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| Reaga Apollo At My Local Trhift It's difficult to say why the cable worked loose. Perhaps your Apollo suffered some rough handling during shipping/ownership. The CD transport is suspended from the framework and incorporates an elastomer bumper to help isolate the transport from ... | |
| Azimuth question Lewm, whenever someone recommends the Fozgometer...You seem to have a bucket of ice water at the ready. Keep up the good work, helping to protect gullible (or incompetent) audiophiles from getting ripped off. :-)I hate to deflect your cold water, ... | |
| Reaga Apollo At My Local Trhift It's funny how CD players are becoming what turntables were 25 years ago...Unwanted junk you could find in thrift stores for next to nothing. :-)That Apollo you picked up was a good deal. I've been enjoying mine for years.Regards,Tom | |
| Feelings on the Music Hall MMF 7.1 Gvoth, the dimensions of the mmf-7 motor are as follows: motor housing diameter - ~80mmpulley height above motor housing - ~8.5mmpulley height above shelf surface - ~87mmpulley diameter - ~26mm (diameter at groove surface)pulley groove width - 1.5... | |
| MC Phono preamp gains As long as both of the inputs have 47K loading you're good to go.Regards,Tom | |
| Fozgometer Lew, no, they do not imply that channel imbalances can be fixed by adjusting azimuth. However, the manual would be much more useful if it included information on how to deal with channel imbalances when adjusting azimuth for optimum channel separa... | |
| Fozgometer Doug, thank you for the clarification regarding channel separation as a surrogate (derivative statistic) for crosstalk. I had used the term crosstalk in the past when describing the Fozgometer but wanted to be consistent with the manual. If you re... | |
| Fozgometer Stingreen, I may try a uni-pivot tonearm some day. But for now, it's gimbals, man.Best,Tom | |
| Fozgometer Lew, the manual states that channel separation is what's being measured. Also: "The readings are virtually independent of overall signal levels, and can be made with a wide range of input signals without effecting accuracy."So your comment about w... | |
| Fozgometer Ooops, that's "your" description. I had started with a different train of thought and then changed everything but "you're". 8-) | |
| Fozgometer Stringreen, you're description of setting azimuth on a VPI uni-pivot doesn't motivate me to try one out. If VTF is directly coupled with azimuth adjustments and is that fidgety, I think I'll stay with gimbal-pivot tonearms. :-)So to clarify that t... | |
| Fozgometer Stringreen, you shouldn't have to adjust VTF or VTA/SRA or alignment when adjusting azimuth. All of those parameters should be been set and locked in before you adjust azimuth.If you have a tonearm that uses a set screw to adjust azimuth then yes,... | |
| Fozgometer Hans, the readings you're getting seem on the low side but perhaps you have a very low output cartridge. The channel separation indicated by the Fozgometer is not bad but I would try to adjust the azimuth so the channels are closer to being balanc... | |
| Fozgometer Onhwy61, it all depends on who you ask as to whether or not the Fozgometer indicates the optimal azimuth. Opinions on the merits of the Fozgometer are all over the map, with a wide gap between camps. Not surprising for a device that's attempting t... | |
| Fozgometer Lew, you're right, a new battery is not a panacea in preventing all the potential pitfalls in using a sensitive electronic device like the Fozgometer. And no, I don't put a fresh battery in my Fozgometer each and every time I use it. I made the su... |