fsonicsmith
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| the Garrard 301 plater is concaved. My head is gong to explode. Google Art Dudley and Thorens and Garrard and read his essays. Don't believe Art Dudley, google Ken Shindo and Audio Note and Garrard. The Thorens TD124 and Garrard 301 were designed and built with a level of precision ... | |
| the Garrard 301 plater is concaved. The original platter was not turned on a lathe. It was cast and then spun balanced with drilling of the heavier spots. I wish the chassis was also cast-but it was stamped. There is lots of literature available on this. EW Mortimer's book on the hi... | |
| the Garrard 301 plater is concaved. My early grease bearing 301 has a slightly concave platter too. I believe it is common. I believe it was made this way intentionally. If it bothers you, there are after-market platters on the market that offer slight benefits that may or may not b... | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important This thread is a collection of anecdotal subjective impressions.Then your reading comprehension is suspect. I explained in my OP how setting up cartridge alignment using the Mint Protractor on a VPI Classic and Prime resulted in lackluster sound. ... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD I keep waiting to this thread to die but it won't. The undeniable truth IMHO is that there is more SQ deviation with vinyl than digital. There is also more variation as to proper set-up and overall deck quality with vinyl and vinyl playback gear t... | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important Lewm;Great post. I believe that there have been some scholarly articles published in Stereophile on the subject. The popular alignments do a fairly good job of minimizing average distortion over the course of the side depending upon multiple facto... | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important Yeah, I know it was a bit unkind to bring this up but if Raul is going to post, Yoda-talk aside, make a point in linear fashion and stop throwing darts at four different walls leaving it up to us to draw the lines (lots of metaphors there). Yes, R... | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important Raul;I try to read your posts. For a man that has submitted almost 9,000 posts, almost all of them long, you surely have had ample time to learn and practice your English skills. You still write the way Yoda talks. Object-subject-verb. By now you ... | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important It takes an open mind to talk about distortion not mattering in the way we would assume. Sort of like people assuming a simpler signal path is always better.... One should never assume but all things being equal (which is a qualifier not an a... | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important Is this actually a controversial point of view? I don't think I know anyone who thinks that ultra-precise overhang alignment isn't pretty much the least critical of all factors involved in getting one's vinyl set-up sounding as good as possible... | |
| What do you mean you “heard” the turntable I was listening to my VPI Traveler w/Zu DL-103 MkII in my system, pulled that ’table and transferred my Garrard 301/Ortofon AS-309 into it’s place using the same Zu cartridge. Everything else in the system was exactly the same. Immediately the idl... | |
| Magnetic Footers I am very happy with these under my Thorens TD124 and Garrard 301, both of which have heavy plinths. https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-PCS-D53-H58-High-quality-Amplifier-isolation-Spike-maglev-feet-Audio-stan... | |
| Dealing with a power amp that need 20A connection Folkfreak nailed it. Look at it in simple terms. If the amp drew more than 15 amps, it would trip the 15A circuit breaker in your electrical panel and further, ARC would likely mandate a 20A male plug and warn you to install a 20A line, 20A rated ... | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification This entire thread is about perspective. Which throne do you sit upon? I am a former bicycle racer. Which bike is best or what is the bicycle of the future? It all depends upon your perspective. Michael Green would be all about e-bikes s'far as I ... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. Well, it turns out that it was my friend Ralph (we have never met, I simply call him my friend) who misspelled Charley's name. It is in no way an excuse for bad specs- and in fact our amps have some pretty good specs (if proper measurement tech... |