rauliruegas
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| Newbie Issues: Grace F9 with Micro Seiki DD-40 Dear @hauie88 : Return that cartridge to the seller for the refund because that cartridge has damaged its suspension.Now, what you have to do is to buy a new today cartridge that comes with a ! warranty " that will runs with out trouble.You can lo... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? Dear friends :I already linked in this thread my caps thread, so you can read here the latest up-date about:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/best-harmless-signatureless-speakers-capacitors/post?postid=2...In the midrange crossover I use caps... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? @lohanimal : That's why you have to make additional tests. With the trough at the back of the tonearm 10cst has no real benefit.R. | |
| BEST HARMLESS/SIGNATURELESS SPEAKERS CAPACITORS. Dear friends: In the mid-range crossover I used 4 caps in parallel and only in the band-pass/tweeter filters used single caps. The manufacturers in the choosed models are way limited in the values they handle.R. | |
| BEST HARMLESS/SIGNATURELESS SPEAKERS CAPACITORS. Dear friends: After all these 3 months that time passed ( I hope all of you are in good health. ) finally arrived the Wima caps that you can buy by order only ( normally the wait time is around 16 weeks, so I was lucky and have to wait only 12 wee... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? Dear @kps25sc : Yes, that's was I figure out due that in the Townshend the damping is applied at the source and not at the back of a normal tonearm trough.R. | |
| vinyl versus digital redux Dear friends/ @seventies : "" is way superior to the analog one no matters what. ""Wrong what I posted. What I wanted to say is that that proves that digital records/plays exactly the information we recorded.So, it's really an accutared medium... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? Dear @lohanimal : well, the VDH advise and my self experiences that even that advise can helps with any tonearm with trough/paddle that normally has it at the tonearm pivot distance and this fact makes things different with the Townshend that doe... | |
| AT-ART9XI Cartridge - Reduced Compliance Dear @keegiam : I listened the ART 7 from where the XA comes but we can think the XA is an improvement over the 7. In the other side the Dyna is very good performer and in reality is a hard call.I like the Audio Technica but I like the Dyna too an... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? @lohanimal : The great Townshend characteristic is that the damping happens where everything start: rigth at the LP surface/cartridge and this is it's unquestionable advantage.About silicon viscosity I think that 10cst is to low and you wil try h... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? Dear @lohanimal : " At first you think images are smaller - in fact they are far more precise and occupy spaces much better. In addition to this surface noise comes down and bass was more preisee to my ears "That’s what you stated with the Sigma20... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? Dear @lohanimal : "" I had a short listen to the FR64s and thought it sounded perfectly good...""Good even that the resonance frequency is ouit of the ideal range. Your experience with confirms the benefits of tonearm damping.Some audiophiles t... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? Dear @billstevenson : " While you seem satisfied with you methodology, I encourage you to try and borrow an "O"scope because I am sure you would like it. "Yes, maybe I like it.Bill I don't want and don't need to go so " detailed " on the cartri... | |
| SAEC WE-308 L or a new tonearm? Dear @jeff1225 : I'm not against the GM only that exist other very good alternatives and Jelco is an alternative.Every audio item in the market were designed and manufactured at an specipic price point so you can't think that the Jelco comes with... | |
| vinyl versus digital redux Dear @seventies : " So vinyl to high resolution digital retains the ’magic’ that many associate with vinyl sound. What other than an electro-mechanical groove-cutting process underlies that ’magic’ ? First than all non-exist that " magic " we audi... |