myles_b_astor
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| KT-120s in a c-j Premier 11A cj is as far as I know, now using the KT120s in place of the 6550s. I just recently retubed my ART with 16 of those suckers. I think part of the issue might have been that cj wanted to burn through their existing stock--since if you look at the KT... | |
| 2011 RMAF Analog Reports + Meet and Greet How many LPs can you fit in a suitcase and not get charged extra for baggage? :)I'll be bringing a few 15 ips R2Rs to play for those rooms with decsks :) | |
| Hafler DH 500 update? Well Elizabeth, I consider my purchase of the DH500 as one of my two worst decisions in my 35 years of audio (the other being the Adcom GFA-1 that couldn't drive anything but a 8 ohm speaker and would overheat and constantly shut down driving my D... | |
| Hafler DH 500 update? It's hard to say not knowing the rest of the system.That said, stock, the DH500 is not very good. In it's day, and I had one, the little Amber 70 kicked it in the butt. The biggest problem was the Hafler sounded anemic. No dynamics. Sounded like a... | |
| Fluid / Technique for VPI 17 Don't you wish VPI (or someone else?) would make a RCM with two fluid tanks---one for a cleaning fluid and one for a water rinse? Would make things soooo... much easier :) I've suggested it to HW when I reviewed the Typhoon but nothing has happene... | |
| VPI 10.5i - Which armwands do I own? Get the Soundsmith Counter Intuitive. It's the best $50 you can spend on the VPI and makes setting up VTF and VTA a snap instead of pulling one's hair out. | |
| why is a 13" tonearm design really superior? Hi Thucan,Hopefully someday will get around to hearing one :)BTW, Bob Graham pointed out a while back that while a longer arm has many virtues, cartridge alignment is more critical in a 12 inch arm than a shorter arm. In simple terms, errors in al... | |
| why is a 13" tonearm design really superior? One designer(who makes 12 inch arms) told me that they didn't hear any sonic improvements above a length of 12 inches. | |
| Kleos Sibilance Robert-Just curious. When you said you checked alignment, how did you determine and set azimuth? Excuse me if you've already answered this question. | |
| Kleos Sibilance Well as they say, YMMV.I haven't found a cartridge that isn't sensitive to VTF,esp. near its optimal value. That is brought out even more by the Soundsmith Counter Intuitive where one can very easily adjust VTF in 1/100th of a gram in no time at all. | |
| Kleos Sibilance It's going to take 100 hours for the cartridge to break in. Intially with the Lyras, they'll sound thin, detailed but the extremes aren't going to be happening; then you're going to have a period say between 15-25 hours where the cartridge actuall... | |
| do record cleaning fluids soften the treble? Hi Mark:What I'm saying is the first record that one uses with a new RCM should be a junk LP. That way, if there's anything wrong with the unit or misaligned (or for instance the first NG machines that used a teflon lip to cover the aperature), yo... | |
| do record cleaning fluids soften the treble? @RRM: Totally agree with the upper octaves (and there are other effects of cleaning too depending upon the fluid!). Another effect I find with fluids is a decrease in transparency, particularly as one listens deeper into the soundstage. It's not w... | |
| Adjusting SRA using macro lens vs microscope @Doug,Something like Dave Wilson's Razzmattaz V. 1 is a good record for setting VTA. A better Heliotrope ;)Here's a link to another discussion with a good pic illustrating the utility of the USB Scope.http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?1... | |
| '55 Ravel Munch Daphnis et Chloe Shoot-out Interesting since the Chesky is from a later generation tape than the others. |