tonywinsc
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| Table/Cart Set Up - By Ear or Test Record? You all talk about what a compromise the pivot style tonearm is to playing records. I don't get it. My turntable, tonearm and cartridge set up sounds great from beginning to end. All I could ask for is less crackle and pop from my aging collection... | |
| Audiophile 'Attitude' I have a fun, opposite experience that I want to share. I was doing automotvie testing in the desert back in the early 90s. I drove back into LasVegas, Nv to fly home. Since I was on the RedEye I had time to drive around and I found a stereo shop.... | |
| Table/Cart Set Up - By Ear or Test Record? Dougdeacon, I have been considering your statement about hearing what I would call phase coherence, ie. hearing the harmonics early compared to the fundamental frequency. I find that remarkable and am still wondering what that would sound like. I'... | |
| Table/Cart Set Up - By Ear or Test Record? I use the tools to set-up my tonearm geometry and the test record to set the anti-skating. But after all that, I tweak in the Horizontal Tracking Angle, vertical tracking force and anti-skate by ear. If the cartridge sounds too bright or dull, I a... | |
| Can you believe this? I think it is great to come across a gem like that and be well entertained. I'm wondering Paladin, if you will still feel this way about your old tt a month or two from now. I have also had the experience at first blush with a low cost cartridge a... | |
| Linear tracking vs. Pivoted tracking tone arms. I don't see the vacuum hold down damaging the record. I do have an opinion about using the ET-2 arm on a Sota. I looked hard at that years ago. I had a buddy with the ET-2 on his Sota. In the end I concluded it is not the best match only because o... | |
| Thiel CS6 I use spades and I crank them down good and tight. Good to periodically recheck them with a wrench. | |
| Thiel CS6 You will hear a big improvement when you put the spikes on. Imaging will be more focused and the sound overall tighter. That was my experience. | |
| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. It's a hobby. All of us here love music. Many of us here love the pursuit of perfection. It is the art and science of music reproduction. Key word there is reproduction- not the original. A lot of complex steps and infinite variables from the musi... | |
| Thiel CS6 Hi, sorry about the delay. I haven't looked at this post in a while. My Thiels stand 9ft apart on centers. I have enjoyed my X-350 for 10 years now. I'd love to give the X350.5 a try. Maybe next year... | |
| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. I'm a bit confused. What are you listening for exactly? The sound coming off of the stylus directly into the air? | |
| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. "Again, has anyone actually listened to a master tape and compared it to the resulting vinyl on a high end TT?"I have not personally, but I can share an anecdote from a buddy of mine. In the late 80s he was involved with hifi groups that listened ... | |
| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. It sounds exactly how I want it to sound. I accomplished that by sheer willpower. | |
| At what vol level do you get rumble / flutter? Point of order. Effective mass of the tonearm is really the moment of inertia of the tonearm. The moment of inertia is calculated using I=mr^2. That means if you switch the mass of the counterweight and do not move it then the moment of inertia wi... | |
| Is tonearm bias a compromise, maybe a myth? The main friction is between the vinyl and the stylus, but yes, groove modulation adds additional drag to the stylus and therefore creates additional AS force as Lewm points out. I found some data on the internet a few months ago. Research was don... |