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| Lyra Delos A truth teller or what? I find I must amend my prior post and emphatically agree with those who have reminded us of the importance of matching cartridges to tonearms. Since my prior post I have acquired and had a total rehab done on a Garrard 301. I mounted an Ortofon ... | |
| Need Tonearm help for a Thorens TD124 Mark II I just finished restoration of a Garrard 301. I put an Ortofon TA 110 arm on it with a Lyra Delos. The Ortofon is heavily damped so it mates well with rim drives. I have never heard a Delos sound as good as it does on this table and arm. Of co... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Well, true to @ct0517 prediction the experience with my Garrard has caused my VPI/ET II to demand my attention. Among other tweaks, I think I'd like to try a carbon fiber arm wand. I have two mag wands. Does anyone have a carbon fiber wand the... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners @frogman Interesting question once again. Before acquiring my Garrard I had read several posts in blogs/forums wherein people talked about the "Garrard Sound" and how some tweaks and upgrades were not good because they resulted in a loss of the ... | |
| VPI SAMA Flywheel (small) I'd be interested to hear what VPI and Fremer have to say. My HW-19 started out in life as a MK III. I then did what the dealer said was a TNT upgrade which consisted of the heavy black platter, new bearing and the SAMA in the round, silver colo... | |
| VPI SAMA Flywheel (small) P.P.S. I've noticed no deleterious effect from removing the flywheel. My speed remains constant to within .002 rpm. | |
| VPI SAMA Flywheel (small) Wow, Deja's vu all over again. I have the same VPI rig as you except I ditched the SDS in favor of a Phoenix Eagle and Roadrunner. About two years ago my woofers started pumping wildly and I could hear a chugging from my subwoofer. I panicked ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners @ct0517 I don't envy you your "spring". Albeit is snowing here in North Carolina as I type this. You may be right regarding the ET on the Garrard. I cannot, however, see myself drilling new holes in this beautiful plinth. At the risk of being ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners @frogman Interesting. My Lyra Delos sounds significantly better in almost every patamater on the Garrard/Ortofon than it did on the VPI/ET II. On the Garrard the Delos is much richer and the high end is much tamer without being at all rolled o... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Hello all. Long quiet spell. We must all be busy with spring. Except, of course, Chris who I assume is still snowed in. I picked up my refurbished Garrard 301 yesterday and set it up with the Lyra Delos. You can see before and after picture... | |
| Top 5 Tonearms Newer or Vintage Under 2500 That Will Beat anything above/below 2.5k? @vinny55 You are most welcome. After all, forums like this are supposed to exist for audiophiles and budding audiophiles to help each other out. They are not designed for arguments or insults. Sonic nirvana is very subjective. My ET II tonearm ... | |
| Top 5 Tonearms Newer or Vintage Under 2500 That Will Beat anything above/below 2.5k? Used ET II. It has VTA adjust on the fly and choice of three different arm tubes for quick swap of about any cartridge. | |
| Lyra Delos A truth teller or what? @tzh21y @rossb I owned a Clavis for a few years before shearing off the stylus. Had it redone by Soundsmith but found it lost its magic. I traded for a Delos which I still have and like but I did prefer the pre-Soundsmith Clavis to the Delos. I... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners OK, a little off topic but I must give a shout out to the U.S. Van den Hul rep. Disclaimer first. I have no affiliation with A.J. Van den Hul or his U.S. rep., Finest Fidelity. As those of you who follow my ramblings know, a while back I purcha... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Chris,Glad to hear we don't have a northern wall. Don't forget you are exempt from the steel & aluminum tariff.Could be worse, my new Garrard 301 plinth has been "preparing for shipping" from Austria for 5 days. I guess they can't find a pla... |