moonglum
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| Getting phantom image perfectly centered Please bear in mind that loudspeaker pair matching can have a tolerance of up to +/-3db although the reality is probably less. Cascade this effect all the way from cartridge through phono stage and power amplifier and it could be even worse if it ... | |
| Quiet Introduction of the Magnepan 1.7i RW, that's quite a loss-leader but their confidence may be well founded. It's strange really because you wouldn't have thought they needed to have an offer like this. The danger is it may open the floodgates for those who just want to claim the 10... | |
| Anyone into cassettes? Good advice Geoff :)I lost one of those pads recently and never did manage to find it - it vanished completely!Don't think the cassette itself is too critical or fussy about the attachment. it doesn't have to be symmetrical just reasonably aligned... | |
| Anyone into cassettes? If you are using old tapes i.e. 30-40 yrs old there are a number of things to watch out for.Although the mag tape portion is absolutely fine and probably sounds as good as it did on day 1 (subjectively)sometimes the leader tape can lose it's stick... | |
| Addendum to Happy New Year Dan...sorry to hear about your transport problem. Had similar trouble with a Denon laser mechanism which only lasted 2.5 years on one of their own brand upmarket players. Oddly enough it seems the more expensive the player the more ... | |
| Lyra Delos suspension aging? Hi Jonathan,Your kind feedback and attentiveness to customer problems is peerless. Many thanks once again. I will attend to it ASAP ;^)Best regards, | |
| Lyra Delos suspension aging? Hi Jonathan,Initially when the cart was set up on the Phantom jig. The cantilever (not unusual for any cartridge) was very slightly skewed to one side (this before the stylus had ever touched down on the T/T) so the jig was aligned against that an... | |
| Lyra Delos suspension aging? Dear Czarivey,I can simplify matters by saying yes A/S was necessary (or appeared so). That's an interesting suggestion you've made. I didn't deliberately check for any "latent" A/S after balancing but I would have noticed if the arm moved of its ... | |
| Lyra Delos suspension aging? Dear Jonathan,Many thanks for your kind offer. Do you think the suspension could be an issue in this case?Kind regards... | |
| Anti-skating- test records vs. ears That also made me suspicious, CT....but I'm sure he would be able to spot any "inadvertent" anti-skate when balanced at 0g with a reasonably frictionless bearing... ;^)Spring loaded VTF and A/S can be quite useful features because you can balance ... | |
| Anti-skating- test records vs. ears Dear Stringreen,I don't think you understand. If I adjust A/s for the test disc alone, at low-mid VTF (e.g. 1.759g) I can perfectly track the 12db band and (almost) perfectly track the 14db - and get a reasonably clean result on the 15db and 16db ... | |
| Anti-skating- test records vs. ears Dear Schubert....it's a fair point. Beats the hell out of arguing about it. Or you could use an MMIII which doesn't even need the 2g! ;^)I get the strong feeling you could put that cartridge in the worst turntable/tonearm combination you could fin... | |
| Anti-skating- test records vs. ears Dear Stringreen,After the cartridge is well run in, what you are proposing (to use a similar car analogy) is that my car can have a square tyre on one front wheel and a circular one on the other whilst expecting it to steer, handle and perform pro... | |
| Anti-skating- test records vs. ears ...I should have amplified this to read, "THOSE WHO USED ZERO ANTI-SKATE and took the carts to specialists for examination/replacement found they suffered pronounced asymmetric wear." | |
| Anti-skating- test records vs. ears Stringreen said : "...I really don't care of the stylus wears funny - although I doubt that it does..."Accelerated asymmetric wear on stylii due to either excessive or inadequate anti-skate is a documented fact.Even if this were not true, many hav... |