nsgarch
Responses from nsgarch
| Home Theater or stick with 2 channel? I think the decision could be easily made based on economics (unless you're 'filthy' rich ;-) Not to oversimplify it, but you could have a great 2ch system and a thrilling separate HT system for far less money than a combined system would cost, if... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret Nsgarch, I've always thought the line contact styli have a greater contact area than the elliptical ones. Greater contact area means more friction (although the pressure/area unit is less).Dazz, sometimes Physics can be maddeningly counter-intuiti... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret Here's the deal on styli and friction: line contact (or micro ridge, etc) styli spread the tracking force of the tonearm over the entire length of their (line) contact with the groove (two lines actually) whereas a conical or elliptical stylus onl... | |
| Cartridge / Needle Repair It wouldn't matter if you found it. I'd start by contacting the US distributor and finding out what a fix or an exchange would cost:http://www.profundo.us/index.htmAlso, AgoN member Bill Feil (audiofeil) is a dealer, you could ask him as well:http... | |
| Cartridge / Needle Repair Sound-Smith is certainly one good possibility -- but if you'd share with us the make/model of your cartidge, there might be other, better(?) ones.BTW styli sometimes DO just fall off! (Some makes are more notorius than others.) So don't blame anyo... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret What I find weird about the cart in Thomas' pic (is it a Lyra?) is that the cantilever appears to be permanently displaced. If the suspension is OK, and the cantilever HASN'T BEEN BENT! it seems to me it should return to the centerline or close to... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret Dazz, well you barely make it! Go to http://www.cartridgedb.com and go to their resonance calculator. Enter your FR tonearm name and model, the mass (use 48gm to account for cartridge weight and mounting hardware) and hit calculate. You'll see tha... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret It may strike some of you as strange, but when I think of what takes place with (and without) antiskating force applied, and the benefits to playback (or lack of them ;-) my attention is not on the interaction of the stylus and groove, simply beca... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret Skating force is the product of the stylus' friction in the groove times the (imaginary) lever arm, whose length is the distance between two parallel lines: one, the L/R center-line of the cartridge and the other, a line parallel to that one but d... | |
| Cardas Din plug compatible with Graham Phantom II? Not a problem with the straight din plug but could be with a 90 degree din plug depending on the space underneath the armboard/plinth. Not to put too fine a point on this scholarly discussion ;-) but the rt. angle plugs I've seen (not all by any m... | |
| Cardas Din plug compatible with Graham Phantom II? All tonearm "DIN" plugs are interchangable (because only one kind was ever made to fit tonearms ;-) AND JCarr also taught us that it's not even a DIN plug! It is/was something designed in Japan (not in Germany) and now I can't remember what tonear... | |
| Recommendations for solid core speaker wiring? Devilboy, could you provide a link/lead to further info on the Crimson cables? Thanks. | |
| Cables for Bottom End of biamped RSIIb's They don't have to be expensive cables (how long will they be?) but good damping is a must. The D amp will provide good damping control, but high inductance cables (like zip cord) or really long cables, or both, will work against good control. Any... | |
| "Breathing" of the air "Air" is one of those audio terms that means different phenomena to different people. That's why I prefer S.H.'s term "breath of life" and even then, some think he's referring to the human voice which he isn't necessarily.Steve's bottom line for s... | |
| Is It Worth $28 Million? Just to keep things straight, my post was a quote, not my personal experience (which is zip!) |