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| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? Rock and roll! Let us know how it sounds. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @cleeds , there is a distinct difference between a music lover an an audiophile. You can be both. @clearthinker is a music lover. He has his system at the level satisfactory for that enjoyment. @lewm is an audiophile. He is always looking for ways... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @rauliruegas , All I can say is that people are entitled to like what they want but then they are not true audiophiles. A true audiophile knows that technology advances and there is always better, more accurate sound around the corner. You have to... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @intactaudio , Dave, JR is a pen pal. There is a new design for the stage of the WallyScope. I am in part responsible for the design change. I have the exact same microscope JR uses except it is on a laboratory grade stage which makes it easier to... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @lewm, come on Lew you ought to know better than that. None of my cartridges has a significant zenith error. Every last one was fully examine and carefully set up with a very high power USB microscope, and not one of those cheap $60 ones either. G... | |
| Can I get more out of my Koetsu ? @ghdprentice , IMHE brand loyalty is a big mistake. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @intactaudio, Not true. We also have our brains to judge designs by established criteria. Most of us refuse to use our ears constructively. Listening back and forth to two samples makes it easy to pick out the winner. ABing equipment is the singl... | |
| Can I get more out of my Koetsu ? @kdogsy , I think most of us that have gone that route prefer it. It works only with very low impedance cartridges which most of the best cartridges are. I would be very surprised if the Little Loco or the big Loco did not make a significant impro... | |
| Raised Towers It will mess up the image as it changes the group delays between the drivers. | |
| Can I get more out of my Koetsu ? @ghdprentice , you need to try the combo of a very low impedance cartridge and a transimpedance phono stage. @jasonbourne52 , What being an audiophile is all about is neurotic worrying about how to make your system perform better. Most people wh... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @cleeds, The problem cleeds, is that without direct AB evaluation and perhaps even some pointing out and even with a decent system, most people will not be able to discern the problem even though it is easily measurable. In other words, They think... | |
| Can I get more out of my Koetsu ? @kdogsy , you did exactly the right thing. As @lewm suggests you might try adding even more mass to get the resonance frequency down to 8 Hz. Adjust your antiskating so that the tonearm drifts very slowly towards the spindle in the run out area be... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Dogberry, The distortion caused by the Viv are is easily measured and if your system is really good and you know what you are listening to is quite audible. Most of my music listening is done in my shop in loud background fashion using mid Fi equ... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @alan60 , I am totally and completely comfortable in my position. My goal is to keep others from making the same mistake. You obviously are resistant to buyer's remorse. I would not buy a Viv arm like I would not buy a tricycle all terrain vehicle... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @cleeds , Like @raulirugas said, what you think you hear is meaningless. I include myself in that category. With issues like this science always knows best. Everything else is alchemy. I have made my own missteps in the past and have learned not t... |