tketcham
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| Music Hall MMF-7 Hi, Fromuda. A handy way to adjust VTA (tone arm height) with the mmf-7 is to stack playing cards under the base of the tone arm to maintain its current height. Loosen the tone arm set screws and then either add cards or subtract cards to get the ... | |
| Picture Thread Audio-Technica AT33PTG | |
| Music Hall mmf-7 spins faster My hunch in explaning the faster speed is that with your momentary loss of composure, you accidently had the belt on the wrong pulley sheave. You might consider something more permanent than a piece of toilet paper to keep the pulley sheave locked... | |
| Audio Technica AT33 PTG or AT33R Hi, Ryder. The AT33PTG is a fine cartridge. I've been running one for more than two years now. I added a Dynavector DV-20XL and use it on my primary turntable but still listen to the AT33PTG on my other turntable.The 33PTG doesn't have quite the d... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Hi, Goatwuss, the turntables are mmf-7 with the aluminum Pro-Ject 9 arm. Nothing fancy but they work. The DV-20XL rarely has problems tracking but there are a few recordings that seem to give the cartridge a bit of trouble. The AT33PTG just plays ... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee I started reading through your thread and this last post prompted me to reply. I also own and use a 33PTG cartridge and I've found it to be an amazing tracker. It may not have quite the treble response and clarity or the better tonal balance and b... | |
| An easier way to set VTF/VTA/SRA? Perhaps.... Oops. "There's no on-the-fly..." nt | |
| An easier way to set VTF/VTA/SRA? Perhaps.... There's on-the-fly arm height adjustment so it'll be set it and forget it once things are dialed in, just as I'm doing now. I understand the merits of adjusting for the various record thicknesses to keep SRA near optimum but I guess I'm not seriou... | |
| An easier way to set VTF/VTA/SRA? Perhaps.... First things first...Well, Neil, I have well over 200 hours now on the cartridge so it's settled in nicely. (Much better term, I agree.) It sounds quite good right now but I won't try your installation protocol until the new tone arm arrives.And r... | |
| An easier way to set VTF/VTA/SRA? Perhaps.... Excellent, Neil! One of the better descriptions of the construction and workings of a moving coil cartridge that I've read. And to you and D: Now I understand that the idea of using WCA is truely "wishful thinking".Guess I'll have to make the inve... | |
| An easier way to set VTF/VTA/SRA? Perhaps.... Neil, thanks for the explanation. And for being tolerant of my misunderstanding of the relationship of the cantilever and generator. (The few schematics I've been able to find are crude representations at best.) My original thought on the use of c... | |
| An easier way to set VTF/VTA/SRA? Perhaps.... Hi, Nsgarch, the use of weighted cantilever angle would not add to the confusion but rather eliminate the use of SRA/VTA since both of these alignment parameters are nearly impossible to measure, especially VTA. Your description of how to find opt... | |
| An easier way to set VTF/VTA/SRA? Perhaps.... Hi, D., your comments reflect the factors that I, too, believe (but don't ascribe to) will keep consumers from having an easily measured parameter for cartridge setup. My thoughts (rebuttals really) on the points against using WCA follow:1) "...ca... | |
| Bent Cant, Can't get azimuth right. Does it matter D., I was referring to the horizontal position/alignment of the cantilever relative to the cartridge body. If the cantilever is noticeably offset from centerline with the body than there's a problem. But your point about vertical positioning of th... | |
| Bent Cant, Can't get azimuth right. Does it matter Phaser and Dertonarm: Aligning the cantilever/stylus isn't the only parameter that needs some attention. If the cantilever is askew enough that it isn't aligned optimally within the cartridge generator then sound quality will suffer. The cantileve... |