thom_at_galibier_design
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| DPS/Schroeder Ref. Turntable Hi Red, Doc ...I agree with both of you. Let me explain / clarify. Regarding my comments about filament voltages, I can see where some might infer that I was claiming to have discovered a magic "tonearm dial" with this filament voltage adjustment ... | |
| DPS/Schroeder Ref. Turntable Hi All,I look at this tonearm thing just a bit differently. I'll stay out of the turntable discussion for obvious reasons ...I truly believe that if you lined up an optimally set up Triplanar and Schröder Reference (not necessarily identical cartr... | |
| tonearm match ZYX Universe Moerch and Triplanar Hi All,I'd take my existing budget, pick up the Triplanar from Mehran and spend whatever is left on the cartridge. If this means backing off on the Universe for 6 months or a year, it is still the right decision.A cartridge is a consumable item, w... | |
| Nationalism in Audio Products? Hi Travis, FlyingredThanks for clarifying what I meant to say - that VAT is applied equally, but that there are added VAT charges for exporters - with VAT being applied to shipping, insurance, and handling. More significant is the distribution lay... | |
| Nationalism in Audio Products? All,This is a provocative thread. The topic has been on my mind for quite some time. One point that needs to be made relates to barriers presented to exporters. I'm in the process of obtaining my first dealer who will be in the UK (Artisan Audio) ... | |
| Dynavector XX-2 The ability to play (and enjoy) your entire record collection has to be the Dyanavectors' greatest virtue ... even more than its great sound.I can now enjoy old RCA Dynagrooves along with my best pressings. Having a window into the music is what i... | |
| Can anyone suggest a good universal headshell? Sumiko ... it permits azimuth adjustment which is NOT a trivial advantage.Cheers,Thom @ Galibier | |
| Challenges to Stereophile's Art Dudley re LP12? I have to remember to ask Art what he uses for a stylus force gauge. Having heard the differences that .05 g can make in terms of all sorts of subtle effects (including perceived pace and timing), much of what he's writing about could easily be ra... | |
| My Teres 350 is on the way Friends,We have are all in a bit of a "Catch-22" that Cello alluded to. The more time Frank spends with support e-mails, phone contacts, etc., the less time he has to perform his main task - which is building tonearms. Frank has a hand-picked deal... | |
| Best Tonearm for Dynavector XV1s Hello Fbhifi,You will find the XV-1s to be extremely tolerant of varying mass tonearms. The week after the Rocky Mountain Audiofest, I had a small gathering at my place.I still had an XV-1s owned by my "partner in crime" from Azzolina Audio. Frank... | |
| My Teres 350 is on the way Hi all,Well ... as Frank's show guide entry on page 71 of this year's Rocky Mountain Audiofest states "worth waiting for ...". Having said that, it's my opinion that your dealer should provide you with a bi-monthly status update. It's difficult fo... | |
| Experience with Raul's Essential 3150 This is great stuff guys. Along the lines of what Doug intimated, it's not so much your overall choice of tubes vs. solid state, but what you do with it. I have every confidence that between the Essential, the Alap, and (if I may be so bold) the A... | |
| oil change t/t Amen, brother Nick. I should have been a bit more forceful in directing folks to the link to my bearing faq in the above post, where I mention to stay away from detergent additives.While experimentation is can be both fun and productive to those s... | |
| oil change t/t Frank Van Alstine has contributed much to the audio world and is entitled to his opinions. The key to all of this is finding your own comfort level. If MP-3's float your boat and you're smilin', then you're ahead of the game.The original question ... | |
| The Schroeder has arrived Not only that (Dan-ed's comments), but adding any sort of bonding agent may interrupt energy transmission. Think of everything as a material - even a thin bonding layer.Better to wank down on some bolts to join the two layers together. This, at le... |