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| SL1200G - Tonearm shape from side question for owners If an S-shaped arm is rotated about its axis, even a little, it would then appear to sag when viewed from the side. That would be an optical illusion but evidence that something is askew, literally. I would check the solidity and geometry of the g... | |
| Grace Level ll Tomic, this is one situation where the item really does get better over time. At least that was my experience after I retipped my Grace Ruby with the OCL stylus. At first it was a little too "clinical" sounding to my ears. But it definitely warm... | |
| surface noise reduction I don’t know about styli being major determinants of the level of ticks and pops, but if Mijo is correct, the SoundSmith OCL can be added to a wide variety of good but inexpensive cartridges for the price of a retip. Using a low output cartridge p... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm I may have to withdraw my statement that JE listened to an RS Labs tonearm and mentioned it sounded good. I cannot find the post on VA. Thought I saw it yesterday. John did acknowledge that the RS Labs has many fans; that's all I can find right ... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm I am as familiar with JE's views as I am with yours. Why can't you just go your own way, with my blessings, and know that there are other humans who think differently, on many matters related to audio, at least? Like JE, you are replacing my com... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm I made an error in my post of 10/27 at 3:10 PM. The TAE of a 9-inch UH tonearm would not range between +9 degrees and -9 degrees, while passing through TAE =0, because the radius of an LP at outer grooves vs inner grooves is so radically different... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Over on Vinyl Asylum, there was a congenial discussion of underhung tonearms back in 2018-19, in relation to the introduction by Yamaha of their GT5000 turntable which comes with a straight, underhung tonearm. I kind of wish I knew then what I kn... | |
| surface noise reduction Phono stage can have a lot to do with the audibility of ticks and pops. Search these archives for comments by Atmasphere. The other factor would be cartridge loading. Have you tried fiddling with that? | |
| Turntable dust cover cleaning Possibly you're enhancing the static charge by rubbing it so often. | |
| Has This Kind of Tonearm Been Made? A quintessential high end rig back in the 70s was a Rabco SL8E mounted on a Thorens TD125. Then came the ginormous Goldmund Reference TT with their version of the Rabco, all in black. Very sexy. But I agree with Mijo. | |
| SL1200G - Tonearm shape from side question for owners Do you mean to say the tonearm, when viewed from above, has an S-shape? Or that when viewed from the side, it is not more or less flat? | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm My previous post was not meant for you or your comment, but of course you are welcome to comment. Your response reveals just how close-minded you are on this subject. That’s fine. My post was meant to elicit comments or ideas from others who actua... | |
| Anxiety help needed. New instal of Hana ML Technically, that's what you should do, align the cantilever. The problem is that for many cartridges, the cantilever is very hard to see while the cartridge is sitting on the grid of a protractor. Only a few protractors provide help, like the Sm... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm I don't claim to know in the scientific sense why the Viv tonearm sounds very good with every cartridge, but here is some food for though: (1) TAE. While the Viv and all other underhung tonearms with zero headshell offset does exhibit much higher... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm I’m reviewing on line reviews of the tonearm now. There is a commonality of opinion about the sonic virtues, and I hear it the same way. Must be something to that. I earlier reported that the base weighs 2 lbs, so as to firmly locate the pivot. I ... |