rauliruegas
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| Dynavector cartridges, old and new Dear @lewm : "" The motion of the stylus has to be transmitted to coils or magnets in order for transduction to occur. ""Rigth and for that happens it needs that exist some kind of compliance for the stylus track LP grooves, normally through a c... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new Dear @harold-not-the-barrel : Yes, the Karat Nova 13D si very good performer in stand alone fashion to look for the adequated headshell where testing it found out the headshell that mate it better.Btw, the first diamond cantilever cartridge was ma... | |
| Grado Labratory Wood Tonearm? 3 questions: Keep it? Sell It? Burn it? Dear @rikintpa: My experiences with Grado tonearm is this model, I owned for some years and it's a good tonearm. I don't know nothing about that wood model you are mentioned:https://www.vinylengine.com/library/grado/signature-laboratory-standard.s... | |
| Valve phono stage @infection: You can choose for the Kleos SL that's even better than the Kleos, your Whest can handle its lower output with no problem.R. | |
| Valve phono stage Dear @infection: No single tube audio item ( everything the same ) can compete with SS designs as your Whest in some critical issues when we are talking of LOMC cartridges: noise levels, distortions levels, frequency response bandwindth, RIAA eq. ... | |
| Good carts with SME V Dear @o_holter : " But I love the Io’s rich sound and am willing to live with some tube noise. """" Bigger, bolder, better able to tackle dynamic music.""" tube noise means higher distortion levels and that rich sound means " tubey ". Live ... | |
| Phono stage inquiry Dear @infection : No, certainly is not normal that hiss/hum you are experienced with your PS ( especially at that " moderated " SPLs. ) that even has a lower noise level than the top of the line Reference in Whest catalog. You unit must be totally... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Dear @nkj and friends: Please read this post about. That's why makes no sense to any one folows using Stevenson A alignment:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/will-fine-tune-adjustments-with-protractor-help-with-brightne...@nkj you can use e... | |
| Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?" Dear @hdm : You are rigth. The incredible issue is that several audiophiles work with Stevenson A alignment when makes no sense to use it for any one.Btw and only to add that Baerwald is who took the credit for the alignment that has his name whe... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Dear @nkj : Do it a favor and before you pull the trigger with Stevenson A try to understand how that kind of alignment degerades the cartridge signal against Lófgren A or B.It does not matters which P2S you choosed the Stevenson A alignment has h... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? Dear @o_holter : Sorry to hear that. That happened to me twice and I remember that in a trip to Houston in a firned home place just when we wanted to listen his great audio system suddenly the stylus tip just " was not there ", by coincide was a ... | |
| Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?" Dear @avanti1960 @ericsch @knollbrent : As other japanese tonearm manufacturers almost always exist some kind of trouble to know in precise way wich kind of alignment used because normally are out of standards.The 1200 is a clear example where if ... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? Dear @o_holter : "" But the results - so far - are more one of a kind. The Atlas pumps, the others don’t. This makes me suspect suspension wear or some other non-optimal condition in the Atlas. ""As I said in my posts you had to test your Clavis... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? Dear @o_holter : Nice result you experienced with the Clavis ( that ovbiously is not even a " small " challenge for the great Atlas. ).""" So the "subsonic overwork" of the woofers seems far less. Or mainly absent. """Either the Clavis/Atlas compl... | |
| Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?" Dear @knollbrent: Yes, you need a good protractor like the one you name it.The main reason for that is not onlt to have an accurate alignment but to stay away from Stevenson A alignment type that's what you have now. I totally agree with @lewm an... |