rodman99999
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| Sad news for VPI - from their Facebook page... I spoke to her, just about a month ago(sweet person). R.I.P. Shiela, and my condolences to the family. | |
| Lyngdorf RP-1 I've been bi-amping various planar speakers, with a pair of 8ft, tapered transmission line, 10" woofers, since 1981(SS bottom/tubed top). Most of that time, crossed via a highly modded Dahlquist DQ-LP1. That was fine, until my expensive divorce, a... | |
| component break in If the component utilizes capacitors in it's circuitry; the better the dielectric material(ie: Teflon/polypropylene/polystyrene), the longer the piece will take to, "break-in." Cables also act, to a degree, as capacitors, with regards to the diele... | |
| Best Mullard 5AR4/GZ34? No Problem! Enjoy the music. | |
| Best Mullard 5AR4/GZ34? Mr L- Recognition of the variously branded Mullard tubes, comes mainly with familiarity of their internal construction and date codes. Here's some info on the coding: ( http://www.audiotubes.com/mullcode.htm ) | |
| fire spark in 5AR4 rectifier tube for PrimaLuna Pr Just a little FYI; The best sounding, most reliable and longest lasting rectifiers out there, are the Blackburn Plant, Mullard tubes(the earlier the production-the better). Unfortunately, do to all of the aforementioned facts; they are also the mo... | |
| Mistracking HEAR, HEAR! | |
| Mistracking I find it interesting that both Shure(a company that MAY know just a LITTLE BIT about cartridges, and their function on a record surface) and Nautilus(which pressed some of the highest quality discs in the 70's and 80's), both included blank 'Anti... | |
| Mistracking Mr S- Please, tell me: How can a cartridge, with it's anti-skate out of adjustment, ruin a track with no grooves? Mr D- I've found the anti-skate track, on the Shure disc, to be very beneficial. It's saved me a lot of time, when setting up cartrid... | |
| Mistracking Another good reason for the purchase of the Shure Audio Obstacle Course test record: the anti-skate test track. | |
| What component is responsible for dynamics ? Everything in the system, from the quality of your AC, to the size/layout of your acoustic space, can and will affect the dynamics of what you hear. | |
| Mistracking I reiterate; the range for your Black, is 1.4 to 1.7G, so- you can try .2 more VTF, without exceeding the recommendations. Further- the Shibata stylus is very sensitive to VTA and Rake Angle adjustments. Does your table's arm allow for those? I'd ... | |
| Dead Can Dance New LP "into the labrynth" Actually; the range for your Black, is 1.4 to 1.7G, so- you can try .2 more VTF, without exceeding the recommendations. Further- the Shibata stylus is very sensitive to VTA and Rake Angle adjustments. Does your table's arm allow for those? I'd sti... | |
| Different Results between Record Cleaning Machines I owned an original VPI 16(purchased in 1981), and now own the 16.5(using VPI's fluids). Many of the records in my possession, were cleaned with the first, then treated with LAST(once). I've always pre-play cleaned with a Discwasher D3 or 4 system... | |
| Dead Can Dance New LP "into the labrynth" Actually- the odds are pretty good, if the groove modulation is high enough. BTW- Do you have your VTF set toward the high or low end, of your cart's range? |