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| Gingko or Symposium Ultra Platform?? Gingko's do NOT work well with VPI tables. As a matter of fact, they ruin the sound. VPI's must have a very solid support under them...even VPI's own minifeet have a detrimental effect. Use Bearpaws (Vermontaudio.com) and be thrilled at the improv... | |
| Setting Azimuth I don't have the counter-intuitive, but isn't it only worthwhile to repeat a setting already worked out? It doesn't do anything to make the initial setup any easier...or am I wrong.. | |
| Linear tracking vs. Pivoted tracking tone arms. I gave up a SOTA with an SME V because the arm was so heavy, the springs would constantly streatch...no amount of lead shot removed from the well could properly balance the suspension. Sometimes you win, sometimes not.... | |
| Does mfg's name/model affect your opinion of sound I used to think that way, and always had a lot of respect for the Audio Research name....so I bought one of their amps a long time ago...I think it was the D120...anyway, it was a poor performer at best. I probably would think that anything Ayre m... | |
| Thiel CS6 Unsound...the comparison is with Vandersteen's 5A speakers which are at their high end and uses the very same room correction as their top of the line 7 | |
| Thiel CS6 In response to the Theil, Vandersteen comparison.... Vandersteens can more accurately be incorporated in the room. This may very well make the Theil good or not so good in comparison. | |
| What's your SDS setting? Actusreus...I have a Superscout Rim Drive, so the SDS settings will be different from yours if you have a Classic. I have the 2 motors with the large flywheel, so I have to set the SDS to accomodate the 33/45 speeds. When I replaced my Superplatte... | |
| Do you leave your platter spinning while switching No...Rim and spindle weights demand that I stop it. | |
| What's your SDS setting? I would only use the recommended lubricants for the VPI. The Classic platter has a dry lubricant from the factory that lasts quite a long time. When you mix lubricants you get trouble. I have a Superscoutmaster rim drive with a Classic platter. Th... | |
| Best choice for Koetsu R.Sign. and Benz LP You should trade your LP for an LPS....very much better. | |
| Help me pick a great phono cable Every cable has its own sonic signature when connected. It will sound different in different systems. I am using Anti-Cable silver on my VPI with great satisfaction. I tried many cables and have always come back to these. | |
| B&W 805D2 or Magico Q1? Have you listened to other speakers for your own evaluation?? Magnepan, Vandersteen, Tannoy -- these are MY personal favorites, but you have to know YOUR sensibilities. Isn't it interesting that the 3 speakers I mentioned as MY favorites, all soun... | |
| Faceplates Silver or Black??????? I opted for everything black for my Ayre stuff, but when I see the silver Ayre gear...it looks sooooo modern and clean. | |
| Acceptable level of hum at max volume? It seems to me that the less hum and noise in a system the better. All of that garbage stuff robbs amplifier power, and also reacts/modulates with the signal. In my system there is no hum and only the slightest hiss at absolute full rotation of th... | |
| Moving VPI TNT, Wheaton Triplanar, Transfiguration When I moved across the country, I packed the platter, the motor assembly, and the turntable seperately.. I took the arm myself with the cartridge well protected, and travelled with it in the glove compartment of the car. |