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Turntable - The Next Step
It is time to Travel and receive demonstrations, if this is an option that can be considered. Using ones ears is the most valuable method to make prepare for making an upgrade. The familiarity with the owned TT Set Up will allow a immediacy to i... 
How to choose an upgraded tonearm.
Maybe the trip can be planned to incorporate the enjoyment of music, there are a lot of live performances that are arranged to be performed within the confines of ancient structures. It does not seem too far stretched to acquire a ticket to a con... 
How to choose an upgraded tonearm.
Did you detect the very young Mr Bean in his early in life role, as a Sales Representative for Trio TT's. The Customer was to become the Director of the early Mr Bean Movies   A visit to Rome will be an amazing experience there really is an amaz... 
How to choose an upgraded tonearm.
I have the Brand Solid Tech - Feet of Silence' and  Audio Technica's  - AT-616 Footers in use under my TT, and will when I have a functioning HiFi room back in place, will be trialling Panzerholz and Permali Boards in place of a Highly Compressed ... 
How to choose an upgraded tonearm.
I can agree with the statement by @ghdprentice  that a 'Turntable sound is very personal' and that the choice made for Isolation is of importance. I started out with Belt Drives, and followed spending many years with Idler Drive and today have a ... 
How to choose an upgraded tonearm.
@skyscraper Good Luck with your investigations into the options to experience new equipment within your system. From your posts I sense you are a individual who has a background of thoroughly enjoying your encounters with music through the method... 
The Growing Challenge of Buying NOS/NIB Tubes
I have met this type of response before from a a few Valve Sellers. Some individuals try to bully the sale through, and resent a reasonable inquiry being made. My own line of inquiry can really inflame these types of individuals unsavoury side. ... 
How to choose an upgraded tonearm.
Is there an option on the Fatboy to have period of use prior to committing to the purchase. It may incur an outlay, but at least it does not require a permanent loss of funds, if the device does not meet your expectations. I have made a Transpor... 
How to choose an upgraded tonearm.
The OP does not need to spend substantial monies to achieve a Design for a Tonearm Pod that will enable them to try out a alternative Tonearm and not butcher the Plinth of the TT, risking de-valuing it by potentially much more than the cost incurr... 
How to choose an upgraded tonearm.
https://www.monoandstereo.com/2020/08/new-vpi-industries-arm-pod.html   I’m sure VPI have been giving the idea of a Stand Alone Pod some thought as well.  
How to choose an upgraded tonearm.
Throughout the Years, I have had owned Tonearms mounted on a host of materials. The list might be of interest to the OP. Note: it is not really possible to carry out an A/B assessment of a TT with differing Plinth and Tonearm Mounting Materials,... 
How to choose an upgraded tonearm.
@skyscraper The following underscored info', was not at any time a offered as a definitive guideline and made with the intention as being the method that should be followed. It was a suggestion put forward to help you realise that to experience an... 
How to choose an upgraded tonearm.
@lewm  The description is from Vinyl Engine offering an explanation on the DTS System utilised by Audio Technica. I believe it is this Tonearm that was the birthplace for the commonly used philosophy for a design, that has a Stylus Contact Point... 
Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling
The MPT Pure Copper Male RCA Plugs and WBT - Nextgen - Chassis Mounted Female sockets are the connectors I will have on a shortlist for any future Single Ended Interfaces. I already own Aeco Pure Silver Plugs, so I can do an A/B evaluation when t... 
How to choose an upgraded tonearm.
In relation to my suggestions, a further investigation might uproot some of the pro/con material to be discovered about a Stand Alone Pod, the following might clarify why some of the discussion takes place.   There is a die hard element in the us...