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| What Cartridges to use with Triplanar IIV Tonearm? Yes, please give us some specific insight into your current system, long-term goals, and taste in music. While I'm still of the opinion that a good rig should do all music perfectly, we live in the real world, and we can consider compromises appro... | |
| What Cartridges to use with Triplanar IIV Tonearm? Hi Mike,In my experience, the Hagerman Trumpet, Artemis Labs PL-1 and PH-1, along with the Quicksilver full function preamp have all made good sound in my rig.You need to take with a grain of salt these three recommendations because I have either ... | |
| Optimum TT Height Regular record handling is fine at that height, but standing over a protractor can be panful.I usually do my setup (sighting in on the protractor) on one knee ... gets my head at the right height with little strain.Cheers,Thom @ Galibier | |
| Optimum TT Height Dcstep is thinking along my lines - ergonomic design. For me, this ends up with record platter height just a bit lower - perhaps 4" below my elbows as I like a less acute angle when placing a record on a platter. Think in terms of holding a record... | |
| What Cartridges to use with Triplanar IIV Tonearm? The Jubilee is nice, but the SPU Royal-N is better and less expensive. It doesn't work quite as well with arms on the lower side of average however, and hence the Jubilee's popularity. The SPU Royal-N and Triplanar are a match made in heaven, as i... | |
| What Cartridges to use with Triplanar IIV Tonearm? All,The thing about a Triplanar mounted on a good turntable reminds me of the old Fred Astaire movies. Fred didn't need Cid Cherise to create the illusion of working with a great partner, although Cid was one of the best (RIP Cid). Fred could can ... | |
| What Cartridges to use with Triplanar IIV Tonearm? Stringreen gets it right ...Know that the Disovery Cable tonearm wire goes through a break-in process, and I'm not sure how long this takes, as I accelerate this by running a line level signal for 72 hours - through all of the Triplanars passing t... | |
| Origin Live cartridge setup with Wally Tractor Yes,Work with the 239/222 arc on your Wally, and use the slots in the headshell to allow you to make the slight effective length and offset angle corrections. In writing this, I assume that the OL arm has slots in the headshell and not holes ... t... | |
| Dynavector 17D3 w/Audio Research SP15 Listen to the Speedy one on this ...I have a FAQ on system gain and what it means. Like all numbers, you still have to give a listen. A noisy circuit with theoretically enough gain will drive you out of the room ... or not ... depending on your to... | |
| Alignment Snafu? Or? Hi Mark,One thing I've learned is that you can never predict the results of any change you're going to make. The changes need to be considered in the context of your complete analog ecosystem.For example, yours (VPI in general) is one of the only ... | |
| Alignment Snafu? Or? A quick follow-up on the Feickert protractor ... In my above comments, I was endorsing it as a reliable (albeit expensive) means of measuring pivot to spindle distance and nothing more.I have not played with this protractor, but people whom I trus... | |
| Anyone tried/owns Origin Live Enterprise tonearm? Hello Ian,It sounds as if you have found a wonderful synergy between Origin Live turntables and Origin Live tonarms.Synergy is at least as important as the overall quality of the inidividual components.Regards,Thom @ Galibier | |
| Alignment Snafu? Or? Hi Mark,Dan alludes to the active thread here:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1210959908&read&3&4& where you'll find several informative links.Read this stuff and then read it again. Know that using a sight line i... | |
| Turntable, where is my bass??? To elaborate on Dcstep's comments, changing damping (either by using a different viscosity or by reducing the contact with the fluid) will have the effect of altering the effective mass of the arm, and hence the bass response.I would absolutely re... | |
| Report on SoundSmith Clearaudio Rebuild Realize that a great fellow like Peter is still ... only one guy. Cue up, cut him some slack on schedule, and be prepare yourself while waiting to be amazed.Cheers,Thom @ Galibier |