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| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? @rauliruegas, @dogberry AB testing damping methods is easy. You make a 24/192 recording of each condition you want to compare then have a friend do the switching so you are blinded. Digital recordings at that bit rate and frequency are invisible. ... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? @rauliruegas If you have mistracking problems with the tonearms you are using you need to try different arms or maybe try increasing the VTF. You do not want to know what I think about Townsend. I assure you that I am VERY sensitive to that type o... | |
| Equalizer in a Hi Fi system @tlcocks Not entirely true TL. Room control is going to change amplitude response across the entire audio band and it will give you a flat system to start with. All the Room Control units I know of also allow users to control amplitude just like a... | |
| VPI Avenger Plus vs J Sikora Standard Max @seldenr You sure know how to pick terrible turntables. You are shopping for looks. If you want a sharp looking great turntable get a Basis Inspiration or the Avid Acutus, Oracle Delphi, SME 30/12, Dohmann Helix, Air Force III Premium S, and the ... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @terry9 Those files are rigged. I know the Atlas SL real well. I am listening to one as we speak playing Alice in Chains, "Dirt." @lewm is correct, "something is broken." I might also add that Mr Fremer suffers from severe presbycusis according to... | |
| You don't lack bass, you have too much treble @minorl And, what level of smoothing are you using? How many speaker systems actually produce sonically accurate bass down to 18 Hz at the listening position? I'll give you a hint. It has a diameter of three mm. There is no such thing as a system ... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? @rauliruegas That guy has a serious problem with record hygiene. I can't see the jitter through the dirt. I do not use the term jitter. I call it miss tracking. Do you have a problem with mistracking? I certainly do not. The last time I heard on... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @pindac I would not buy a SAT arm if it cost $5000.00. It is a bad design. The vertical bearing should be down at record level and it is a stable balance arm, not neutral balance. A tonearm shaft taper is nice but it does not have to be that fat. ... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @pindac Yup you missed something. I have repeatedly said that a good tonearm should not alter the sound in any way. Now, if you were going from a bad arm to a good one there may be an obvious change in the sound from colored with distortion to neu... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @pindac is a gentleman of the old school, the classics. I am a chimney sweep. Analyzing the design aspects of mechanical objects will usually reveal the best design for functionality on paper depending on execution. It is not how a tonearm sounds... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @jollytinker I think you are just as impressionable as my friend. Both those turntables were on isolation stands and are extremely similar. It is much more important to be able to quickly switch between setups to AB correctly and it is also impor... | |
| directional speakers @treepmeyer Directionality is an important concept when it comes to room interaction. The more omnidirectional a speaker is the greater is it's room interaction which always creates problems. Ideally the speaker would project sound only to the lis... | |
| Are there other people like me ? Amazed by their low cost system :) Low cost? Low as compared to what? I have what I think is an excellent low cost system. It only cost me $150K, less than a top Magico or Wilson loudspeaker. | |
| Speaker hum. Put a ground cheater on the amp to "float" the ground and the hum will go away. You can also break the ground lug off of a spare power cord. | |
| Warped record @ellajeanelle , Amazon makes it really easy to return items. Records warp if you look at them funny. If you don't like warps don't buy records. All warps ar audible in the form of wandering pitch. A good arm will follow any warp. Don't like warps?... |