rushton
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| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path TWL: Excellent discussion in your two posts above. Thank you. I would just add reinforcement of your point relative to the AC versus DC motor conversation: in many cases, designers have made careful evaluations/selections for their specific turnta... | |
| Designing VPI HRX turntable stand long Suttlaw: The Walker shelf and stand are very expensive. I posted the information more as a design example that as a purchase recommendation, even though I did purchase the one pictured for my Walker turntable. This is one of those things you'll ha... | |
| Designing VPI HRX turntable stand long Cool picture of your Teres base! | |
| Designing VPI HRX turntable stand long Salectric: Thanks, I agree; Lloyd does beautiful work. The 3.5" shelf sits on about 10-14 small lead discs (about 1/16th inch thick) spread across the surface of the top of the rack and located to match the mass of the turntable. The Walker turnta... | |
| Designing VPI HRX turntable stand long Your VPI would probably work well on a stand and platform similar to the stand and platform Lloyd Walker manufactures on special order for his Proscenium Turntables. (Not from a cost perspective, but from a design perspective!) There are two parts... | |
| New Management at Atma-Sphere Music Systems A Ralph Karsten Fund has been established. Please see the announcement at: http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/general/messages/349340.html. | |
| Aesthetix Rhea - IO-IO Signature Thomas, I'm glad to see you're still considering an Aesthetix phono stage for your system. I've not listened to the Aesthetix Rhea in my own system in direct comparison to my Aesthetix Io Signature, so I'm going to pass on trying to offer any spec... | |
| Aesthetix Janus? Here is an earlier thread from August 2003 in which Albert Porter offered his assessment of the Aesthetix Janus preamp which he'd had in his home system for a listening opportunity. You may be aware that Albert uses the Aesthetix Io Signature phon... | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path Artar1,I have really enjoyed reading your Part 1 synopsis of your decision-making journey; very well written. Thank you for sharing this! I look forward to reading Part 2.With regards, | |
| Jazz station recommendations, please. http://www.wrti.org in Philadelphia beginning at 6:00 p.m. each evening; classical during the daytime, jazz at night. They post their playlist on their website.. | |
| New Management at Atma-Sphere Music Systems Did anyone see Atma-Sphere at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest? The Atma-Sphere Web site had said they would be there, but the only report I've seen so far is that Classic Audio Reproductions used an MP1, but not as a dealer/manufacturer demo. (He an... | |
| Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary? Good, as far as it goes. The challenge is the inconsistency with which records have been mastered over the years. As has been commented on already in this thread (Doug, I think) a standard was not adopted until later on in the LP era and even then... | |
| Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary? Gregadd, for VTA I suppose I'm in the adjust by ear camp (but not by eye!). For azimuth, I totally agree with you about using some additional mechanical/electical aid to the process. For setting both VTA and VTF, I've learned from Lloyd Walker's a... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Chamber music!Berwald, Str Qt in g, Chilingirian QtWikmanson, Str Qt in e, Chilingirian Qt... CRD 1061Brahms, Str Qnts 1 & 2, Allegri Str Qt, Argo ZK 94Mendelssohn, Pf Trios 1 & 2, Haydn Trio of Vienna. | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path Sorry, Raul. We've been through this before and we will continue to disagree, no matter in what absolutist terms you continue to state your thesis. . |