oilmanmojo
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| How many LP's do you own? How long did it take? raul, nice add on question. I dont get to listen as much as i like but not unusual on weekend to do about 15-20 lp's listening to both sides. i do know there are a few that i have not listened to at some point but most i have listened too at least... | |
| How many LP's do you own? How long did it take? about 3500 and collected seriously over 20 years. First 20 years of owning vinyl, i had about 300 to 400 of my own purchases from various retail markets. In the late 80's early 90's, it became hard to find new albums and just started buying cd's b... | |
| Maplenoll platter stability question Thanks for the feedback. Glad the pin suggestion helped. As you said, a magical table | |
| Maplenoll platter stability question Some designs do have multiple air ports on the bearing plate but since this design has the air port in middle (not quite center though) adding a second port does not impact the balance as the air pressure is developed in this section and lifts the... | |
| Maplenoll platter stability question Excellent. You should see the difference pretty quick. Couple of points. As you reassemble, please note the bottom plate has the holes that are threaded. As you probably figured out, the long bolt screws into these. Not sure if they are sealed on ... | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? Not sure if this is perfection lists or lists of favorite albums. I will say it a little different, in that what albums are worth multiple times you listen to. I say this because i am one of those "audiophools" that own 3500 vinyl records and have... | |
| Demagnetization for MC - good or bad? i have seen similar warnings on Van Den Hul site. I have never used one but since a cartridge is an electrical generator using a magnet, i do not know why you would want to "demagnetize" it | |
| Maplenoll platter stability question If you have a good machine shop where u live they may do it for u. Good luck and let me know how it comes out | |
| Cartridge Experts your theory is strictly dependent on the "pivot" point for the cantilever. if the pivot point to the coil is the same and you increase the length from the pivot point to the stylus (ie needle point), then you are 100% correct. | |
| Maplenoll platter stability question Great question and hopefully i can answer correctly. The centering pin (teflon i believe is the material if i remember lloyd right), serves the purpose of ensuring as the platter floats on the air between the plates (very small clearances) that it... | |
| Maplenoll platter stability question I sent in a detailed response last nite, not sure what happened but in a nutshell, one significant possibility for your problem is a worn centering pin (teflon) on the bottom base plate of the air bearing. I had a similar problem that i corrected ... | |
| Cartridge Experts naw, i think he is saying that whether short or long cantilever, the designer understands why he/she made it the way it was made and took a lot of variables into consideration besides length. but again i could be wrong!!!! | |
| Maplenoll platter stability question this is usually a result when the teflon pin is worn on the bottom plate allowing a little flutter. This can be exaggerated with a slightly out of balance lead platter. I wrestled with this issue on my first maplenoll ariadne reference (white one ... | |
| Cartridge Experts i know some people do not like them but i love a vacuum hold down. Helps on some records with warps and provides solid contact. Having used an apollo that has a short, linear arm, warps can drive you crazy. Previous owner did not use vac hold down... | |
| Cartridge Experts VanDenHul feels longer is worse (from his q/a on his site)but some of the clearaudio cartridges have very long cantilevers and sound pretty good. I think its more a question to the overall cartridge designer and how he/she designs the entire system. |