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| RB300 anti-skating problem never quite ? This is taken from a recent technical paper in The Vinyl Engine members area...."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 the... | |
| effective mass ??? You can get the manual if you are registered at The Vinyl Engine.Cartridge weight can be 3-17gms and with optional ring weight 15-42gms. | |
| Dynavector 10X5 versus Sumiko Evo III Looking at the compliance figures for both cartridges you would be pushed into choosing the Dynavector over the Sumiko as it has a better resonance match with the Rega arm. 11-12Hz opposed to 10 Hz respectively.VTA is not a huge problem either,you... | |
| Internet Radio sounds better than ripped CDs. Why The ripping program you used might be at fault here.Have you bit corrected the files using a ripping program such as EAC or Foobar 2000.Rips that are not offset by your ripping drives default factory offsets,will sound better than the original bad... | |
| Upgrade modded P25 to P7 or uprade cartridge Have you rewired your tonearm as well as adding the counterweight.This could be an alternative route. | |
| Music Hall mmf-7 spins faster The main 'bearing' is located at the centre of the platter.The spindle pokes up from it and you place the part of a record with the hole in it,through it,to hold the record in place.You take the belt and platter off and take the thing that pokes u... | |
| Music Hall mmf-7 spins faster The recommendation for adding bearing oil is in the 7 manual also.Mobil 1 is the suggestion.Rega recommend 80/90 gear oil choice of oils could be important and if your turntable was in the attic for a couple of years,this is the first thing I woul... | |
| Music Hall mmf-7 spins faster You could also be running on a 'fast' bearing,meaning you need to add some oil to the bearing well.This occurs when a turntable bearing spindle has run out of lubricant and runs too fast,metal on metal.A few drops of oil or whatever is the recomme... | |
| Music Hall mmf-7 spins faster Yes,you can widen your platter by applying maybe 1 or 2(?) winds of electrical tape around the platter's edge.I do this with a Rega's sub-platter and it slows it down to run at correct speed.You can experiment with this until you find the exact nu... | |
| Thorens TP-16 Tonearm cartridge mounting issue The cheaper Benz Micro cartridges,Benz Micro MC20E2-H MC20E2 High Output Moving Coil or the Benz Micro MC20E2-L MC20E2 Low Output Moving Coil cartridge seem to be a good match for your Thorens arm at around 10.9Hz,if you need a suggestion.Both are... | |
| Thorens TP-16 Tonearm cartridge mounting issue What the other posters have not mentioned is that also if your arm is the TP-16 Mk 1 version at 16.5gms effective mass,you probably have a mismatch using a Grado Silver on that arm.The Grado weighs 5.5 gms and the compliance is high at 20cus.This ... | |
| help with cartridge selection Just a note here I would not necessarily concur with the Denon 103 being a bad match for the SME tonearm.Over at VA a few years ago John Elison estimated that the real compliance of the Denon was around 10-12cus not 5-6cus given in the Denon manua... | |
| Wide bandwidth = necessary? The above links work even though they seem to be the same.Don't know why. | |
| Wide bandwidth = necessary? Bandwidth is not limited,which John Atkinson illustrates here, http://stereophile.com/features/282/ He closely looks at the very issue of what is captured on vinyl.Doug Rife postulates a theory of why this is important, http://www.mlssa.com/pdf/Up... | |
| Wide bandwidth = necessary? Well Dazzdax,I can refer you to an old Hi-Fi review (1982) of 5 cartridges by Martin Colloms who was in the lab testing those cartrides square wave responses out to 40Khz for his review,this is in the members section articles at The Vinyl Engine.I... |