Reed and Schroeder tone arms are in a group that have non-detachable head shells. At least that applies to my own Reed tonearm, and any Schroeder tonearm I have ever... | |
| Choosing a new turntable Following one other discussion re dust covers, there was an informal poll here, and most of us declared a preference for no dust cover. To a novice I’d say try it both ways and choose for yourself. It’s easy to do. As to headshell or no headshell... | |
| Brand New Vinyl Static and Pops The question was not whether the stylus was intact but whether the body of the cartridge is contacting the surface of the LP. If you can see debris on the tip of the stylus (probably shouldn't call it a needle), then your LP is grossly dirty OR yo... | |
| Brand New Vinyl Static and Pops Is the cartridge body touching the LP when you hear "flubbing"? Which is what I asked earlier. If yes, then yes there may be a problem with your new blue stylus. Its suspension may have collapsed. This could be because it was defective from new ... | |
| Brand New Vinyl Static and Pops "Flubbing" does sound like something other than static electricity problem. Look very carefully for things that may be touching each other that normally should not be touching. Best to get a knowledgeable friend to visit your home and take a look... | |
| Brand New Vinyl Static and Pops JJ, Are you saying that you have other older LPs that play perfectly routinely without ticks and pops? Because your problem seems typical for static electricity in your environment. What steps do you take to reduce static electric charge on your... |