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| Good or Bad idea?? ?? Depending on storage technique, there can also be corrosion issues. I have seen aluminum cantilevers that have corroded over time due to being stored in a humid climate. The copper wires of the generator and the suspension wires can also corrode i... | |
| Help needed to find SME armboard for Technics Buy the DJ arm board from Origin live. The bottom and top pieces bolt together with two bolts. Unbolt the bottom piece and take it and the mounting diagram for the SME arm to a machine shop. They will make a new bottom piece for you. Bolt the new ... | |
| Schroeder vs. Triplanar VII Sonic Differences Hi Thom,I owned an ET 2.5 for many years. The only real maintenance that it required was cleaning the manifold with alcohol every six months or so. If I forgot to do the maintenance, the tonearm would start skipping at the end of LPs where the mus... | |
| Best phono pre amp for Lyra Helikon There is a used Herron Audio VTPH-1MC on Agon for $2,099. I have had a VTPH-1MC since 1999 and have been very happy with mine. Just had it upgraded at the factory to the latest revision.The Herron is FET/Tube hybrid so you get the best of solid st... | |
| Linear Tracking or Not?, Any Experiences and Recs I have heard the Kuzma arm at several demos and it sounded very nice. I had an ET 2.5 for a number of years and was very happy with it. Sonicly, it was not in the same class as my Schroeder Reference. However, cartridge installation on a linear ar... | |
| Where do you buy "NEW/Current" LPs? When I am looking for heavy metal vinyl that is not being sold in the USA I go on the web and find stores in Europe. I purchased Rammstein: Mutter from a store in Norway and Therion: Secret of the Runes from a store in Germany. The prices were com... | |
| Large Classical Record Dealers I have been very happy with Irvington Music www.irvmusic.com over the years. | |
| The end of LP collecting???? The thrift stores and used LP stores in my town still have lots of great vinyl. I have probably bought 200 LPs in the last month, all for $1 or less each (which I consider very reasonable). In that batch I even got a couple of shaded dogs and 2nd ... | |
| ZYX Universe - Unipivot or Dual Gimbal arm Hi Guys,I had another chat with Wally. Using pink noise as a test tone for setting azimuth will not work. Pink noise is random. Thus, the volume constantly changes and you will not be able to get a constant reading on your voltmeter. Though if you... | |
| ZYX Universe - Unipivot or Dual Gimbal arm Hello Frank,Thank you for your explanation. Noncongruence of the cartridge frequency response at different frequencies makes perfect sense. What we really need is a test record that has pink noise in the left and right channels. Until then I guess... | |
| ZYX Universe - Unipivot or Dual Gimbal arm Hi Thom,I mentioned to Wally Frank Schroder's comment about there being several "null" points for both VTA and azimuth. Wally was of the opinion that if you were setting azimuth with a voltmeter that you would find only one "null" point.Since Fran... | |
| ZYX Universe - Unipivot or Dual Gimbal arm Hi Doug,I just finished speaking with Wally regarding azimuth and his instructions for adjusting azimuth contained in his Analog Shop Deluxe instructions. Instruction #5 says to play the two channel test tone and use the balance control to set the... | |
| ZYX Universe - Unipivot or Dual Gimbal arm Hi Thom,Before I start measuring crosstalk, I play a test tone thru both channels and use the balance control to make the measurement the same in both channels. Once I have equal output in both channels, then I measure the crosstalk using the left... | |
| The Nitty Gritty Record Cleaner?? I have the Nitty Gritty one sided el cheapo model that is sold by Audio Advisor. I have used a number of VPIs at friends' houses, stores, etc. I don't find that the VPI gets records any cleaner. There are pluses and minuses with 'ease of use' with... | |
| ZYX Universe - Unipivot or Dual Gimbal arm Hi Doug and Thom,Continuing the azimuth discussion, there appears to be two different methods of "minimizing crosstalk". One is where you measure crosstalk and adjust azimuth until the crosstalk measures the same in both channels. The second metho... |