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| Zyx mistracking issue I pursued my investigation and finally bought a new AT-OC9ii fully compatible with my Zeta arm. It tracks absolutely flawlessly! I optimized the asimuth adjustment; you can read about my experience (in french) in a short report. http://info.usherb... | |
| See Ayre QB-9 Twenty Upgrade Announcement @hgeifman My dealer does not offer to address my issue, but told me to contact Ayre directly. In the mean time, I use a pillow cleverly positioned within my closed furniture shelf with total success to muffle the annoying hum. As everyone knows, ... | |
| See Ayre QB-9 Twenty Upgrade Announcement Thanks all for your comments. I am now quite sure that my humming transfo is defective. My issue is related to https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/ayre-qb9-dsd-buzzThe guy from which I bought my unit had it upgraded to DSD capabilities, as in t... | |
| See Ayre QB-9 Twenty Upgrade Announcement Thank you for your answers. I did try to plug it in a few outlets but the hum persisted. I bought an Emotiva CMX-2 to eliminate DC offset, and the hum persists. The answer I had from Ayre does not encourage me to insist for a repair:Yes, a QB-9 wi... | |
| See Ayre QB-9 Twenty Upgrade Announcement Hi, I have some negative experience with the QB-9-dsd. Here is my story.I recently bought (on the second hand market) a QB-9 DAC (upgraded by the seller to DSD status), 1 200$ CDN (~900$US), a good deal, I believe. It plays perfect, I praise its... | |
| Zyx mistracking issue Thanks for all your comments.@rauliruegas I had my LP12 checked by the tech at my local shop, an authorised Linn dealer; he checked the stylus tip, the arm bearings, and tuned the LP12; however, you are right in pointing out the >1000 hrs and t... | |
| Zyx mistracking issue According to https://www.vinylengine.com/cartridge_database.php?m=Zyx&mod=r100h&t=any&sort=2&Sear...=the tracking force is 1.7-2.5g. At 2.2g, I mistracking is much reduced on music recordings (piano) but still fails the sibilance t... | |
| Zyx mistracking issue I trippled checked the setup, increased vtf to 2.2g, fine tuned antiskate by ear. My next step is to try it in my backup table, i.e. the grace tonearm.Thanks for the comment! | |
| Zyx mistracking issue Distortion on loud passages, for instance on classical piano recordings in highly dynamic passages. Sibilance issues on test records https://www.discogs.com/fr/Unknown-Artist-Vinyl-Check/release/5813497track B1 for instance.vepiteski |