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| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Harry,You place the magnet under the bearing spindle, right next to the manifold. You want the magnet close to and parallel to the arm tube ( if you are using say a cupboard door magnet ). If you place it on the side opposite to the cartridge end ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? HalcroToday I mounted the XL-88 in my FR-64s on the Victor TT-101 running through the Halcro MC phonostage and my jaw dropped at what I heard.This may just be the best sound I have yet heard in my system...😎Halcro Back in April on the DD thread I ... | |
| PS Audio NEW Huron Firware upgrade. 😩😫😩 My listening buddy installed Huron last night. His system comprises Zanden transport/PS Audio Directstream/Air tight ATC1/ATM3 pre/power & Tannoy Autographs (with my crossovers).Huron was a substantial upgrade - lower noise floor, improved res... | |
| Townshend Elite Rock Mk III / Rega RB300 tonearm question Hi - unfortunately, can't help on the cable id -we only sold the earlier MkII & reference - so best option would be Max Townshend or possibly Rega may be able to give you some history. | |
| Townshend Elite Rock Mk III / Rega RB300 tonearm question If you could post a picture of the wire from arm to RCA's on your system page - there is a good chance of identifying the wire. I used to sell Rocks in the 80's. A popular combination at the time was Elite Rock/RB300/Audio Technica OC9. I suspect ... | |
| Curved and Straight Tonearms Lewm, You are absolutely correct. Oil in the bearings will increase stiction and can even degrade the sound substantially at worst. I have no issue if Raul thinks that the FR64S is the worst arm he has ever heard in his system. However as you poin... | |
| Curved and Straight Tonearms genisis,I couldn't agree more with your observations. I discovered how sensitive my FR64S was to the positioning of the Lateral Balance weight by accident. My Final Audio Parthenon TT uses a gunmetal arm board and has no adjustment - the TT has no... | |
| Curved and Straight Tonearms rauliruegas7,978 posts07-05-2017 3:12amDear @dover : Of course I know exactly how to set up that arm.My post to @lewm was taking in count what the manual says:""" Note 2): the lateral balance device is provided to correct for the sideways tendency... | |
| Curved and Straight Tonearms Nandric,There is a lot of myth in audio. The most common theory is that S shaped arms evolved from J shape to place the horizontal centre of mass of the arm tube/cartridge perpendicular to the 2 horizontal bearing points at the arm pivot closer to... | |
| Curved and Straight Tonearms lewm5,479 posts07-04-2017 1:34pmThank you for that input, Raul.And thanks for your response too, Nandric.I don't have the FR64S owners manual. So I assumed that the lateral weight had to stay mounted on its post; I therefore have shoved it up aga... | |
| Curved and Straight Tonearms rauliruegas7,976 posts07-04-2017 6:20amDear @lewm : You are rigth, it’s a J shapped design. Now, FR designed that lateral weigth balance mainly to compensate a non-perfectly leveled TT. Normally in the FR design that lateral weigth is not used if ... | |
| Vintage DIN phono cables, any good? Nandric,Passing an electrical signal through a metal tube creates an inductive effect which distorts the signal. Changing your metal plugs to plastic will minimise this effect. The downside of using plastic plugs would be that that leaves the join... | |
| Vintage DIN phono cables, any good? Chakster/Nandric - I have used the Neutrik Profi - they are garbage in terms of sound quality - I have a bagful to prove it. The newer range of Klei are a new design and better than the earlier Eichmann bullets. The Klei and WBTNextgen are both go... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? PS. No need to do the Jonathan Cleese imitation. But do bring the parrot with you.Lewm, The gentleman you are referring to from Monty Python is John Cleese, no such person as Jonathan Cleese with respect to Monty Python. Cheers  | |
| Benz Refs stripped screw hole Using a larger bolt is a recipe for disaster.Try wrapping some plumbers tape over the bolt - this may be enough to get some purchase on the thread.Alternately, why not send the cartridge to someone like Soundsmith to effect a proper repair. Should... |