wrm57
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| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? (Herron being almost a tad aggressive in upper mids by comparison). @mulveling I found this to be true of the most recent Herron linestage, as well, which I bought and then returned. My main preamp is a VAC. | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lalitk : I’m with @lewm : the Etsuro Urushi SUT might be different but not necessarily better and quite possibly worse. It is 1:20, which your Allnic offers (along 1:26, which you might even prefer with a .25 mV cartridge at 3 ohms DCR). And your... | |
| Feel Silly Asking This Question Alignment Parameters On my arms it takes more than I expect to hit the numbers, and I typically back it off a touch. | |
| Feel Silly Asking This Question Alignment Parameters @lewm : Yes, WallySkator is just for anti-skate. It enables an easy setting to a requisite percentage of VTF, which JR, or perhaps Wally before him, established to be 11% for 9-inch arms, 9% for 12-inch. It does some other things, too, like measur... | |
| Feel Silly Asking This Question Alignment Parameters @mijostyn : agreed on the WallySkator. A must-have device. | |
| Feel Silly Asking This Question Alignment Parameters FWIW, I just now cross-checked the SmartTractor on a cartridge I recently installed with a WallyTractor and the Lofgren B alignments were identical. No change needed. This is extremely enheartening, given the SmartTractor’s superior ease of use. W... | |
| Feel Silly Asking This Question Alignment Parameters @rauliruegas : Good advice, for sure, to get a universal alignment protractor if you’ll be changing out arms. Just moments ago, in fact, I took delivery of a new SmartTractor. We’ll see how it goes. I’ve always had a preference for dedicated arc p... | |
| Feel Silly Asking This Question Alignment Parameters @lewm : Well said. | |
| Developing A List Of Tonearm Candidates For A SOTA Turntable @neonknight : Congrats! I’m excited to hear what you think. | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @mulveling : I certainly respect your knowledge and your ears, and those of Kevin Hayes, too, having been a VAC man myself for a long time. But I have to disagree about the LL1931Ag. I recently picked up a last-gen K&K Maxxed Out with the silv... | |
| Audiomods Is A Great Company Great question, couldn’t tell you. All I can offer is experience. | |
| Audiomods Is A Great Company @whart : Hey pal! Always good when you chime in! | |
| Audiomods Is A Great Company @mijostyn : yeah, that’s the idea: weigh it all first, including your chosen top plate. They work best near the upper limit of the weight range, like within 10 lbs or so. M-K will do custom ranges for surprisingly little up-charge. Steve might say... | |
| Audiomods Is A Great Company The fun will be getting it all to balance. Don;t mean to turn this into a Minus-K thread, but @mijostyn : after using M-Ks for a dozen years on multiple turntables, I found the easiest way to balance is to use an oversized top plate of your cho... | |
| Audiomods Is A Great Company the MinusK is bouncy. I'm not sure if they have a lock out yet. @mijostyn : If you’re wondering whether Minus-K has a lockout lever of some sort to freeze the suspension, the answer is no, at least not on the BM-8 models I’ve owned in the pas... |