dougdeacon
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| I want to upgrade my TT for about $2K. I'm a very happy Teres owner, but you might also consider a Nottingham Spacedeck in that range, assuming a Rega can be easily fitted to it. Someone here or on VA will know.If you can find $2250 the Teres 160 is a big step up from the 150. | |
| More output from Analog set up, MC Transformer? David12,I wish I could afford to try a Kondo too! You'll find the Mu and other stuff on BentAudio's website. John Chapman is a great guy to deal with.http://www.bentaudio.comSince you're playing line level sources at so much lower levels, it seems... | |
| Morch DP6 and vertical damping - pros & cons?? Hopefully Raul or someone else who uses the DP-6 will step up and give you experienced, hands-on guidance. I know Morch cautions agains overdamping, thus my caution. We prefer no damping in the trough of our TriPlanar, but the mechanisms are compl... | |
| Should you use cleaner on your stylus? Any small, short-bristled brush will do. Relax, it's just a brush! ;-)I used the corner of my CF record brush for nearly a year. That worked fine, though it's not quite as stiff as a "real" stylus brush.Then these higher model ZYX's started showin... | |
| Morch DP6 and vertical damping - pros & cons?? Hi Holly,I haven't used a DP6 or R100H, but I have heard four other ZYX models on various tonearms. Minimal or zero damping has often sounded best. As a rule, most ZYX models seem to be pretty well damped internally. The Airy 3 is an exception, bu... | |
| Should you use cleaner on your stylus? Before we suggested the ever more popular Mr. Clean Magic Eraser we owned and used ZeroDust, ExtremePhono, RRL #9 liquid and even one of Twl's ex-Linnie matchbook strikers. My experience is that the MCME cleans better than any of them, and it's sa... | |
| More output from Analog set up, MC Transformer? Some attribute greater dynamics to higher output cartridges, but I haven't been through enough cartridges to test that hypothesis.I have, and those attributions are not consistent with my experience. Nor are they consistent with theory. LOMC's hav... | |
| New cartridge, now some adjustment questions. Marty,Great suggestion to use headphones to test for acoustic feedback. Jed,If you don't have a way to listen via headphones with the speakers off, try playing the suspect passages with volume set fairly low. Listen to the L speaker with your ear ... | |
| Where is Your Turntable? About 1 foot behind and inside of the left speaker. Not ideal in anyone's book, but it's all the room allows. We had to make a functional, decent looking living room, leave the fireplace exposed, include the audio system AND a 43" widescreen. All ... | |
| Teres Owners - Please help Hi Encyclopediabsh,I own a Teres 265 sitting on a Salamander Triple 30. Both purchased for exactly the same reasons as you. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.All the sentiments expressed above are true. The Salamander is a poor audio perfor... | |
| New cartridge, now some adjustment questions. Try increasing VTF a bit, maybe up to 1.1 or 1.2g. Then fiddle with antiskate again.Here are some other possibilities:a) the suspension in this new cartridge is still too stiff to track certain passages,b) you've discovered this particular cartrid... | |
| New cartridge, now some adjustment questions. Jed,If breakup is more on the L channel on all three side 2 tracks then you probably need to reduce antiskate a bit.If the cartridge is brand new, don't go too crazy. Just get it close and listen to music for 50-100 hours. Check it again after the... | |
| New cartridge, now some adjustment questions. Jed,Viridian is correct about the brush and its effect on VTF. You've got it backwards.I agree with Rushton on the HFNRR test record. It's an interesting toy with little practical utility for dialing in a cartridge. Check out the link he posted fo... | |
| New Turntable: Teres, Nottingham, Origin? Since there seem to be so many different things to "play around with--or tweak" with the Teres, I can see myself obsessing about whether everything is set up "correctly" or the best it can be. The whole point, for me, is to forget about listening ... | |
| Carbon Fiber Brushes I still have a Pickering CF brush that I bought in 1978. Bristles have gotten a bit soft but it still works.What the heck are you doing with yours, sweeping the shop floor? I hear cocobolo sawdust is tough on CF brushes. <;~) |