thom_at_galibier_design
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| Teres audio DIY turntable Hi George,Teres makes good stuff. Throughout my association with Chris, we've differed on minor philosophical issues and approached the bulls eye from places 180 degrees apart ... all the while, converging on the same bulls eye.Cheers,Thom @ Galibier | |
| Teres audio DIY turntable Hello Mantisory,Just to set the record straight, here's a flow chart of the lineage which began with Teres and subsequently spawned Redpoint and Galibier:http://www.galibierdesign.com/family_tree.htmlI don't even know if diyaudio.com was around at... | |
| How critical is the exact placement of the tonearm Hi Radrog,I think that everyone is in agreement that you can get there from here with any tool. The issue is (a) how an individual interacts with the tool - how intuitive it is to use, and (b) how much effort it takes.To date however, I have to ad... | |
| Triplanar Mk VI or Mk VII? Hi all,You could easily be hearing the difference betwee broken-in wire vs. "cold" wire. In a high resolution system, especially with a cartridge that has extended frequency response, you'll hear quite a bit of improvement.Rather than answer the q... | |
| How critical is the exact placement of the tonearm Agreed that getting it "right" is the goal, Greg. It's fascinating to me that through the years, so many different geometries have been proposed as being right.Cheers,Thom @ Galibier | |
| How critical is the exact placement of the tonearm In the above arc protractor thread, Richard posts a link to a set of 3 loupes sold at Edumnd Scientific Supply ... for about $5.00.Cheers,Thom | |
| Schroeder Model 2 for Technics + Ortofon 2M Black Hi Folks,Doug says it best - that compliance numbers and effective mass can tell you of a gross mismatch, but other than that, it becomes a plug it in and try it out sort of thing. I'd guess that your cartridge would be a mismatch for even a Rega ... | |
| Schroeder Model 2 for Technics + Ortofon 2M Black Hi Dsa,If I remember correctly, the standard Rega mount uses a 222 mm pivot to spindle distance to achieve a Stevenson alignment with a 237 mm effective length (along with some unknown to me offset angle).The Model-2, with it's 239.3 mm effective ... | |
| How critical is the exact placement of the tonearm Hi Rene,You didn't miss anything. You are correct that there is no preferred effective length (as long as you are not using an arc style protractor which is drawn for one and only one set of parameters).The benefit of a two point protractor is tha... | |
| Schroeder Model 2 for Technics + Ortofon 2M Black Yes, the Model-2 has a 222 mm pivot to spindle distance and a 239 mm effective length.If the Rega is mounted on a Rega turntable, then they use a Stevenson alignment which is slightly closer to the record spindle, with the cartridge mounted to pro... | |
| How critical is the exact placement of the tonearm Yes, Greg ... With the SME architecture you're "stuck" with a fixed offset angle (to the extent that your cartridge screws have some play in the headshell holes). This essentially means that the cartridge manufacturer's production tolerances dicta... | |
| How critical is the exact placement of the tonearm You are absolutely correct, Swampwalker. The Model-2 has a slot in the headshell which allows you to adjust the effective length (pivot to stylus distance) of the tonearm. The DPS and the Reference are fixed in a hole which allows the cartridge to... | |
| How critical is the exact placement of the tonearm One follow-up comment from Dan's 5/20 post ...The nature of a 2-point protractor is such that all but the most tortured souls will get one null point aligned perfectly and consider "really good" on the 2nd null point to be good enough. It is not g... | |
| How critical is the exact placement of the tonearm All,Dan and I have been hanging out elsewhere discussing the vitrues of arc-style protractors. I'm sorry to say that if you have not gotten your pivot to spindle distance error to well under .5 mm, that you've never heard your cartridge. Furthermo... | |
| Dynavector XV-1s set up Quick follow-up ... I didn't mean to imply that the phono stage is the only reason for people choosing a high tracking force. In re-reading this thread, I notice that Raul is tracking at 2.4. His Essential is one of the few phono sections which is... |