dougdeacon
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| Record Cleaning Fluids: RRL vs. L'Art du Son ^^^Kudos to 4yanx for his generosity.I haven't tried L'Art du Son so I can't offer a comparison. Otherwise I second what he said. Any product which requires mixing requires a source of suitably pure water. Tap water certainly won't do, I ruined re... | |
| Rega VTA with clearaudio arum beta wood Any time you change cartridges there's a high probability that arm height should be adjusted. Different cartridges are, um, different! How much of a change you'll hear depends on your stylus profile (which Clearaudio doesn't tell us), the resoluti... | |
| ZYX Universe, Dynavector XV-1s, vdH Colibri, ?? SirSpeedy,Good "bet" that AS wasn't AB'd at that party, since I already posted that! ;-) As I said when thanking you for the suggestion, the Graham's AS may indeed have been off (or not). Nobody touched the owner's setting AFAIK, and I was there t... | |
| VTA...is this ok.....from Vdh I agree with VdH's first sentence, but not with the main part of his answer. "Arm base always higher" may work for his cartridges but it won't necessarily work for others. It certainly doesn't work for mine.The fallacy here is focusing on armtube ... | |
| ZYX Universe, Dynavector XV-1s, vdH Colibri, ?? SirSpeedy,Thanks for the insight on the 2.2's antiskate. I hope/presume Cello had it set per Graham's instructions, but I didn't check it myself. Hopefully he'll spot this and double check. I agree there's no substitute for understanding and adjus... | |
| ZYX Universe, Dynavector XV-1s, vdH Colibri, ?? SirSpeedy,Thanks for the report on your session with the UNIverse. Those were very perceptive observations you made about the sounds with different antiskate settings. That is exactly what we hear in our system too. Like you, we prefer the fuller ... | |
| New Cartridge Gone Wrong CU = Compliance UnitsEvery cartridge has a suspension which surrounds the cantilever and dampens its movements, much like the suspension of a car. Just as with cars, there are soft suspensions and firm ones.High compliance (high CU) cartridges hav... | |
| ZYX Universe, Dynavector XV-1s, vdH Colibri, ?? Apparently Arthur's been raiding someone's file cabinet. I'm calling the police. We evangelistas are not to be trifled with!Actually he's the one who first got us to try a ZYX. Our ears confirmed what he reported at the R100 Fuji - Shelter 901 lev... | |
| New Cartridge Gone Wrong The Denon 103 is not a high output MC, so phono stage overload is not the problem.Marakanetz's suggestion may help. Here's another:The Denon 103 and JMW-9 are not a good mass/compliance match. You need to add mass to the headshell or change to a h... | |
| ZYX Universe, Dynavector XV-1s, vdH Colibri, ?? Speedy, the proselytizing of the ZYX evangelistas here on AgoN notwithstanding, I know none of them have compared their Unies with Trannies, and conversely, no Tranny V or W owners I know of have had the opportunity to compare them with the ZYX Un... | |
| Avid Volvare - SME IV arm or Tri-planar VII ??? ...you both made comment as to the SME's "assumption" that the cartridge is perfect and I am a bit concerned as to cartridge matching... How significant an issue is this?Unlike most arms, the SME IV's headshell does not have slots which allow you ... | |
| Avid Volvare - SME IV arm or Tri-planar VII ??? Geoff Husband wrote an excellent review of the TriPlanar VII for TNT-audio, during which he made extensive comparisons with his SME IV.vi. While he and I hear some things quite differently, notably with regard to VTA/SRA, his review was fair, bala... | |
| Help Alien spores on my vinyl... Jfacker,If you try AIVS, VinylZyme or any enzyme cleaner (and you should) make sure to:a) use it at warm room temperatureb) let it sit on the record for a couple of minutesc) use enough so it doesn't dry out while sittingI get better results that ... | |
| Help Alien spores on my vinyl... I'd suggest Buggtussel Vinyl-Zyme. In our experience it works as well as AIVS, rinses easier and leaves less (no) residue. | |
| ZYX Universe, Dynavector XV-1s, vdH Colibri, ?? Doug,if the silver coiled UNIV is not a top performer,and significantly bettered by the copper coiled one,I wonder why it is sold,especially at these prices.Though,in this hobby,nothing really surprises me anymore.Good question, SirSpeedy, and one... |