tshulba

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Graham Phantom damping fluid level.
That is strange yours was not supplied with the tonearm. I would think if you contact Graham you could probably get one. I prefer the sound of the tonearm with the spacer installed , it seems to be cleaner sounding and i can hear more detail in th... 
I lowered my noise floor on the cheap........
That is a neat experiment , a friend of mine converted almost his whole system over to battery power except for the power amp. He had about a dozen gell cell batterys sitting on the floor all around his system. I haven't seen him in years he since... 
Graham Phantom damping fluid level.
I started with the level half way up the square area as per the instructions. But the sound just lacked drive ,so after reading this thread i lowered the level to the bottom of the square portion and it made a huge improvement. The problem i have ... 
Cartridge mount screws - stainless steel
For $199 i will have to try making some carbon fiber bolts. I have machined carbon fiber rods down to size so i will have to try threading it now. 
Cartridge mount screws - stainless steel
I was not able to locate stainless or brass screws today at least not 20 mm length only shorter ones, they told me they weren't available from the supplier. I purchased a die and made my own brass screws on the lathe , took about .5 hr.Mounted up ... 
Cartridge mount screws - stainless steel
Thanks everyone for your replies. 
Cartridge mount screws - stainless steel
Thanks guys i have tried a local hobby shop and one bolt supply and they have shorter stainless but not 20mm. I may have to machine up my own out of brass once i find the proper size die to cut the threads.I found plain steel screws at Radio Shack... 
Graham Phantom 44 tonearm
Thanks Sirspeedy, That is what i gathered from the picture in Stereophile , the review was done in 05 and it has the cone magnet and the one i am looking at buying has the flat magnet and was built in 06 so i think it has the new bearing upgrade a... 
Mounting of a tonearm.
Sorry guys for not replying sooner , have been away.I have 2 new Clear Audio records that do it. One is Friends of Carlotta on the track Time After Time , at the very beginning the piano has some smearing type distortion. The second record is Bell... 
Mounting of a tonearm.
Thanks everyone for your feedback. I have found after very careful checking of adjustments that the distortion i am hearing is on the record i am playing. It only happens on the last track of one lp. When i first heard the distortion i thought it ... 
Mounting of a tonearm.
Have tried up to max antiskate but makes no difference. I have aligned cartridge the best i can and adjusted VTF no improvement. I would like to find out how to determine the correct mounting position of the tonearm from the spindle.I think this c...