tphalieros
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| Why MDF so Bad??? Every rule has its notable exception, this is a fact that confuses the rigid. At least 2 top success manufacturers use solid wood and no MDF in their speakers and the results are spectacular!. SONUS FABER and SHUN MOOK with their BELLA VOCE speaker. | |
| Nottingham and Teres comparison Tom, thanks for the advice.I don't know if I repeat myself here, but my latest version of update includes the new inverted bearing that is used in the $10.000 VPI HR-X, TT. It is made from the best quality materials from what I read in vpi's liter... | |
| Nottingham and Teres comparison Don't get me wrong 4yanx, I am and I was, satisfied by the sound. But I have been bitten by the audiophilia nervosa bug and can't stop looking for better!The problem here is that after a high degree of refinement the sound of my system gets "bette... | |
| Nottingham and Teres comparison Twl and 4yanx, those exotic TT platters HAVE to sound better than my HR-X vpi acrylic platter, I am tired of changing stuff, in less than 2 years I have gone through 4 incarnations of upscale model TT's. Cocobolo platter? dream on Theo! I don't kn... | |
| best sounding cartridge with VPI Scout Turntable If, after you tried the recomendations of the very knowledgeable fellows above, you still have the problem of body-less sound, give the wood-body Grado's a try. They feature a ripe well rounded midrange. | |
| Nottingham and Teres comparison 4yanks, does this dealer live in California? I can't see any east coast hawkish dealers doing that comparisson if their lives depended on it!! I am dying to hear the TERES against my custom made maple base TT.(see: "VPI redesigning experiment") on... | |
| Why MDF so Bad??? High and low density fiberboard sound harsh!If you want naturally musical sound and good looks use solid maple. Musical instruments are made of this wood. Have you heard a violin ever made from HDF ? That should tell you something. | |
| Isolation for turntable I agree with Twl on this, even though I still use the custom table-base I designed for my TNT. It features 3" square metal tubing feet, filled with sand and stand on cones. They support a 2" high density board on top of which I placed 4 inner tube... | |
| VPI redesigning experiment This week I played with the mounting of the tonearm and instead of having it sit flat on the maple armboard (where it is fastened with 3 solid brass scrues which sound better than conventional steel ones), I placed a 1/8" diameter brass rod near b... | |
| What is the life span of a phono cartridge? I forgot the name of the writer but he was one of the 2-3 most famous names in the stereophile business, who wrote, "I have never as yet [in my audiophile career]wore out a cartridge" I think that the 1000 hours that the manufacturers give, is an ... | |
| DIY Record Shelves? I've made some pretty professional looking floor to ceiling shelves from 3/4" white melamine boards from Home Depot. They have the shelves precut and ready for mounting, I think they come in 16" or 18" wide. All you have to do is have the sides of... | |
| VPI redesigning experiment Dear TWLThis is what Pierre also suggested to me, to use his tripple brass points. I am hesitant only because I used them in the past and gave my TT some unwanted hint of brightness, a subtle sense of ringing, To be fair when I used them the TT's ... | |
| VPI redesigning experiment OK I finally placed the sub-boards under the platter and tonearm plinths, each standing on Isoblock feet ( the cork and rubber combination). If I had 3 words to characterize my sound they would be: 1) Unfatiguing. 2) Relaxed. 3) Natural. The dynam... | |
| VPI redesigning experiment My first impressions of the new Turntable: Big, sprawling sound, silent backround,(Not void,CD like, but pregnant with the "sound" of silence), Lush dynamics, deep explossive base, I am rediscovering my record collection. The best thing is that I ... | |
| VPI redesigning experiment Well, I received my VPI HR-X clear- acrylic platter and reverse bearing(ball on top). The bottom part of the bearing shaft that goes into the plinth has a nut and a washer to lock it in place by screwing it to the bottom of the plinth. That nut an... |