stefanl
Responses from stefanl
| How do YOU set VTF on your Rega arm?? You can still use the spring mechanism if you damp it.It is possible to put felt or foam in between the coils of the metal spring thus stopping it resonating by itself.Also it is necessary to use that mechanism if you properly use it to adjust tra... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II I believe I initiated some discussion of the Ortofon VMS 20 here when I compared it favourably to the Denon 103.Any way it is still easy to obtain a genuine relacement stylus for it as Ortofon still make them as far as I know.Another source is Mus... | |
| Which new Reissues are free of pops, ticks etc? Maybe there is no guarantee absolute of a flawless record.There is always debris left over from the manufacturing process and I blame my mishaps mostly on my own failure to clean new records before I played them.There is also the anomoly of the 18... | |
| MM to MC back to MM I have been interested in doing this kind of MM/MC comparison myself.There is one point I'd like to make in that using different loadings especially with MC's it is easy to alter the sound of the performance on a record.I also found that in using ... | |
| MM to MC back to MM In reply to Ctm the output impedance for the Denon is 40 ohms and for the Ortofon 800 ohms according to the cartridge database.I had the Denon loaded at 100 ohms.I tried other loadings with it 47 ohms,220,1Kohm that had been suggested but the 100 ... | |
| MM to MC back to MM In reply to Ctm I was running a Denon 103 on a Lenco idler and changed directly over to the Ortofon VMS 20 without any other system changes.My initial comparison and impressions were as close and consistent as you may be for now.I believe the Orto... | |
| MM to MC back to MM Well I can.I posted a while back in the Lenco thread,about how I replaced a Denon 103 MC with an Ortofon VMS 20 Mk11 E MI and how I thought the Ortofon was better. Because when I dialled in the anti-skate it actually made the music right unlike th... | |
| MM to MC back to MM I have gone back to MM because I have decided that not only MM's are better for now,but(wait for it) so are conical styli.Firstly as part of an exchange with the ex-reviewer Martin Colloms he mentioned the fact that MC's pass a lot of high frequen... | |
| best "entry level" audiophile TT? As the previous poster subtly mentioned the kind of thing you want vis materials can play a role.The thing we want to know here is what sort of budget do you have in mind?What you end up with will most likely be dollar determined at one level so g... | |
| Rega upgrades/tweeks No,a record clamp is not needed.A record clamp on a Rega turntable is rarely deemed a good idea - would interfere with the natural anti-resonance build of the table and acrylic is a much more nuetral material than those Rega glass platters. | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II I think we brushed over this question previously.I refer to the bearings in the Lenco spindle bearing.I think that actually they are designed to have a slight play in them if we can credit the Swiss designers with having thought this issue out.I b... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II I have now joined the multi Lenco club cause I have just scored my second GL-75,in pretty good working condition with the original arm and all bits.The nylatron plate has the tiny dimple which is definitely deliberate and metal idler,spring,idler-... | |
| tubes and analog I found myself reacting much as the first poster when I read this thread,in that cartridge change or upgrade might be your preferred path.With a Planar 9 it's well known that the Rega Exact cart rather than the Elys is the best match.Rega also hav... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II I would have to agree about the greatness of the Ortofon cartridges in that VMS series as it really is clearly the best I have heard on the Lenco.The Denon 103 I feel has been slightly(significantly) bettered by the VMS 20E Mk11.A measure of this ... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Regarding the RB 300 and anti-skate I have found that it usually requires very little in most cases.I align by ear, and the tracking weight dial on the Rega arm is brilliant for finding that sweet-spot,which of course varies every time you have a ... |