thom_at_galibier_design
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| ZYX Airy 3x/SB vs. Dynavector XV-1 or 1s Hello Wc65mustang,I think you need to re-read your comments and realize the impact of the written word as far as human feelings and general civility are concerned. It's a simple matter to insult someone and then call him overly sensitive when eith... | |
| How accurate is the Geo-Disc cartridge alignment ? Short of a Wally Tractor, you can't go wrong with the protractor from Turntable Basics.As an aside (and to lure Doug Deacon into the fray), Tri Mai at Triplanar specifies the same protractor which he gives away with his tonearms.I'd prefer that th... | |
| Just bought a nitty gritty, hear no difference. All,First of all, the solution to pollution is dilution. The more fluid you lay on the record, the lower the concentration dirt in the fluid and the cleaner your records will be ... to a point, of course.One of the difficulties in learning how to ... | |
| Minimum Cartridge output for CAT Ultimate Preamp You're on your way!Cheers,Thom @ Galibier | |
| Minimum Cartridge output for CAT Ultimate Preamp Hi Aoliverio,The 47 dB translates to a voltage multiplication of 223. Likely Ken was rounding for sake of simplicity.Being too lazy to go to my calculator, I found the following calculator online: http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-db.htmClic... | |
| Minimum Cartridge output for CAT Ultimate Preamp Greetings,You need to consider your complete system gain structure.I took a look at the following review of an SL1 Ultimate: http://www.gcaudio.com/products/reviews/infocat.htmlIt claims:Phono gain: 47 dB (less than I'd expect)Line Stage Gain:26 d... | |
| About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone My sincerest sympathies to Pat's friends and family.Thom | |
| ZYX Airy 3x/SB vs. Dynavector XV-1 or 1s Doug, Speedy and others have covered the salient points.Let me add, that you will not side step your problem by switching to the XV-1s. I love the Dynavectors, with the XV-1s (along with my trusty Denon 103R) being the only other cartridge I'd con... | |
| ZYX Universe - Unipivot or Dual Gimbal arm Hi Roger, Doug ...The fascinating revelation for me was the discovery of multiple null points (false nulls) which brought me no comfort in the least. I believe I described this in a recent thread (this one?). Failing instrumentation, we're left wi... | |
| ZYX Universe - Unipivot or Dual Gimbal arm Hi Larry (Cello), Doug, all ...Every time I'm around Frank, I learn/modify my knowledge base. About 6 months ago, I had a Lyra Parnassus in house. This cartridge has an extremely tall cantilever. I got to thinking about this (there you go again ..... | |
| ZYX Universe and Lyra Titan I think it's time for a group hug ...Some interesting statistics: this year, sales of new vinyl exceeded the combined sales of SACD and DVA.Did anyone attend the seminar at this year's Rocky Mountain Audiofest on the future of analog? I'd be inter... | |
| ZYX Universe and Lyra Titan A call for peace and an opportunity to learn from each other ...Like many of you, I grow tired of touchy personality issues on web forums. I'd love to see a fresh start with the slate being wiped clean. Perhaps I'm missing something here, and fran... | |
| ZYX Universe - Unipivot or Dual Gimbal arm Lots to cover in this thread ... I'll try to pluck off a few salient points.I feel a bit odd, being in the middle of this ZYX love-fest, but I have to admit that they are mitey-fine cartridges. I have to agree with Raul however that the Dynavector... | |
| ZYX Universe - Unipivot or Dual Gimbal arm Hi Larry,Was this a session where Frank set everything up? The reason I ask is that you can exercise in enormous amount of control in how much energy you release into the tonearm based on how tight the cartridge screws are. This can have a dramati... | |
| Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2005 Yes, Triplanar will be in two rooms, I believe. The one I know about should be making outstanding sound - with my former collaborator's 'tables (Redpoint), accompanied with John Wolff's Classic Audio Reproductions speakers. I'm not certain about t... |