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| VAC Signature Mk IIa Preamplifier with phono? The phono board in my prior Renaissance III was awesome (though bypassing the internal MC SUT with a Bob's Devices 1131 was a big upgrade). Very quiet, with a beautifully balanced and detailed sound, slightly on the warm side of neutral. I'm not s... | |
| Does the VPI Aries1 best the VPI Classic1? I've always admired the look of the Aries and HRX series -- gorgeous works of art. I can even admire the Super Scoutmaster (though to a lesser extent) for its no-nonsense solid build. With those tables, it seems like you pay X amount of cash and g... | |
| Graham Phantom Anti-Skate. Is it effective at all? Thanks to all who have contributed information thus far. I'm sorry things got a little heated in a particular subthread-- to those participants, I respect both of you and appreciate the posts/contributions you've each made to the various online au... | |
| Graham Phantom Anti-Skate. Is it effective at all? Benjie,Thanks for the warning on the Graham fixture...I'd started to suspect as much, which is why I double-checked to ensure I didn't accidentally get the 9" version (it is the 10" version). I have the AVID universal alignment tool, but I'm not s... | |
| Graham Phantom Anti-Skate. Is it effective at all? Thanks Moonglum, That does correlate pretty well to what I'm observing, since I'm running a higher VTF. Thanks for the sanity check! It would be great to hear from 10" wand Koetsu users, but I imagine that's going to be very rare -- so it's great ... | |
| Graham Phantom Anti-Skate. Is it effective at all? I just measured the distance from spindle-to-pivot as 230mm. Graham doesn't seem to publish this info (since well, the setup is so easy and does not require manual measurements), but at least this seems reasonably sane because this is exactly the ... | |
| Graham Phantom Anti-Skate. Is it effective at all? Here is the anti-skate post by Peter Ledermann to which I refer:http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/vinyl/messages/96/960382.htmlBenjie, your method sounds very good, but with a low compliance cart like the Koetsu (maybe ~ 10 when converted to the @ ... | |
| Graham Phantom Anti-Skate. Is it effective at all? Hi Benjie,I've definitely set the correct pivot-to-spindle distance on my Clearaudio (adjustable arm pod) for the 10" wand. This is made foolproof by the Graham, with the spindle attachment and headshell cutout hole. I've also adjusted for the cor... | |
| Graham Phantom Anti-Skate. Is it effective at all? Ok, well there is probably some user error here on my part. I gave it another go and was able to get "close" to the desired anti-skate compensation by having the counterweight dangling at the end of the stick (max amount). This is with a Koetsu tr... | |
| Possible Upgrade Advice An Ortofon Cadenza Red is a nice and detailed cart for under that money, and it's kind of between low and mid output MC range, to where your 99 w/ its tube phono stage can probably stretch it -- I believe that tube stage has a tube-sub option (e.g... | |
| Service from Audio Research Have to agree with Brf...why the heck didn't they give you another amp, or at least start another new one on its the way if not in stock? A problem after 1 week screams "lemon". Screw warranty repairs on a 1-week old unit! So far this is very subp... | |
| Best Tannoys for mid-field listening? I've always used my tulip and then pepperpot Tannoys in similarly-distanced configurations. I've also heard the Glenairs (both models) many times. There are differences in sound between various models, but all were coherent at short distances. Tho... | |
| Apartment Drama Agree with Elizabeth. I used headphones almost exclusively when I was in an apartment complex. Had speakers, but used them very rarely. Other than headphones, her method of Maggies/panels (no sub, obviously) on the terrace level/slab part of the b... | |
| So you've just heard speakers that blew you away I've done that a couple times, complete with the selloff of parts (and later all) of my esoteric high-end headphone collection (Qualia 010, L3000, etc). The 1st time was a bad call. The 2nd time worked great, because by then I had a better handle ... | |
| New cartridge - Benz Micro or Ortofon Cadenza? Funny, the lack of warmth I had with the Jubilee makes me hesitant about the Black ;) Though I have a friend running a Jubilee; he loves it and he swears it took a lot of hours for it to fill in. Some of it may be the difference in tables, but the... |