terry9
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| Turntable set up- How easy is it I was brought up on the conventional wisdom too - 100 hours or so, but I never did understand the mechanism. It sounded a lot like a practice from WW2 where riflemen from US and UK would exchange a single round (.30-06 and .303), fire it, and find... | |
| Turntable set up- How easy is it Inna, according to Soundsmith, the mechanism of cartridge break-in is rather disconcerting. They say that a cartridge breaks in by twisting its guts to accommodate an imperfect installation. Certainly my Koetsu has not changed much, except for the... | |
| Nottingham resonance control You want constrained layer damping to minimize the contribution of your motor to the signal. One layer tries to move against the next, but cannot - it is constrained. The result is heat, not motion. Plywood or slate does this. Brazilian Rosewood d... | |
| Custom TT Belt Well Oregon, it left the UK promptly, but got lost on this side of the Atlantic. As for socialized medicine, you might want to experience it before you criticize. Think federal government coverage for everybody, and you have a good idea. | |
| Nottingham motor controler John, the output from my WM is a 5-conductor connector. Therefore it is highly likely that the unit provides two split phases, which would allow phase angle adjustment inside the unit, thus matching WM to motor. | |
| Turntable set up- How easy is it Papermill is correct.But, as you listen, you will find that the initial adjustments are only good approximations, and that magic happens when you get it just right. So watch the pro and ask lots of questions and have him teach you to do it. That m... | |
| Custom TT Belt You are right, a good company. My belts were lost in the mail too, and they replaced without a quibble. | |
| Nottingham resonance control I have the older Mentor TT. It came with the heavy kit and Wave Mechanic.I agree with Davt. In order of improvements: 1) Upgrade from VPI to ultrasonic record cleaning (at 80KHz)2) Upgrade from Mentor tonearm to Trans-Fi air bearing arm3) Upgrade ... | |
| Tone arm upgrade I agree about the Trans-Fi Terminator. Don't let the name put you off - it is a first class piece of work, with clever design substituting for the need for expensive, high precision parts. It is at home in an expensive ESL system.Also, Vic, the ow... | |
| Nottingham motor controler Inna, the most important mod was to the plinth. I used an aluminum / Baltic Birch plywood / aluminum sandwich, and further isolated the motor. Also went to an air bearing tonearm (big difference).If I remember correctly, NA will match the WM to yo... | |
| Koetsu Stone Body vs Urushi/RSP I use the RSP with diamond cantilever. Exquisite. Smooth. Detailed. Quiet. Exquisite. Used with an air bearing tonearm, and a highly modified and upgraded NA Mentor. Electronics are home-brew and ESL's are also modified. | |
| What to upgrade first for better sound quality? I suggest infrastructure.First, clean up your records. I use 80 KHz ultrasonic cleaning, and it is like doubling the price of a major component (over my conventional record cleaner). Added benefit: extends stylus life. So before you spend big buck... | |
| Nottingham motor controler Yes, do it.I have a NA Mentor, much modified. Motor and WM are vintage 2014/12. I suggest that you get them both at the same time, and they will match the WM to the motor.The upgrade made a significant difference in my system, at a very reasonable... | |
| best value current production tonearm Yet another vote for Trans-Fi. Vic, the proprietor of Trans-Fi, seemed to be on a mission to improve my system and do whatever was necessary to make it happen. It did. | |
| VPI, Graham, Koetsu advice please I bought I KRSP two years ago, and have been refining the sound ever since. The first improvement I made was increasing the mass on the tonearm wand, using several distributed brass weights. Tonearm is the Trans-Fi air bearing. So yes, mass can re... |