stefanl
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| Why do the new 2009 Beatles CDs sound so good? Yes,but all CD music is compressed if you are coming from analogue tapes especially.Anyway,George Martin himself put his foot in it years ago when interviewed about the original CD issue.Talked about only achieving a "harsher" sound than they woul... | |
| Ditching anti-skate? Lloyd Walker of Walker Tables has a set-up faq on his site that recommends playing an album to first warm-up your system(there's the 40 minutes)before you fine-tune.That's what's considered normal in his regime.Plan on spending some time listening... | |
| Ditching anti-skate? It seems to me that it is necessary to always adjust VTF in relation to anti-skate firstly.Now a lot of people here seem to be the "set and forget" types.I found that I wanted to investigate anti-skate more after reaching the point a lot of you ar... | |
| Ditching anti-skate? Yes,if an anti-skate mechanism does not do a good job it might sound better without and you might be saving some record wear.But Klaus Rampelmann in his paper points out that a stylus will not be properly centered in a groove technically until you... | |
| Ditching anti-skate? This is from a recent technical paper at Vinyl Engine."From discussions on web forums it becomes evident that some people think that skating force is zero when the tracking error is equal to zero, as it is the case in thenull points. This is true ... | |
| NAD 533 Rega P2 worth upgrading? I have a Rega P2 that I have modded which is equivalent to your table.First do the arm,rewire it with an Isokinetic rewire from English ebay,they are about the cheapest.Then do the counterweight mod replacing the plastic end stub and change the we... | |
| Does the quality of a digital signal matter? If redbook manufacture is supposed to commence play at exactly 2.00 seconds from the true zero pressed on the cd aren't we discussing data here.Programs like the forgotten Perfect Rip take this very seriously,correcting for sub-channel data in the... | |
| How to make record albums I remember George Martin saying in an interview that even when he was producing the first Beatles albums,they were designed really only to sound good through the popular players of the time.That is a 3 in 1 console with speakers only 3 feet apart.... | |
| What is a good spartan turntable set up? The Rega Planar 3 with RB300 tonearm and either a blue point No.2 or Benz micro silver cartridge for $500 offer is the one I would go for,I would do it myself.If you have a decent enough amp with phono mm input you are done.Look into a vintage amp... | |
| ARISTON RDIIS and SME series III + DENON SA? I did a quick calculation for you and the Denon 103SA looks to be a good match for your arm,the cartridge resonance being about 11.595HZ with the SME,which is close to ideal.Your arm effective mass is given as 5gms at the Tonearm Database,the weig... | |
| Balanced cable end at which end? Thanks for the reply.Please excuse my ignorance but I meant "balanced" in the sense that one end of the RCA interconnect is grounded at one end for the shield as well as the signal.The manufacturer recommends putting the fully "earthed" end at the... | |
| P3-24 pitch instability Here is the "official" way to do the above.I originally posted this a few years ago...... Rega's official recommendation for lubrication.> Cleaning Hub/Bearing> 1. Undo hub nut and remove washer. Remove hub/bearing from turntable. As the bra... | |
| P3-24 pitch instability What Rega used(?) to recommend for pitch instability was cleaning out the bearing well and then placing 2 DROPS ONLY of 80/90w gear oil into the bearing well.It should then run at the correct speed.Spin the hub to make sure the oil is spread prope... | |
| RB300 anti-skating problem never quite ? Yeah,sorry I meant skating force,I should have been more clear. | |
| RB300 anti-skating problem never quite ? This might minimise the anti-skating force but will not eliminate it entirely as Klaus's paper shows.Tangential arms like the Rega will generate some force that linear-tracking arms will not. |