viridian
Responses from viridian
| The best reference is live music Absolutely, the bigger the tent, the better. Beautifully put. | |
| The best reference is live music mdalton, agree completely, except that I find it a distraction and not very cool at all. We all have our preferences, probably why I am not an audiophile. | |
| Lyra Delos tracking abilities OP has elected to continue his discussion on another site. | |
| Cartridge Upgrade? Thank you for the clarification. Much appreciated. | |
| Lyra Delos tracking abilities The first thing that I would do is use an inexpensive USB microscope to see if there is any build up, or glazing, on the stylus that resists cleaning with conventional methods. If it is there, you can usually send it to one of the retippers for a ... | |
| Cartridge Upgrade? When you say "Ortofon Blue" are you referring to the 2M Blue, Quartet Blue, Cadenza Blue, or one of the older Ortofon cartridges with "Blue" in the name? I find that focusing on advanced stylus shapes and boron/cultured stone cantilevers confers ... | |
| Why hasnt a turntable manufacturer produced a table with automatic tonearm return/shutoff? LOL! | |
| Why hasnt a turntable manufacturer produced a table with automatic tonearm return/shutoff? I never fall asleep listening to vinyl, but that may be more about the Red Bull and the meth. | |
| Beware of Wayne's audio - Poor product quality & worst business ethics I had one of the Wayne’s Audio peripheral platter rings that came with a VPI Super Scoutmaster, with plastic platter. I found it to be problematic to use and not worth the trouble, YMMV. A friend bought one from the company and shelved his as well... | |
| Eyes open or closed? Eyes closed, but I might be an outlier, I don’t tune for imaging, as I don’t hear it when I go to the concert hall. | |
| Living near transmission lines I didn't notice any audible issues when I lived near transmission lines, though my sperm count plummeted. | |
| Tonearm recommendation Viridian, three "i"s, it's a shade of green, as in green with envy at some of the rigs you guys are running. I don't think my advice carries any weight as I just checked and the suspension of the cartridge has been altered to 12cu, moderately l... | |
| Tonearm recommendation Since the Sculpture A.3m is a derivative of the Denon DL103, I would use the tonearm with the highest effective mass available, YMMV. | |
| Why hasnt a turntable manufacturer produced a table with automatic tonearm return/shutoff? Thorens makes a few semi-auto turntables: https://www.thorens.com/en/products/thorens-td-1601.html | |
| Breaking in Blue Jean/Canare 4S11G speaker cable Thanks Pete, I appreciate the info. And enjoy the new cables! |