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| Graham tonearm tweaking sirspeedy,Did you ever get your Graham to the point of the same level of lack of grain that your friends Air Tangent has?Regards,Scott | |
| ZYX Airy2-X-SB on Graham 2.2 Sirspeedy,I didn't take any offense to your post at all - in fact I enjoy reading them. You always seem to be both helpfull and gracious - something not all people do. I fully agree with your statements concerning setup with the Graham. All of the... | |
| ZYX Airy2-X-SB on Graham 2.2 Sirspeedy,I did a little research and found that the damping force is linearly proportional to the viscosity of the fluid and to the square of the area of the damper. That certainly supports your observations. All I was pondering was a way to adju... | |
| ZYX Airy2-X-SB on Graham 2.2 Ive been thinking about this damping issue. I using the high viscosity blue fluid. I forgot to mention that this stuff is also sensitive to changes in temperature. Maybe thats not a big deal to some of you guys, but here in the Midwest living in... | |
| ZYX Airy2-X-SB on Graham 2.2 I echo sirspeedy's comments on damping and the Graham. For me at least, it is a slow, time consuming process which is measured in weeks, not days. It takes time for the fluid to settle before the final result can be evaluated. Frustrating for sure... | |
| A new phono stage Skuskino,Of the phono stages you list, I have only heard the Lamm and EAR - in two very differenct systems, neither were my own. The phono stage you didn't list and which meets all of your criteria is the Herron. It has, in the MC configuration, 6... | |
| Retubing ARC sp11: Suggestions? Fortunately, the SP11 in a easy retube and doesn't run it's tubes hard like the SP10. I have always prefered Amperex's in ARC gear. Buy the best you can afford. Check out Joe's tube lore at Audio Asylum for recomendations. | |
| CAT SL MKIII vs ARC SP 11 or 10 Howdy,Let me be a bit of a contrarian here. I have owned (and listed in order of preference) the SP 10, SP 11 and CAT Ultimate. To my ears, the CAT is the most dead piece of equipment I’ve ever heard. That thing was dull, opaque, sterile and lifel... | |
| Where to go from Basis 2000/RB300/Glider? Howdy. I aggree with Mink above that the replacing your arm with the Basis Vector would be a great option. The Vector is a drop in replacement where as the Graham is not - it requires a different mounting hole. One other thing. With the Graham, yo... | |
| ARC SP 10....how good is it really???? I've owned the Cat Ultimate, Jadis DPMC, SP11, SP10 and now the Herron line stage and phone stage. I've listed these in the order of my preference. The main weakness of the SP10 is that to use the line stage, you have to take it out of by-pass mod... | |
| Cincinnati, OH, any audiophiles? Wow! I never knew there were that many guys into audio in Cincy. It would be great to have a few get togethers for some informal listening. Like alot of the people who already responded, I deal with Progressive in Columbus. I like the relaxed atmo... | |
| Best record cleaner? I second the Disc Doctor. I also own a VPI 16.5 but prefer the Disc Doctor to it. | |
| ARC SP-11 MkII vs. ARC Ref. 1 & the winner is..... The old SP11's are true remarkable preamps. They have gone out of fashion but that really doesn't matter. At one time, I owned a CAT Ultimate, a Jadis DPMC and the SP11 Mk II. I was able to compare them at my leisure. Overall, I thought the SP11 w... |