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| What Vinyl quality should I be using? An absolute necessity is a record cleaning machine with vacuum. Any other means of cleaning is just pushing the dirt around. You will be amazed how good old vinyl can sound with a good cleaning. | |
| CARDAS Fans: Golden vs. Neutral vs. Presence? Re-inserted the Golden Ref. for the Speltz cable (between DAC and preamp), over a long listening session I realized how much more involving the Golden Ref. was. Now I'm not interested in re-inserting Speltz. This tells me there is simply more reso... | |
| setting azimuth on VPI turntables Mark, I purchased my DMM from partsexpress.com, item no.390-545. $25.50 plus shipping, pretty good deal. Radio Shack also have them, slightly higher prices. Scott | |
| A Big Thank you, to Albert Porter...from My Mother First of all, Albert is one the nicest, most generous people on this earth. He is also one of the most knowledgable, not just about audio, but on a myriad of subjects.I've often thought about what things would be important to me at the end of my l... | |
| setting azimuth on VPI turntables Here is an interesting web page discussing a new tool for dynamically setting azimuth. http://www.adjustplus.de/index.php?lang=english | |
| setting azimuth on VPI turntables Yes, postive goes to positive and negative to negative, unless your phono pre or pre inverts signal (as my preamp does) in which case positive goes to negative, and vice versa. Leave speakers hooked up.I did not recheck with the rod, I don't see t... | |
| setting azimuth on VPI turntables No. Crosstalk is the migration/blending of signal output from one channel to the other. Thus, left channel signal leaks into right channel, and vice versa. Using the balance control only controls gross decibels, the ratio of crosstalk (leakage) to... | |
| setting azimuth on VPI turntables Details, details, details! I almost forgot. While these reading may seem miniscule, each .001 represents half a decibel, small readings will be typically between .010 to .023, this correlates to 0 to 7.5 decibles. .002 is equivalent to 1 db, I ass... | |
| setting azimuth on VPI turntables Jamnperry, there is the Analogue Productions test record, this even may be better as the 1kz tracks are longer.Kotemaori, I would think they have you measure at the speaker outs in order to get the readings closest to what they would be coming out... | |
| setting azimuth on VPI turntables While we are on the topic of cartridge allignment, it may be interesting to note that the vacuum state website (in their white papers) has another take on cartridge allignment. I have not read it in detail, but it may be worth further exploration. | |
| setting azimuth on VPI turntables Almost forgot, another thing that may result in azimuth error is how tight each screw is. At one point in the midst of doing my measurements I had gotten crosstalk deviation within specs, I decided to retighten the cartridge screws just to be sure... | |
| setting azimuth on VPI turntables Jerry, the ac voltage scale should be at the 2 scale, the 20 scale is not low enough for precise readings. You measure at the speaker binding posts on your amp.Stingreen, it would be interesting to measure your crosstalk with a DMM. I contend the... | |
| Anyone have experience w/Shelter 501 II? This combo should not work well together. The low compliance of the 501 should minimally require a tonearm with 11gm effective mass, the jmw9 is 7.7. There are ways to get around this, adding mass to the arm, such as Cartridge Man Isololator or we... | |
| Mid life audio crisis I have Merlin VSM speakers as well. It looks like you have one of the prescribed/standardized Merlin setups. I can see how you wouldn't have the bass slam you desire. First of all, the kind of bass you seem to want will never come from the Merlins... | |
| Diffusion or Absorption behind the speakers? I've experimented with both diffusion and absorption to no end. Absorption for bass, tube traps in corners an absolute necessity. As far as the mids and highs, I've been all over the place, absorption alone, diffusion alone, and a combination of b... |