nsgarch
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| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Speedy, I'm available to attend all wine/listening events -- let me know.As for the Trannies deals, yes Tommy is the guy, although I just heard from someone who spoke w/ him recently that the O is $2750, not $2650 (which is what my latest price li... | |
| What does "Dark Background " mean TT terminology I agree w/ Dan but would like to add lack of TT rumble and resonances as contributing to a quiet background. I also think that (everything else being equal -- clean record, etc.) the cartridge (more specifically the stylus) has a lot to do with th... | |
| Setting anti-skate Rich, I read your post again, and you were right the first time. My bad ;--( | |
| Wadia 302 Direct to amp or via pre-amp Newbee -- (first, just a note: "out of the way" and "wide open" are the same thing ;--)In reading many threads on this subject, the general concensus (not 100% mind you) has been that "through a preamp sounds better" and also, another concensus is... | |
| Wadia 302 Direct to amp or via pre-amp If you use a preamp, you can use the volume control on the preamp, so therefore it's best to get the Wadia volume control "out of the way" (meaning set to 99 or 100). If you do that and the system volume (out of the speakers) is too loud when your... | |
| Stand-by on Mark Levinson products Doggy, if your components have the "standby" mode, you can leave it on all the time (except during thunderstorms). Even my Levinson stuff (which doesn't have standby mode) is meant to be on all the time because they don't have power switches -- ex... | |
| Setting anti-skate Rich, in your point #1, assuming you are looking at the cartridge head-on, and that L and R refers to YOUR L and R, then your understanding is reversed. If the stylus deflects to your right (towards the outside of the record) then you need to INCR... | |
| Setting anti-skate Undertow, what you've done (adding the washer) has WAY increased the anti-skate force necessary for regular groove tracking. Take it off! Also, DO NOT exceed the manufacturer's max. recommended VTF, because that will force the coil out of alignmen... | |
| Setting anti-skate Rich, the visual method is easiest with hi compliance (very wiggly suspensions) like vdH, but it's not impossible even with moderately low compliance carts like the Helikon. The trick is 1.) to use a strong light pointed at the front of the arm/ca... | |
| Setting anti-skate I think the visual method is best. Go here for one description:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1138757939&read&keyw&zzvisual+antiskate | |
| Interspace arm Length Then I would definitely contact them to explain the discrepancy. It's possible, as often happens, that they made a slight design mod. between the two printings. Wish I could be of more help. | |
| Interspace arm Length It's meant to be a vertical pivot-to-stylus length, so are there two sets of headshell mounting holes 12 mm apart? or some way to slide the cartridge back and forth up to 12mm to adjust the overhang? I don't know much about that arm, but it sounds... | |
| phono stage break in? Larry, Granite makes a number of special purpose CDs, so make sure the one you have is either CD-101 or CD 101.1, which are the phono burn-in CDs.I like the Cardas best, but I sure wish someone would make an LP that had a frequency sweep track(s) ... | |
| need help breaking in speaker cables It seems you could benefit from using one of the many cable cooking services that exist, that is if you require instant gratification at low cost. BTW, if the cables sound the same when you get them back, don't blame the cooking service ;--)2nd ch... | |
| Wilson Puppy top lugs instead of bottom lugs Well I guess I didn't express myself clearly. I used to have W3/P2s, and understood (and I could be wrong) that the ENTIRE x-ovr is in the Puppy unit, and that the Puppy tail simply carries the mid/high ouput from the x-ovr up to the WATT.OTOH, it... |