thom_at_galibier_design
Responses from thom_at_galibier_design
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine I missed this thread the first time around. Since we added more content to our drive system update page, we’ve unsurprisingly been fielding quite a few questions about Verdiers. I caught a couple of comments above (one by @lewm) which is exactly w... | |
| Tone arm holes do not line up - best way to attach TT? Sorry I didn’t have time to read through some likely very good comments by experienced posters. Here are my thoughts ...I was tasked with correcting the mount of a Reed 2P for a customer, and discovered that the arm’s mounting specifications (pivo... | |
| Another review of a tweaked Denon DL-103R ??? Oh no! Boring? Surely not! Please read it! Raul speaks the truth. The problem with many DL103 and 103R rebuilds is that they frequently throw the baby out with the bath water. Whenever you change a design with something as dramatic as a cantilever and stylus replacement, you run the risk o... | |
| Best 300B tube Count me in the "don’t overlook your driver tube" camp.300Bs (and directly heated triodes in general) are very responsive to the driver, and what worked with your JJs may be the wrong driver for the TJs (or other higher resolution 300Bs).Just beca... | |
| Woofer pumping possibly due to tube amp when playing vinyl Thanks for the responsesto answer some questions:no sub is in usemy preamp does have mono but didn’t affect the pumpingI will try different speakers to see how that goes. Tail wagging the dog. Listen to @ millercarbon and others. Work on the fro... | |
| Charging A Fee To Demo An Amplifier In A Brick & Mortar Store The demo fee reminds me of an old Marx Brothers line: "do you suppose I can buy back my introduction to you?"Thom @ Galibier Design | |
| SET amps Two options I tell my friends (for whom our NiWatts are a touch too pricey):http://shop.diyhifisupply.com/product-category/kits-assembled/amplifiers-and-preamps/ https://bottlehead.com/ Both Brian Cherry (Diyhifi) and Dan S (Bottlehead) have an ex... | |
| Tone arm resonance and cartridge compliance: How do they interact?? TL;DR ...One point I’d make is that the numbers are a good staring point, but will take you only so far. I’d give serious credence to "tribal knowledge", trying the combination out, as well as the advice of a trusted dealer.I took the compliance c... | |
| An EXPERIMENT for those who have never heard differences in cables I hate to jump into cable conversations, but suffice it to say that we’re big fans of litz for our interconnects (enamel insulation over each strand). Apart from its sonics, another key advantage of litz (and magnet wire) is that ZERO break-in is ... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth TL;DRI was however fortunate enough to catch @kirkus’ post. Thanks for taking the time to post.---Have you ever played with tonearms which have multiple counterweights that can be used in different combinations? The resonant frequency shift from ... | |
| Daedalus Ulysses Well, I know @salectric ’s tastes (he’s a good customer) and I get what he’s saying.Take both his and my comments with a grain of salt. I’ve never heard anything that moved me the way an alnico 15" Altec woofer does. I have to however, maintain at... | |
| Amazing Service from Galibier Turntables Thanks for the kind words, guys. With the small size of our company, we get to know each and every one of our customers quite well.An extra (mutual) benefit accrues with our local customers - as we get to beta test new products and updates in the ... | |
| Paragraph line spacing test In the Firefox address bar enter "about:config" (without the quotes). If a cautionary note appears bypass it by clicking "I accept the risk," or whatever such words appear. (I’ve routinely done that many times over the years for various reasons, w... | |
| Colorado-Based Manufacturers Isn’t Durand, the tonearm manufacturer, also in Colorado?Joel is out of Seattle. I helped him with the launch of the Talea back in 2010/2011, so that might be the source of confusion about a Colorado connection.... Thom @ Galibier Design | |
| Spade vs bare wire Keep in mind that if 6-nines copper is important to you, then bare copper wire is continually oxidizing, and copper oxide is a semi-conductor (a diode). Guitar effects manufacturers use diodes to create distortion boxes. Silver oxide is a conducto... |