tketcham
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| SME FDIV Kit For SME 309 Tonearm Peter; the adjustments don't have to be "on-the-fly" so the clumsy approach to VTA isn't a deal breaker for me. I have a method of making consistent tonearm height settings now but it's not convenient; the FDIV/VTA adjustment screw is tempting for... | |
| SME FDIV Kit For SME 309 Tonearm Thanks for the insight on the damping kit. If I read about a few more recommendations to use the FDIV for VTA adjustment, I'll be hoping for some overtime to get one and try it out.Regards,Tom | |
| SME FDIV Kit For SME 309 Tonearm Cougar4u; let us know what you think of the damping kit for tonearm height adjustments. I'm curious if you think it's worth the money for the convenience.Regards,Tom | |
| Audio Technica AT33EV different versions? On RP6? Sbrown; if you order the cartridge, be aware...I have been using an AT33PTG for years and really enjoy the cartridge, but you need to be aware that you're purchasing a product not authorized for sale in the U.S.A.; it has no warranty either here o... | |
| Separate playbacks for vinyl, cd? I found a happy medium in my setup...I use a solid state integrated amplifier to power a turntable and solid state phono stage combination and a CD player and tube buffer stage combination. The warmth of the analog is maintained without the need f... | |
| setting VTF with a digital guage Despite my suggestion to develop a calibration factor for the Acoustech, I didn't go to that much trouble to set VTF. Close enough was good enough. I had (and liked) the Acoustech digital gauge but it failed on me. I went back to using a Shure gau... | |
| setting VTF with a digital guage Andy, you might try experimenting by measuring the differences in VTF between the gauge and your setup LP to develop a calibration adjustment that you can apply when using the Acoustech gauge on the platter.Start by figuring out how much higher ab... | |
| Jolida JD9 settings for use with a Denon DL-160? Erik; based on what you've posted you are using the right settings, so it may be the tubes. I find that the JD9 will convey a different sound depending on the tubes. My favorite tubes of the three I've tried were Mullard style tubes from Groove Tu... | |
| Feelings on the Music Hall MMF 7.1 I haven't seen the new mmf-7.1 but from the photographs of the turntable (located at the Music Hall web site), the tonearm doesn't look like the Pro-Ject 9cc. The tonearm in the high-res image appears to have a separate headshell from the arm tube... | |
| Record cleaning machine or other devices?? Pivetta; how many records are you planning to clean? A few hundred? A thousand? Thousands?As Actusreus suggests, it depends on what you can afford now, and over time. If you don't plan on accumulating more than a few hundred albums and want to kee... | |
| SoundSmith EZ Mount Cartridge Screws Nothing negative; that's unless you mess up and don't adjust VTF after installing a high compliance cartridge or one with a fragile suspension using the heavy brass (6.2g) or stainless (5.8g) screws. That extra weight/force might damage the suspen... | |
| SoundSmith EZ Mount Cartridge Screws Oops. The second database link title should have been "Cartridge Database". It's mislabeled but gets you to the right place. TK | |
| SoundSmith EZ Mount Cartridge Screws Rosedanny; a relatively simple way to determine which weight of screw to use can be found at VinylEngine.com...Resonance Calculator You need to know the effective mass of the tonearm and the weight and compliance of the cartridge in order to use t... | |
| Upgrading cartridge used or new? Hi, Mountainsong; the replies you get aren't necessarily going to reflect the overall opinions on buying new or used. It's a limited sample of people that are willing to take the time to reply. But you probably already knew that.The question you s... | |
| Analog vs Digital Confusion Rgp; I've been playing LPs for more than 40 years and have a CDP and a tube buffer that makes for some very listenable CD playback. I could be content listening to only digital music. But I continue to listen to vinyl mainly because I enjoy the "r... |