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| 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... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Interesting ideas. I have a RS Labs headshell. Need to give it a try on the Viv arm. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Happy owner here! I have the carbon fiber version in 9" length. To me it sounds a lot like the SME 3012R I have on the same table--very laid back, even-tempered. Unlike say the FR 64S, which is more in your face. Never noticed more distortion, l... | |
| Review of Quadratic MC-1 SUT With Comparisons to Other SUTs Thanks to this thread and TTVJ’s loaner program, I’ve had the Quadratic in house for a few days. Enjoying it a lot with the Dava cart. Will try Koetsu and Miyabi soon. @mulveling I found the low gain setting to be even purer and more open than the... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? I’ve been listening to the DaVa FC-1 (the lower-range model vs the Reference that MikeL has) for several months now. I bought it used with both SS and tubed power supplies and hadn’t bothered listening to the SS one until I saw this thread. After... | |
| SUT Opinions @cfarrow: the Miyajima has 38db from the phono stage--is there more gain from the line stage? | |
| Who Is An Expert On Acutex Cartridges? I have no specs on the effective mass of the RS Labs arm. but the arm tube seems less massive than the SME3012R, for instance, at 12g (plus headshell, of course). As for the emphasis on plectrum strokes, it's just something I notice more on MMs o... | |
| Who Is An Expert On Acutex Cartridges? After reading some of the Lenco Heaven thread, I was thinking about the lightest tonearm I have. So I installed the LPM320 in the RS Labs arm on JVC TT-81 in custom plinth with VTF at 1.6g. Now that it's burned in, it presents a wide soundstage an... | |
| What's with all the new colored vinyl? A lot of the records I buy these days come on colored vinyl--indie pop as well as other reissues. I haven't heard any difference in quality that can be attributed to the color vs. black. | |
| Who Is An Expert On Acutex Cartridges? No, I was referring to my own sample, which I remember having a somewhat collapsed suspension but which seems fine now. Suspension hardening in the right direction?? As for the Acutex, after 20 or so hours, timbre is richer, tho I haven't noticed... | |
| Who Is An Expert On Acutex Cartridges? Installed the 20CL. It's ever so slightly higher in back, but still delivering prodigious bass, VTF is at 1.0. Did the low riding heal itself over time? | |
| Who Is An Expert On Acutex Cartridges? Timeltel, thanks for the tips about tracking weight and break-in! Will look for changes in staging. Unfortunately (??) I've got a DaVa cart on another arm on the same table that I'm focused on right now. Lew, I also have a 20CL that I like a lot,... | |
| Who Is An Expert On Acutex Cartridges? Yesterday I received the one Timeltel referenced that was listed on the 'bay. Running in now on the Viv Labs arm w/Nelson Hold, and sounding very precise. The cart body says LPM and the stylus (sharp-nosed) container says STR, so there's a later v... |