thom_at_galibier_design
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| Best Used Phono preamp around $2500 One thing that gets overlooked in the Heron is how good its MM stage is. In my experience, the MC stage has too much of an s-s signature. Others will no doubt differ, but even when viewed as an MM stage, it's a great value. I run my Heron into ... | |
| Micro Seiki MA 505 Arm - how good is it? Yes Pryso. The Mk III has a straight removable arm tube (headshell is fixed). A point of clarification on the "no man's land" of tonearms between the $5-800 price-point and $5K and upwards.1. I haven't tried every tonearm extant.2. I intentionally... | |
| Micro Seiki MA 505 Arm - how good is it? The The MA-505 Mk-III does *not* have adjustable azimuth. The Mk-I (with its "S" shaped wand and removable headshell) does. I have not handled the Mk-II.Cheers,Thom @ Galibier | |
| Micro Seiki MA 505 Arm - how good is it? The 505 (in all three incarnations) was the baby brother of the MAX-237/283.It was a nice arm. I have a marginal preference for the Fidelity Research FR-64FX, but 10 different people could easily split their preferences for these two tonearms 50/5... | |
| Upgrade for users of 1/2" mylar belt Update - as I feared, these individual queries are not exactly the business model Blue Lake had envisioned - same with the other suppliers. I'm going to update the overview on my belts section to reflect this.Also, I'm going to put out a newslette... | |
| Maintenance for arms with detachable headshells I'd flush it with De-oxit and then forget about it ;-)Cheers,Thom @ Galibier | |
| Upgrade for users of 1/2" mylar belt I just heard back from Dean at Blue Lake Products & they've developed a pricing model for small quantities.I placed the direct link to their new turntable belt page on my Support/Belts page for your permanent reference: http://galibierdesign.c... | |
| Upgrade for users of 1/2" mylar belt Hi Doug,Pulley/Sheave/Capstan. Pulley seems to be the term most people can relate to, but I certainly get your point.I can see where (with a narrow pulley), the stiffer .003 Mylar could potentially be problematic. We've gone to 1.360" diameter pul... | |
| looking at upgrading my tonearm from a triplanar What Doug said (along with our friend at Helius) ...Ralph, theory is fine, but the fact is that even our mother planet has a resonant frequency. I fear that it's a bit utopian to expect an armwand to accomplish what our planet cannot do (to dissip... | |
| Upgrade for users of 1/2" mylar belt Hi all,I've been too engaged with the Eiger to look into this. I suspect that these companies thought they were doing a one-off and made belts for a few folks like Palasar. Then, they started receiving a flood of requests and realized that these "... | |
| Any Herron VTPH-2 Phono Stage Owners out there? The PH2 is in my stable, and I consider its MM input to be extremely good. My preference is to run a step-up into the MM stage (bypassing the MC input).I've heard only one phono stage with s-s in the signal path that I could live with, and it is n... | |
| looking at upgrading my tonearm from a triplanar Syntax - your comments (Graham vs. Kuzma/Tri-Planar) are very instructive. I would state it differently: that the presentation of the Tri-Planar and Kuzma are dramatically different from the Graham's presentation.I wouldn't call either superior, b... | |
| looking at upgrading my tonearm from a triplanar Stating the obvious (and agreeing with you Lew), tonearm/cartridge auditions are the most difficult comparisons to make, and small differences in setup can dramatically influence the results of a comparison.Your best bet is the experience of an au... | |
| Upgrade for users of 1/2" mylar belt I updated my support page based on feedback from my customers. I left all of the links on the Drive Belt page, but noted where some of the manufacturers have placed minimum order quantities.I'll start inventorying them soon.Cheers,Thom | |
| Upgrade for users of 1/2" mylar belt Hi all,Thom here … I haven't logged much forum time in the past 18 months as the Eiger project has been all-consuming. I'll try to hit on a few salient points …Doug: I agree with you about belt traction. Last year's new drive system employs a much... |