normansizemore
Responses from normansizemore
| What is your cartridge and tracking force used For giggles one day, I set my tracking for to two grams... (unheard of for me) and was stunned at how good my albums sounded. This is the high side of every cartridge that I own, and I am so surprised at how clean, and focused everything is , how ... | |
| 78 RPM turntable Thorens TD-124, Dual 1219, 1229, Lenco (most all of them). Enjoy... there are a surprising number of GOOD sounding 78's. | |
| SME 3009 II w/ Linn Sondek Roblanger, The Grace headshell is standard. When buying a replacement, you have to make sure that the male end of the headshell that plugs into the tonearm is adjustable. Meaning that the keyway pin needs to be turned toward the bottom instead of ... | |
| SME 3009 II w/ Linn Sondek Again, Stanwal is right on the money. The Basik is a good arm, the Grace is a sensational arm. Grace manufactured an additonal weight that could be placed on the arms counter weight for low compliance cartridges. One thing about the Grace arm that... | |
| Peavey or Behringer? Crown! I used to tour and Crown had the sound and was as built like a tank. In ten years of gigging, I never seen one die. I can't say the same for Peavey, beacause I have seen them self destruct a couple of times. Also, Peavey has a 'sound'. Some... | |
| Outstanding brands? Dgarreston, LMAO! I will agree, it is one hairy chested turntable. Maybe if I show it to my wife she'll let me have one? | |
| SME 3009 II w/ Linn Sondek I agree with Stanwal. I currently use a Grace 747 on my Dual 1229. When I was using an LP12, I had an Ittok and a Basic Plus on it. It sounded best with the Grace 747. The Grace 707,727,747 family of tonearms are among the best sounding you will f... | |
| What is the best Beatle Song A Day in The Life.. a sonic master piece. I only hate two Beatles songs... Octopus' Garden, and Yellow Submarine. Other than that, they are all good. | |
| Outstanding brands? Pedrillo!.. You have the ugliest turntable I have ever seen. If I brought that home, my 30 year marriage would end... quickly. | |
| Why Not Bring Back Analog, Reel to Reel Tape Ah Viridan,I finally got my dream... a mint Crown SX-822 reel to reel... wish you were here my friend.. This is something you wouldn't forget.Best,Norman | |
| Linear Tracking Turntables The Phase Linear table was outstanding. Great arm, a completely different animal then the one that Pioneer used. The linear tracking does make the turntable easy to set up and of course eliminates the anti skate debate, but that doesn't mean it is... | |
| Tonearm without off-set You dont mention if the arm will be straight, S shaped or a bananna congfiguration. Either way, a 12 inch arm is a jewell. I have a couple of audio friends, one who has a 12 inch straight arm with the head shell at the correct offset. He said (and... | |
| Clearaudio stylus life I can't comment on Clearaudio. I have many older cartridges that I bought new and used for many years. I have an old Yamaha MC-7, for example that I replaced years ago because I thought that it would need retipping. I had it checked recently, and ... | |
| Good cartridge for playing rock Grimace and Fap are on the mark. I have several shures including the Ultra 500. Rock is what it loves, does jazz well too. Tracks extremely well and with rock that is very important. Very solid dynamics. | |
| VPI Rim Drive vs. belt drive sound files This is a fantastic thread! I listen to quite a bit of solo piano, and that is the main reason that I went from a fully decked out Linn LP12 back to a Dual 1229. I did change the tonearm on the Dual to my favorite a Grace 747. You described the pi... |