dougdeacon
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| Shelter and Triplanar matching ? Dogpile,Excellent suggestion re: the spacer. The TP website even shows them, in black or silver to match the arm. Anyone whose armboard puts the VTA tower in the top half of its range should try one.André,Good description of the sound. That helps,... | |
| Shelter and Triplanar matching ? Piano with vibrato - ouch! That should not happen with a Shelter 901 on either of these arms. 1) Does this occur on only a few records? If so, are they drilled off-center? That will produce pitch-warbling every time. The only fix is to replace the... | |
| best turntable under $5k Colitas,Good point! By all reports those with the time, inclination, tools and skills to do the project should run, not walk, to Jean's "little" discussion thread.Now if Chris Brady or Thom Mackris came up with an idler or direct drive for those o... | |
| Shelter and Triplanar matching ? Tenmus,I wonder how the azimuth adjustment (or anything else) was damaged on a new arm? I assume repairs will be covered by warranty.Having to use the VTA tower near the top of its range "might" make it less stable and (let's face reality) the fit... | |
| Shelter and Triplanar matching ? Dogpile,The formula works in both planes of course. If your cartridge has different V and H compliance, like a ZYX, run the formula twice.The usual reason to check system resonance frequencies, whether by math or by test record, is simply to expos... | |
| best turntable under $5k VPI's ARE good turntables. But they are distributed by less efficient (ie, more costly) means than some other brands.VPI (the manufacturer) sells your turntable to a dealer, who marks it up before selling it to you. Galibier or Teres (also the man... | |
| Shelter and Triplanar matching ? Tenmus,There is no serious mismatch between your cartridge and arm. The TriPlanar's nominal effective mass is 11g (varying slightly depending on which counterweights are used). A 901 with mounting hardware weighs approximately 10g and it has a com... | |
| New Cartridge choice Which K&K phono are you getting? Does it have the MC inputs and adjustable impedance? That could influence your decision.Assuming you'll have adequate gain, the ZYX Airy 3 will also do exactly what you want, particularly the low output version... | |
| Conversion for Orotfon stylus gauge If I'd been more careful with my first numbers the tea would be calmer. ;-) Yeah, OL threw out an Ortofon gauge with my tonearm too. I mean threw IN, they threw it IN, not OUT. What's the matter with me? | |
| Conversion for Orotfon stylus gauge John,You're right of course, I got it backwards AND sideways. One Newton would be displayed by most scales as approximately 102 grams. Of course that's true only on the surface of the Earth and it would vary slightly with one's altitude above or b... | |
| Conversion for Orotfon stylus gauge 1 gram = 100 Newtons, however...Your cartridge is far too sensitive for the notoriously unreliable Ortofon. You might as well use the old pennies-on-a-pencil balancing trick.1. Go to ebay or saveonscales.com2. Buy a digital scale accurate to .01g ... | |
| Tone arm for SOTA/ZYX Hi Swampwalker,An SME IV or V would be a fine match for a ZYX with the silver headshell weight, which yours had when last I saw it. ;-) They are excellent arms, more refined than an OL Silver, and are easy to set up and live with. They lack VTA on... | |
| Teres, Galibier and Redpoint ... some records need different clamping pressure than others. I'm not sure how that translates to the weight. I've never tried a weight either, for exactly this reason. It's only Rudolf Bruil's ring that is a problem, due to its unusually large ... | |
| Teres, Galibier and Redpoint I think Raul should buy one of each and set up a salon! Then we can use them to compare his 18 arms and 47 cartridges. ;-)Truly, it's as Raul said. These are all fine tables, each with its own plus points (many) and minus points (few). Obviously w... | |
| Teres 265 or 320 vs. Sota Cosmos Why, it's the Perfect Sound Forever Machine of course!Someone else posted that here once, I forget who though.BTW, if your friend's Teres doesn't have the latest, 2 mil thick clear drive belt then get one before making any evaluations. It makes a ... |