thom_at_galibier_design
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| Uni-Protractor Set tonearm alignment Hi Raul,Not a lot of itme these days, but this thread was brought to my attention by a couple of customers.Up until this point, I have been recommending arc protractors for owners of all tonearms with adjustable headshell slots. The Mint combines ... | |
| Uni-Protractor Set tonearm alignment Dertonearm,I'm extremely interested in this topic, as my owners are beginning to ask me about your new tool. My first reaction is to have them buy one for me (for my Durand Talea, thank you) and I'll experiment with it and let them know. All kiddi... | |
| Art Audio Vinyl Reference vs Maxxed Out K&K Lew,I'm sorry we missed each other earlier this month.Kevin is launching a company with a retail distribution model - Sonus Veritas. This is likely what you're alluding to.John fairly well nails it - that the K&K Max will evolve more quickly a... | |
| Triplanar is compatible with a Peripheral Clamp oh ... and to the original poster. Nice work. I appreciate your passion.Cheers,Thom @ Galibier | |
| Triplanar is compatible with a Peripheral Clamp Hi Lew,For every question about the Tri-Planar's choice of offset direction, there's an owner of a turntable which is limited to mounting the range of typical 9" tonearms.With an effective length of 250mm (remember that 254mm = 10 in.) the offset ... | |
| Listening impressions of two tonearm wires Not to put too fine a point on it, but even tone controls can wreak havoc on an audioi signal. There is bad wire out there, as well as good wire that's implemented poorly.I didn't want it to be misunderstood. Cable makers sweat long and hard in de... | |
| Listening impressions of two tonearm wires My expereience has been similar to that of Frogman's.Wire is really very simple. It either alters phase by virtue of its reactance (inductance and capacitance), shields well (or not), and has resistance. Litz configurations address phase and skin ... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea It's not the tonearm, that's limiting your choice of your record collection, Cousinbilly. An upgrade can be a cruel mistress until you sort everything out, but when you do, your record collection will be returned to you.Of course, you'll hear furt... | |
| Where to get an arm board? Audio porn (like regular porn) is not necessarily a basis for a productive, long term relationship.When thinking about a turntable design, you need to consider the physical energy paths, in much the same way you consider the current paths in an am... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea I have yet to experience a cartridge whose essential character was not revealed to me after 5-7 hours.It most certainly loosens up and settles in for 25-70 hours, and you should absolutely revisit your entire setup several times (including loading... | |
| Dynavector XV-1S tracking force issue I would START evaluating every cartridge at 47K if this is possible (or without supplementary loading resistors with a step-up transformer), and work my way down in binary increments (halving the load with each successive step).You may well find s... | |
| Dynavector XV-1S tracking force issue What Raul said ...Cheers,Thom @ Galibier (in an uncharacteristically short post) | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Hi Lew,All of the early adopters have been made a handsome upgrade offer which lasts through the end of the year. I've never seen a manufacturer participate so heavily in helping owners make a change to a new version.Of course, the trade-in offer ... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Bill,You need to experiment with your MP-1 loading. I've run as high as wide open (47K - no loading resistors) with an XV-1s. On other phono stages with the XV-1s, I've run as low as 35 ohms.Tri-Planars, Moerchs, Taleas, and a few other arms come ... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Welcome home Frank, and thanks, for the detailed follow-up. At the end of the day, the key takeaway, while not what everyone hoped for, was a very good one, nevertheless. New and old friendships were made / rekindled. I agree with you, 100% about ... |