thom_at_galibier_design
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| Feickert analogue protractor....Owners impressions Hi 04rdking,Looking at the specs for the 309 on SME's website:Effective Length: 232.2Pivot-Spindle: 213.4Offset angle: unspecifiedFrom John Ellison's great spreadsheet (free stuff on Enjoy the Music website ... also linked to from my support page)... | |
| MC phono stage without transformer? Ahh ... I missed Clio09's comment, noting that John Chapman is using Magnequest for his Bent/Mu step-ups (and not Intact Audio/Slagles). John is using Intact Audio (Dave Slagle) autoformers for his TVC however. I heard a pre-production unit over t... | |
| MC phono stage without transformer? Ralph is absolutely correct in that transformers have their problems. Designing one that gracefully hides their limitations is quite the challenge, with some of the main contenders being Lundahl, Bent (Slagle), Jensen, Tribute, Audio Note, et. al.... | |
| Cartridge downgrade? In this thread, I echo Stringreen's comments about the Benz LP: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1214854737&read&3&4&This comes from a guy who loves sells Dynavectors.Now, your question relates to ratcheting back y... | |
| Benz LP Ebony, and S-Class Ebony For reasons that escape me, the Ebony line of cartridges does not get the respect it deserves, and they get overlooked by audiophiles in serach of a world-class cartidge.I mention this for the benefit of those who might be in a similar situation t... | |
| Thin record and thin sound? Yes, I have many decent sounding Dynaflexes - at least when I play them on my turntables. They don't sound thin at all, and I don't obsess with constant VTA twiddling.Note, that since I started using an arc style protractor and optimized my alignm... | |
| Feickert analogue protractor....Owners impressions Hi Mjglo,Your question is indeed a valid one. Every effective length has one and only one correct pivot to spindle distance and offset angle.Tim is adjusting for a change in effective length with the pivot to spindle change (and likely adjusting o... | |
| Feickert analogue protractor....Owners impressions Oh yes ... a quick follow-up to Joe.Yes indeed, someone could easily order an arc that resulted in a 222.8 mm pivot to spindle distance. Typically, you work backwards from effective length, but if you use John Ellison's wonderful spreadsheet and s... | |
| Feickert analogue protractor....Owners impressions Hi Joe55ag,Basically, you stepped back analyzed the problem, and came up with a workable solution. Good for you!Take note of how Joe approached this problem.You bring up the very good point that, just because a manufacturer specifies certain param... | |
| Feickert analogue protractor....Owners impressions Hi Tim,I may have to check out of this thread for a few days ... The short answer is that if you trace an arc (Wally, etc.), then life is good. A while ago, I performed an extreme-case analysis of using the wrong arc on paper. I've not yet had the... | |
| Feickert analogue protractor....Owners impressions Hi Smoffatt,For an SME or a Schroeder (Reference and DPS), I'd use either a conventional, two-point protractor and sweat through the details, or alternatively I'd figure out the effective length for my favorite cartridge and order an arc-style pro... | |
| Feickert analogue protractor....Owners impressions Thanks for the feedback on the Phantom, Downunder. I really need to play with this fine tonearm. I hope my earlier post wasn't taken as a negative one, but rather as one to describe how to increase the precision on the very fine method that Bob Gr... | |
| Feickert analogue protractor....Owners impressions All, Quite a few points to touch on here as this thread continues ...I. Graham Alignment TechniquePlease note that I've not played with the Phantom. My experiences and comments relate to with the 2.2. I believe that the Phantom sets up identically... | |
| incognito rewire-sonic improvement? My goodness how results vary! My data points for Discovery Cable are the Artisan tonearm with a Plus-4 tonearm interconnect, the Triplanar tonearm, along with Discovery interconnects.The big caveat here is (as if you didn't know) ... this evaluati... | |
| incognito rewire-sonic improvement? Hi Dan,The Incognito is quite nice wire, but the slightest bit rolled off on top. You might like it depending on your system balance.My vote would go to contacting Joe de Phillips at Discovery Cable to wire your arm.It might be of interest to you ... |