twl
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| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path I think that when we are discussing the sonic performance levels of these turntables, and even including such high-end comparisons as the Verdier(and others have even compared against Walker!), it is obvious that any of these selections is in the ... | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path Artar, the lead-loaded acrylic platter increases performance over the plain acrylic, but is only a matter of degree. In my estimation, this is where the curve of "diminshing returns" starts to play heavy into the decision. Yes it is better, but pr... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long It would have to do with resonance modes and reflections in the tonearm system, regarding the interconnected masses, and their positions, and the method of their contact with each other. I didn't do any measurements with my hanging counterweight. ... | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path Regarding the RS-A1 tonearms, I have heard many reports of good sound from them. However, I can definitely say that from a design viewpoint it has some very significant problems. The pivot so high above the record is a big problem(geometrically), ... | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path Artar, in response to yesterday's questions, I don't know of any ways to know the horizontal effective mass of a tonearm, other than to get one and check it, or to use a published figure(if there is one available). Sometimes, tonearms have literat... | |
| Greatness: Recognition at last Warren, you have been enjoying these speakers for awhile now, and are one of the few that has actually experienced the greatness of the Caravelles.Many are skeptical, but few have heard.These speakers are going to rock some people's worlds.It is v... | |
| Denver TT Shootout? Basically, the platters were an evolutionary process, and that is how they came about. First it was plain acrylic, then the lead-loaded acrylic made some improvement, so that was made available. Then the wood platters were tried, and they seem to ... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Alex, that sounds like a workable idea. Maybe you should try a mock-up of it and see how it sounds.That's all I did. I had an idea, and tried it out to see if it worked to produce better sound for me. I'm sure that there are plenty of other improv... | |
| Tonearm - Incognito VS Origin Live I really hate to have to keep bringing up this subject, because it smacks of self-promotion, but have any of you read the "Strange Tonearm Tweak" thread on this analog forum?It works great on standard RB250 arms, and makes a hell of an improvement... | |
| Tonearm - Incognito VS Origin Live Yes, either one of them will be an audible upgrade over the stock RB250 arm. These have been tried by many over the long haul, and found to be worthwhile.They are about as high as most would want to spend on a tonearm upgrade for a TT of the Horiz... | |
| Outstanding Speakers, Outstanding Yes, 6moons' Srajan, wrote on his RMAF review that he thought the JM Labs Micro Utopia had met its match, and that he was "impressed shitless"(his terms) with the Harmonic Precision Caravelles, and their new stands.I think he also said something a... | |
| Least Controversial, Reasonably Priced AC Upgrades I agree dedicated lines are good. Short runs are also good. If you have high-power/high-current amps, maybe increasing wire gauge by a bit would be a good idea. If you are running the wiring now, a twist every meter on the romex would help with RF... | |
| Is extremely accurate "VTA" adjustment necessary? Doug, that is correct, the overhang will be affected in a minor way, when adjusting VTA.I agree it gets very difficult to make everything perfect on every record, and I don't even try to do it. I just get it as close as I can by ear, and go with i... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Yes, Alex, I was wondering about that. Looking forward to your re-post. | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path Hi Artar, yes there is something else in the equation. The OL Silver I use has the "HiFi" mod, which increases the horizontal effective mass greatly, and provides better matching with low compliance cartridges like the DL103R. The OL Encounter has... |