thom_at_galibier_design
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| The Schroeder has arrived Hi Doug,You can still get an Olympus. It takes is some leg work however, along with the requisite cost of entry.You need to first locate a Lyra Parnassus with platinum magnets (not the Parnassus DCT). All you're after are the magnets. If you want ... | |
| Fine tuning: Airy3 on DPS Greetings from the house of Galibier,Play around with the tightness of the screw that locks down the counterweight. Frank has shown me that in most cases a *very* light touch is required on this screw. You'll get a more live sound this way - not r... | |
| The Schroeder has arrived Gosh,You're all making me blush, but I humbly accept the compliments. I can take the good with the bad. Those of you who want to see photos of Larry and his rig, can see it on my Owner's page: http://www.galibierdesign.com/systems_larry_keatts.htm... | |
| Comments / Observation on Dynavector 505 tonearm? I had a customer's DV-507 and his XV-1s for about 6 weeks. He wanted me to break everything in for him.I don't know how this relates to the 505, but there were two usability issues which immediately disqualify it from consideration for me. Both ma... | |
| Has anyone had experience with the Schroeder Arm Hello Ebm,Statements like "HAD ONE GOT A GRAHAM IT BLEW IT AWAY" don't help the reader in any way. Having lived with the Graham 2.2 (Benz Ruby 2, Denon DL103R), I can state that it is a very fine tonearm. Subjectively however, when moving to a Sch... | |
| recommended cartridge for ETII tonearm I concur with the above comments.At the time I had my et-2, I was most frequently running wood bodied Benz (an M0.9). I heard wonderful sounds coming out of my former collaborator's et-2 with an Ortofon SPU Royal N which is on the stiff side of a ... | |
| Is the Teres a Hi Patrick,I'm just now catching up after the Rocky Fest. Gravity never rests (old climbers' saying) ...It's The Tape Center splicing block on my support page:http://www.galibierdesign.com/support.htmlOne thing you need to be aware of is that the ... | |
| Two Tonearm Turntable: Need Suggestions Haven't pursued the 78 option primarily because of time constraints.Basically, all I need to do is to feed the controller from a 15 volt battery source and I'd be up and running. The regulator chip can take about 35 volts, so if you had two 12 V b... | |
| Is the Teres a Nothing is perfect. Mother Earth, for example has a resonant frequency of about 7.8 Hz if I remember my numbers correctly. Steel girders are elastic. Tape drive being perfectly rigid? You get the picture ... just a better approximation we all hope... | |
| Is the Teres a Gotcha covered. For everything you needed to know about tape splicing, sources for Mylar, etc.Check my support page at: http://www.galibierdesign.com/support.htmlCheers,Thom @ Galibier | |
| Is the Teres a PRaT follow-up ... Of course I was presuming tables with speed stability and immunity to varying stylus drag modulating their speed.My focus was on 'tables which cannot have the kind of speed stability that a Teres, Galibier, Redpoint and Verdier ... | |
| Is the Teres a And ... we can rest our backs after the heavy lifting and let Frank Schroeder do the setup. I'm sure we can con him into it.Cheers,Thom @ Galibier | |
| Is the Teres a Hi Doug,I mounted the Triplanar this evening, but it was getting too late to fit a cartridge. Tomorrow night, I wear my shipping department hat, but may well fit a cartridge and take her for a spin.I need to comment about the much overused (and ov... | |
| Is the Teres a And a Garard / Loricraft ... very impressive 'tables.Cheers,Thom @ Galibier | |
| Is the Teres a Of course, I have no control over this, but will be a happy participant in any after hours playing that may occur - to the extent that my back holds up.Even if I were to come out the "winner", I'd be the first to admit that this proves very little... |