vair68robert
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| VTA my compromise in setting Happy Day After Thanksgiving dekay I had a Gold Prestige and liked it before I started using a Sonata and then a Master wood body . I only know the weight because I use my wife's food scale which I use for the records and making chocolate chip ... | |
| Tonearm Parallel? @jorgjean Happy Day After Thanksgiving How many cartridges do you play with ? Suggestion 1 stereo and 1 mono from the same company and possibly even the same model like Soundsmith Carmen mkII that comes in both or the Grado Prestige Special... | |
| VTA my compromise in setting Happy Thanksgiving True, first I check to see if the cartridge is level then I use the straight arm because you have a longer parallel line for better accuracy . Now in about an hour I'll be ready for pumpkin and pecan pie . | |
| VTA my compromise in setting @dekay The mean might be closer to 155 but the 160 is close enough. Today I played a 1976 German pressing of the Doors that weighed 114gr and it sounded great to my ears . What weight record is your cartridge level ? SME like my ex-Rega have t... | |
| VTA my compromise in setting @fsonicsmith I'm a bit confused and taken back by your response , while I compromised on setting my VTA for a 160gr record or about the middle of the weight range you compromised on Bob ! We're both locked in aren't we ? | |
| VTA my compromise in setting @testpilot I played a 180gr , then a 145gr same title , then I made a paper mat just less than 1mm placed it under the 145gr , I could not hear a difference . So I agree with you about what little or no difference there can be , Thanks for adv... | |
| Tonearm Parallel? @jorgjean I have a similar question , " VTA my compromise setting " . Read the answers I received . So parallel to which record ? a 140gr or a 180gr ? Also watch Soundsmith's Peter Ledermann's videos , https://www.sound-smith.com/sounds... | |
| VTA my compromise in setting P.S. correction Setting the VTA for a 180gr record and using the mat for the lower weight records. | |
| VTA my compromise in setting Thanks for your responses My cartridge is a Soundsmith Carmen mkII the TT is a Merrill Heirloom and the tonearm is the Classic Six that does not have the micrometer . When using an Azimuth gauge/block to check the tonearm and cartridge parallel... | |
| For Vandersteen owners & lovers: Which other brands do you like? If your willing to purchase used then look at/for Thiel CS3.7s . They like Vandersteens are coherent in their design . | |
| Thiel Owners Beautiful veneer on your speakers , nice room ! | |
| Thiel Owners thieliste The CS3.7 posts look like the 2.7's , if so you will have to drill a round hole since the Thiel posts are rectangle ( I discovered that this is a great idea , one can make a very tight connection ) . You have to start with a small dril... | |
| Thiel Owners tomthiel It was JSC 16awg speaker wire that is 3n purity , I used Cardas 17.5awg for the tweeter and mid and 15.5awg for the woofer . | |
| Thiel Owners Thank You jafant I agree with you about having multiple copies of the Beatles , but I had never sat down and compared them back to back and over and over again like I did with Revolver . I remember when I bought the re-mastered version of Sgt. P... | |
| Thiel Owners Happy Standard Time All tom When I started upgrading the speakers I ran single wires from the 3 speakers , with the coaxial mid/tweeter wires + running together and the - running together separated thru the original holes in the coaxial chamber... |