thom_at_galibier_design
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| Teres still the way to go? Hi guys,I've been a bit of a "tease" over the past months with the Serac, and for this I apologize.The seemingly trivial act of finishing the base has taken me down more than one path. I've met some interesting folks along the way - including the ... | |
| tubes and analog One of the biggest fears a manufacturer has is that of a used piece of their gear appearing on the market after having been improperly modded.I've become quite friendly with Mike Sanders of Quicksilver Audio. Mike is one of the quintissential exam... | |
| tubes and analog Dear Raul,When you wrote:and I'm talking of those tube problems only because Mr. Atmasphere " thinks " that he lives in an " island " where only exist TUBES and where the other technologies are not " up to the task ".Tube problems my dear Raul are... | |
| tubes and analog Amen, brothers Ralph, Jim, Duke ...THE INDUSTRY IS MEASURING THE WRONG THINGS.THD is a meaningless number. The ear is remarkably sensitive to odd-order harmonics - responding rather pleasantly to even harmonics - especially 2nd order.Keep in mind ... | |
| Dynavector XV1s loading & phono Hi David,Click on this link ==> http://www.galibierdesign.com/prd_triplanar.htmlThe menu bar at the left side of this section will guide you through the particulars (the FAQs, Mounting, and Setup Guide sections).As I mentioned earlier, quite a ... | |
| Dynavector XV1s loading & phono Hi David, Firstly, a big thank-you to Doug for your eloquent description of the process. I have to put a link on my website to this post as well as Larryi's follow-up. They're real keepers and deserve to be easily referenced. Currently, all of my ... | |
| Armboard ... Maybe Clearaudio charges $1,000 for an armboard? They wouldn't do that... would they? If that's the case, here's a fellow who needs to buy a nice bottle of wine and to make friends with a machinist (grin).Cheers,Thom @ Galibier | |
| Armboard Yes Eugeneli,The bolt pattern for a Graham is different from that of a Triplanar. If I recall, the standard Graham mount has 4 holes on a 2.2" bolt circle. Don't anyone get out your drills based on this ... I'm going from memory.I've never seen th... | |
| Dynavector XV1s loading & phono Hi Shane,Even with good cartridges like the XV-1s, Lyras, etc., I tend to set VTA as a "compromise" over a range of records and then forget it for the most part after that. There are times when I'll twiddle with it when something sounds off, becau... | |
| Dynavector XV1s loading & phono Jonathan,You never fail to inject a voice of reason and perspective into any dialog you enter.Thank you!Thom @ Galibier | |
| Dynavector XV1s loading & phono Dear Raul,I take issue with your incessant proselytizing about the evils of step-up transformers. The fact that you embrace a particular architecture means only that after years of dedication, you have arrived at a solution which works well for yo... | |
| Dynavector XV1s loading & phono Hi Speedy one ..I agree with Thom's comments. I think you should first try optimizing the VTF per Thoms's suggestions.I didn't want to scare the poor felow, but yes ... you dragged it out of me (grin). .02 is definitely in the realm of audibility.... | |
| Dynavector XV1s loading & phono Hi David,I have a few inexpensive suggestions I'd like you to try, and please reply to this thread with your findings. There's no objective reason for an XV-1s to sound shut-in and undynamic on your rig.1. Tracking Force: Play with this first. It'... | |
| What Makes a Good RIAA or Line Stage? Hi Ralph, Jonathan, Raul ...Back to our regularly scheduled programming. This is good stuff ! I need to take it in small chunks.This concept of immunity from input overload is a critical one. Listen up to these wise folks folks. If you're scratchi... | |
| What Makes a Good RIAA or Line Stage? Hi Raul,If I may offer you a bit of friendly advice, and remember ... free advice is usually worth a bit less than what you pay for it.I know that we have " to fight " not only against limitations in electronic parts, technology limitations but mo... |