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| How to properly set up a turntable Yes Larry, if you like playing around with VTA. It is a PITA to do that with most arms and most people do not want to play around with their table once it is set up. If you like playing around with VTA you need to get an arm with a VTA tower. I li... | |
| Is VTA and SRA the same thing? Modern cartridges are very well made. You set the VTF to the manufacturer's recommendation then raise or lower the tonearm until the arm is perfectly parallel to the record. This will give you both the correct VTA and SRA. Trying to set SRA by vie... | |
| McIntosh, your experience? cleeds is on a roll. This is good dependable gear from a good dependable company. I have owned several of their tuners over the years and they were SOTA. If you want a no hassle experience, bullet proof equipment and are not after the last 5% of s... | |
| Tweaks that work? (yes very subjective topic) This topic has been covered a zillion times. First off. never listen to anyone who stands to sell you something. Humans are way to dangerous for that. Second off, don't waste your money on all this garbage. The "tweaks" that work are a standard pa... | |
| What is up with Audio Research during the pandemic? Good idea geof3. Most of what you hear, read and see is propaganda. Forget about numbers. Nobody has any idea what the real numbers are.Anyone mentioning numbers is OTL (out to lunch)Humans, when they don't know what is going on they make stuff up... | |
| How to properly set up a turntable Cleeds, I love it when you make sense. Mglik, follow the instructions with the smart tractor and make sure the cartridge is mounted correctly. Always put your stylus guard on when you work. It is pretty simple.Set the VTF by the manufacturer's rec... | |
| Digital Amplifier Company aka Cherry Amplifier ... Very interesting company. I love their Demo routine. More manufacturers should do this. The Old TACT amplifiers were a very high frequency PWM design running at 90 mHz. Driving dynamic speakers they were excellent. Not so hot on ESLs. So, I do bel... | |
| Are tubes really “warm”? Tubes to SS are sort of like analog to digital. Many think this has to do with even order harmonic distortion. I do not say warm. I would say ambient is more like it. Tubes and analog seem to be more ambient. This is euphoric and not necessarily a... | |
| Diminishing Returns DIY is the way to go if you want the most for your money. There are a huge number of excellent drivers out there. I would do a 2 way open baffle (plate) speaker and cross to a sub woofer at 125 hz. Use a 6" mid range woofer and a dome tweeter. Cr... | |
| Need help with anti-skating on Technics SL-1210GR Thanx lewm. petg60 that is a hopeless way to set anti skate as by the time you hear mistracking it has gotten past severe. Small amounts of mistracking are hard to hear. The Hi Fi news test record has a wonderful anti skate test. It is the most a... | |
| Upgrading the stock cartridge on Macintosh’s MT5 turntable Jworth, the Charisma V2 should work perfectly. It is a little stiffer at 17u/mN but it is also three grams heavier than the blue point. So it all cancels out. It has Clearaudio's best stylus in it. I have never heard one but it should be killer. T... | |
| Mitchum or Blackburn for the Mullard 6922? I use RAM 6922's in my ARC phono amp and they are by far the best tubes I have ever used. | |
| Upgrading the stock cartridge on Macintosh’s MT5 turntable You can certainly do better than the Blue Point. That tonearm was designed for cartridges with a compliance around 15. The Blue Point is 15. The Ortofon MM cartridges are around 20 which is too high for that arm. The Clearaudio cartridges are 15-... | |
| Ported versus sealed speakers: is one type better? bd24 is right but the result is that the ported design sounds as if it has more bass. Ported designs can be excellent such as Wilson's but the vast majority of them are colored. Designing ports is easy. It is just a math problem. I think where mos... | |
| MOST BIZARRE PROBLEM - CALLING OUT TURNTABLE DIYERS Lohanimal, I do not know if you can make it work but you can purchase Clearaudio's magnetic bearing in different sizes. I think it depends on the weight of your platter. |