twl
Responses from twl
| Talk Me off the Ledge - A cry for help Just putting the arm parallel with the record doesn't get it. You have to play around with it until you get it right. When you use different thicknesses of records, you sometimes need to adjust the VTA to suit the thickness of the record, because ... | |
| Make me feel better David, that's a bad break. I know you were really enjoying that cartridge. I'm real sorry to hear about it. Many of us have had similar occurrences, and it always hurts. Not much can be of any consolation. You just have to get a new one. | |
| rega planar 2 bearing size? You'll have to contact Rega. | |
| Help with 30th anniversary DSOTM vinyl? You are going to have to check your owner's manual for the VTA adjustment procedure. I looked on the internet, and found references that there is a VTA adjustment on that arm. I never did it on an MMF 2 and can't guide you on it. But it should be ... | |
| What componant degrades the signal least/most? I prefer to look at it in the context of a system, as opposed to an absolute. In any system, there is a group of components contributing/detracting from the sound. In that system, there is a "bottleneck" somewhere, that is doing the most damage. E... | |
| Speed regulation - how important will it be? Virtually all turntables have some speed control issues. Most of the better ones keep all the variations in a very limited range with little or no audible effect(with most people). However, I am always amazed at what seemingly insignificant things... | |
| Time machines Yes, of course. For me, I can think of Steeler's Wheel "Stuck in the middle with you", Stevie Wonder's "You are the sunshine of my life", and Ten Years After "I'm goin' home". The first time I heard "I'm goin' home", I had just bought a brand new ... | |
| Total upgrade- dilema There's more than one way to skin a cat. Or there are many roads to Nirvana. Or whatever cliche you want to use. No one type of system has a "lock" on greatness, but they all do have their particular strengths and weaknesses, because nothing is pe... | |
| Sound Card with External DAC Roland Edirol UA-5 is a nice soundcard with AD/DA on a USB cable. Works quite well. Costs $250. | |
| opinion on asl hurricane with horns You'd have been better off with the Antique Sound Labs 1009 with horns. | |
| Used stock RB600 or new mod'd 250? I'd use the modded 250. According to the OL website, a modded 250 exceeds the performance of all other unmodded Rega arms. | |
| opinion on asl hurricane with horns The Hurricanes are 200 watt amps. A horn speaker has over 100db efficiency. The purposes of horn speakers are to either allow higher SPL with low power, or to blast huge SPL into stadium venues. In home audio, it is generally the former reason, an... | |
| Who will survive? One last table til I die. How about a turntable which has all of its design criteria in the public domain? The Teres turntables were developed by an international consortium of audiophiles on the internet. All the engineering data and parts specs are available on the web. ... | |
| Thorens TD165 in perfect shape. What cartridge? I agree with Ivanj. | |
| Time coherence - how important and what speakers? Roy, I'd like to commend you for a continued good show of the understanding of speaker systems, and sharing it with the people on this board. Many designers would not do as you are doing. I think it does a world of good for people to get a deeper ... |