o_holter
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| Lyra Dorian vs unipivot tonearm I may be able to extend Dan_ed's point. I had a Lyra Clavis for a long time, in different versions, and then a Lyra Titan and Titan i. My experience was that the Lyra pickups did not work well with the parallell arm I was using (Souther in the Cle... | |
| VPI motor - upgrade to 300 rpm? Rubber belt alternatives - debatable?From my experiments so far, using nylon and silk thread versus rubber belts (vpi new grey + translucent original belts), it appears that rubber has a number of good sides, that are only with difficulty improved... | |
| VPI motor - upgrade to 300 rpm? Tonyptony, thanks a lot. I am a bit confused by looking at the Hurst and Elusivedisc web pages. From the latter it appears that VPI is upgrading towards the lower rpm hurst motors, and that the 250 rpm motor is currently the best regarding low noi... | |
| VPI motor - upgrade to 300 rpm? Mike at VPI writes that changing capacitors will make a difference to motor performance:"The 600 RPm motor should work perfectly when you get the capacitor right for your countries voltage and frequency, it is a critical item and if you are willin... | |
| VPI motor - upgrade to 300 rpm? I get quite correct 33 rpm (a tiny bit slow) by setting the SDS to 66.00 hz, the top value, and then position the player (or the Samas, but that is harder to do) so that the nylon thread gets a good amount of stretch. The thread is 1 mm thick. For... | |
| VPI motor - upgrade to 300 rpm? Wow, made it with the nylon string! Turns out I had to use more tension, and a double knot (with the knot at the outside of the span). The nylon thread/string creates very interesting sonic changes, the whole thing seem to be clearer the bass more... | |
| VPI motor - upgrade to 300 rpm? Storyboy, thanks a lot, it looks very effective. For now I am testing threads, one silk, one nylon, both ca 1mm thick. I can tension the thread by adjusting the player feet to widen the distance to the pulley. The platter starts ok and I do notice... | |
| VPI motor - upgrade to 300 rpm? Today I got this reply from Mike at VPI:"The 300 RPM motor does not work on the HW-19 so that is not an issue. The 600 RPm motor should work perfectly when you get the capacitor right for your countries voltage and frequency, it is a critical item... | |
| VPI motor - upgrade to 300 rpm? Thanks! I think PRAT is what I am looking for, and want to try the silk thread variant. What kind of basic knot do you use? The question remains, what is the best motor, is there a sonic profit with 300 rpm? Since no-one here has answered, I have ... | |
| VPI motor - upgrade to 300 rpm? Thanks for advice. First of all, my main problem was solved by oiling the motor and glueing the pulley to the shaft, as I wrote. It was not a drive belt problem. I use the SAMA with the SDS and have a special Bright star platform (sand box) with s... | |
| Three wheel drive for the hw19 With this suspension you may get a bit more rubber than air, it may not be fully optimal. Yet I enjoy the advantage. Now I can tune everything based on getting the spirit level 100 percent using my pump. A new experience. First impression, things ... | |
| Three wheel drive for the hw19 Water - exactly level, i mean. sorry. My Norwegian took over(i actually did fill the tubes with water once, but air sounds better). | |
| Three wheel drive for the hw19 Exact water = player stands totally horizontal. Squash balls - have tried, but this sounds better. Not much hassle with the pump, in my case. | |
| Krell primer? I own a Fpb600 that has served me very well, not a single problem for almost ten years. Before that I had KAV series amps, but they were nowhere near the 600. Subjectively I even wonder if it sounds better over time (but this may be due to various... | |
| Tube amp for "difficult" speakers,,, I heard the Dynaudio Consequence Ultimate at a demo in Oslo recently, powered by Macintosh monoblocs, no less than 3 huge boxes behind each speaker. Since it was an amp setup in the extreme price range I didn't investigate further. Sure, the CU's ... |