maxson
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| Stax F-81: Make a great speaker better? @frogman (and anyone else) Reading over old threads on the Stax F81, which I drive with Emotiva HC-1s. I like this combo a lot--will go as loud as I need. Still wondering about how much better I'd do with tubes. Do you still use the Manley 100/20... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm I just put my MP-500 on my Viv Labs arm (speaking of the thread topic) and it sounds way better than on the SME 3012R I've had it on before. Usually the two are pretty comparable, but maybe the lightness of the Viv is an advantage with this cart--... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @intactaudio If the mouse is distortions fromTAE, what's the elephant? | |
| Have There Ever Been Fake Koetsu? That would be my guess too, tho you never know w Koetsu. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @intactaudio OK now I'm remembering you speculating above that what some might call the "slop" of the magnetic bearing in the Viv might be a benefit. Is there similar play in the Shroeder bearing? I used to have a Model 2 with string bearing bu... | |
| Vinyl static ionizers who's used them? Anybody order the Acaia? I did but won't be able to report for another few weeks. | |
| MM or MI Cartridge? I have a Viv 9" as well, with the carbon fiber tube. The Royal N hasn't spent that much time on it, I'll have to give it another chance. My favorite MM/MI's are all from the golden age of analog. The Denon 109D (with Jico stylus) is an exceptiona... | |
| Miyajima MADAKE experience Both the RS and Viv arms are pretty agnostic about cartridge compliance, working well with low and high. Not sure why that would be. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @intactaudio I did try the Sperling underhung, but I could only get it underhung by around 8mm. That way it did distort on the last track of some records. I'll try it on another turntable where I can get it to 15-20mm. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @rsf507 Right, I meant after adiusting the counterweights, I always return the arm to its rest before taking a measurement. Then I know the armtube is centered in the fluid bath. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @rsf507 Re: Roy Gregory's problems w VTF. I haven't had a problem with this as long as I return the armtube to it's resting postion, a magnet at the outside of the housing that meets a short rod on the underside of the armtube. By returning the ar... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm I could probably underhang my Sperling arm---like the Shroeder, it just has a bolt at the headshell to set offset angle. How large is your underhang with the Schroeder, Dave? With the RS Labs it was between 5 and 10mm. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm On the comparison between CB and HA, from Roy Gregory's review on theaudiobeat with reference to "Carmen Fantaisie" [Decca SXL 2197]: "If we return once again to the Ricci recording to furnish our examples, the RF7 HA delivers the same, frictionl... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @lewm I've never seen the arm roll as you describe. It takes a bit of twisting on my part to get it to leave its upright position. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Lew and Dave: The Viv armtube can slide back and forth in the direction of its length through the housing by about 1mm. It can rotate around the axis of the tube a few degrees and it can be lifted a couple of mm to the top of the housing, tho here... |