tketcham
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| Reasonable not to be offered a trial on a cart? It shouldn't be surprising that dealers do not allow prospective customers to demo valuable cartridges at home. The risk of damage and cost of repair or replacement is too high. As for the assertion that "components are likely not to sound of thei... | |
| interesting article about turntables and vinyl Odd statement at the end..."Most older turntables have a feature that allows users to replace the cartridge that controls record playback quality, a feature that might be important to audiophiles. Newer models are often outfitted with ONE STANDARD... | |
| Cartridge gain question Rockyboy; here's a simple chart showing approximate gain needed for a range of cartridge output voltages. (Modified from KAB website.) Below the chart is a link to the KAB gain calculator. It also provides a way to determine phono gain when only s... | |
| Clearaudio Concept - Used - Careful Pdjmwj; you might want to have your local retailer have a look at the turntable to make sure it's working properly. Just a quick look will find the most likely problems. That way you're not trying to set up a turntable that cannot be set up becaus... | |
| What exactly is "breaking in" on a new cartridge ? Neslepums; my comment on "break-in" being an ongoing phenomenon was somewhat cynical. :-) You're correct; "break-in" as used with phono cartridges is really just wear. But as I suggested, if the suspension does have a wear rate that is rapid at fi... | |
| What exactly is "breaking in" on a new cartridge ? It would be interesting to see a graph indicating the progression of change in cantilever suspension elasticity (or stiffness) over time played. As the suspension is stressed from movement of the cantilever and as the suspension becomes less/more ... | |
| Gingko or Symposium Ultra Platform?? Fivechannelguy: Herbie's no longer carries the larger 1 3/8 in. "grungebuster" balls. The web site advertised them as suitable replacements for the Gingko "Cloud" platform. My hunch is that they found the "MedicinBall" to be a better match with th... | |
| Gingko or Symposium Ultra Platform?? Fivechannelguy: the results you found replacing the Gingko balls with Herbie's "MedicinBall"s are different than when I tried Herbie's 1-3/8 in. "grungebuster" balls. I found that the "grungebuster" ball diminished the liveliness and resolution of... | |
| Setting Azimuth Hi, Arnold; before you come to a conclusion about the Fozgometer you need to eliminate other possibilities. Have you tried switching the RCA leads from the CD player during the calibration test to see if the CDP has equal signal output? Switch RCA... | |
| Acceptable level of hum at max volume? Roggae, you might check to see if you can lower the gain on the JD9 and still have enough signal strength feeding your integrated amp. I don't know which cartridge you're using or which outputs on the JD9 you have connected but if you use the high... | |
| VTA and HTA overhang Sarcher30, the mat I'm referring to is not the "Way Excellent" mat; it's the "Donut" mat found at the bottom of the Herbie's Turntable Mat web page. It's basically the elastomer wafer of the "Way Excellent" mat without the silicone foam base. The ... | |
| VTA and HTA overhang Theo, adjusting for differences in record thickness (weight) is exactly what I do using a Herbie's "Donut" mat. I use a 0.5mm mat to compensate for the thinner 120g-150g LPs. Actually, I'm compensating for the heavy 180g-200g LPs that I started pu... | |
| Bang for the buck Hi, Dave; your right, my perspective is based on prices charged for upgrades in the USA. In Great Britain the upgrades are much more reasonable.I'll reinforce your recommendation for a good speed strobe and adjusting the speed controller as needed... | |
| Bang for the buck Hi, Misnomer; if I was going to start spending much more money on a Gyro SE I would probably just buy the Orbe or another table. I'm not a believer in putting lots of money into turntable upgrades. The cost of the Orbe spindle and clamp was pushin... | |
| Bang for the buck Hi, Misnomer; you cannot go wrong with the Orbe spindle and clamp upgrade. I made the switch with my Gyro SE and the screw-down clamp is a big improvement over the stock clamp. You can make fine adjustments to clamping pressure as needed to get ju... |