sonofjim
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| Rim Drive Mod or how to make it even better Tfkaudio, Please see the recent thread on SSM/rim drive with cloud 11 vibration issues. In it several of us with rim drives worked through minor problems we were having. In short, my rim drive was behaving in a similar way for at least the first f... | |
| SSM w/Rim Drive - Cloud 11 Vibration issues? Powerdoctor, I like the Cloud products in many respects and I doubt there's a better guy in the audio industry than Vinh. However, I'm afraid there may be to much movement of the plinth-platter assembly when using the rim drive on these pieces. I ... | |
| Cartridge downgrade? Yeah, I agree no one can tell you what you're going to like. I have nothing against expensive cartridges at all. I just wish the cost of trying out the "best" ones was less than $4-5 thousand. I don't expect on line venders have trial programs or ... | |
| Cartridge downgrade? So many great cartridges and so little chance of hitting the lotto. Ideally I think I'd like to have a spare 10.5i arm wand just to try out different cartridges. Maybe carefully selected used ones would be the way to go. Stringreen let me know whe... | |
| Cartridge downgrade? Stringreen, Now that you have your LP working to your liking do you still miss the H as much? It sounded as though at one point you preferred the H. | |
| cartridge selection for vpi10.5/refsupscoutmasters Just to add to the confusion I can report great results with Shelter on the 10.5i. I have a 90x I've used with the 9 sig and now the 10.5i and have enjoyed both. The Harmony you mention should be even better. I get a wonderful midrange and balance... | |
| SSM w/Rim Drive - Cloud 11 Vibration issues? If the noise seems to be coming directly from a motor it could be a problem with the motor. I think there's capacitor in the wire path to the motors that can drift out of synch somehow. Mike at VPI told me something about that. When you reverse th... | |
| SSM w/Rim Drive - Cloud 11 Vibration issues? My replacement feet arrived also and I would agree that they raise the motor higher than I would like. I tried them anyway and raised the table accordingly.(This may be easier for me since I have the mini feet) They do work well when set up this w... | |
| SSM w/Rim Drive - Cloud 11 Vibration issues? Zenieth, My phono stage finally came in and I was able to play my system with the rim drive after having stabalized speed for about a week without music. The table sounds great with no indication that the rim drive is causing any problems or noise... | |
| setting azimuth on VPI turntables Yes, my system does have that locked in quality just from carefully leveling azimuth with the rod. I think I will double check this with a DMM for about $40. I'm not sure I want a $400 tool that makes me feel like I need to check azimuth for each ... | |
| SSM w/Rim Drive - Cloud 11 Vibration issues? Dgarretson, It sounds like noise has been the biggest drawback of any rim/direct drive mechanism. I don't know much about the Teres drive but I'm sure they've come up with their own set of solutions. I also feel that with the use of the flywheel t... | |
| SSM w/Rim Drive - Cloud 11 Vibration issues? Stringreen, It sounds as though the felt or sorbothane has pretty much smoothed your SSM out. Did you order a set of the softer feet or are you satisfied with what your using. Mike at VPI told me this week that they are designing a softer O-ring t... | |
| SSM w/Rim Drive - Cloud 11 Vibration issues? Hi Zenieth, I also have recently changed to the rim drive and formerly used a cloud 11. Mine was called the cloud 11 when I bought it but now is called the Cloud 12. It is the two piece model with separtate motor platform. This two piece definitel... | |
| setting azimuth on VPI turntables I've always set the azimuth up on my SSM by the rod/ear method with good subjective results. I'm considering double checking with a DMM based on what I've seen here and elsewhere. There appears to be a new option from Feikert in the form of softwa... | |
| Feickert analogue protractor....Owners impressions A little off subject maybe, but Feickert also has new software available (adjust +). Anyone have experience with this yet? Does it work as well or better than the DMM method of azimuth adjustment? The website is a German-English translation and do... |