dougdeacon
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| New Turntable: Teres, Nottingham, Origin? 4yanx,Thanks for clarifying. Excellent points all the way through, as usual. I'd forgotten that the Spacedeck came so close to the top two. Value for $ indeed.One wonders how a Teres 160 would compare. CB himself says it outplays the 245, which ma... | |
| New Turntable: Teres, Nottingham, Origin? FWIW, somewhere in the archives there's a discussion of a dealer-hosted TT shootout. This was two years ago or so. The dealer moved the same arm/cartridge (OL Illustrious + Shelter?) from table to table. A dozen or so listeners agreed to the follo... | |
| Cartridge for JMW 10 I like ZYX's too, love them actually, but no one would call them "lush". Neutral, natural, seamless and realistic are the words that usually come to mind. In the long run that's more satisfying (to me) than listening to colorations added by a cart... | |
| Setting up the cartridge--Tips/techniques Indeed. Let's not go through THAT again! ;-)We're not trying to be unhelpful Bundy. The article linked by Rockinroni above addresses your question perfectly. Read it.A search of the A'gon or VA archives will provide other views. I doubt there's an... | |
| About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone I'm really in touch with my body and its telling me that this stuff is working. I could bitch about a number of things that are no longer normal but I'm in generally good health and can enjoy every day. I can actually make plans and follow through... | |
| Teres vs VPI, SME, Origin Live, etc. There was discussion here last year to hold a Teres/Galibier/Redpoint "shootout" at RMAF. That didn't pan out AFAIK, so I'm not sure a direct comparison (same room, same sytem, etc.) has ever been made. | |
| Teres vs VPI, SME, Origin Live, etc. SirSpeedy,Thanks for the idea of soldering all my connections. It would probably sound better, as Raul confirmed. This of course supports the concept that a single tonearm wire has a sonic advantage over a broken one. It seems we agree on that. Of... | |
| Basis and table mats? Dave,Thanks for the tip. Is it like gift wrapping silk ribbon? Or is it different?Doug | |
| Grounding problem? Ouch! Sorry for your cartridge. :-(Here's an old trick for tightening cartridge clips safely. Stick a round wooden toothpick inside the clip. Squeeze *gently* with a hemostat, strong tweezers or a jeweller's needlenose pliers. The toothpick "gives... | |
| Basis and table mats? Dan_ed,Our normal source for mylar ribbon only sells it in 1/2" and wider. You might try 1/4" recording tape, the thicker the substrate the better. Use it emulsion side out so it doesn't deposit particles on your platter or pulley.I imagine the re... | |
| Teres vs VPI, SME, Origin Live, etc. SirSpeedy,What does the military have to do with it? Military connectors are still connectors, and I doubt audio performance is on the military's list of requirements. No connection, not even a soldered one, can match the electrical purity of a hi... | |
| Graham and Shelter matching - and other arms/carts Dmailer,I've heard the 901 on a Schroeder Ref. "Glorious" comes to mind. It's the only arm I've heard that lets the 901 sing with a musical soul. I'm jealous. Try the last two tracks on HMU 963, or any Alfred Deller LP with his voice and a similar... | |
| Teres vs VPI, SME, Origin Live, etc. ...when I start in this forum I post that the Shelther 901 was on the high fidelity side and not as a high end top performer, Doug was angry with my statement but 3 to 4 months later he agree on that subject.That's pretty funny. When exactly did I... | |
| Graham and Shelter matching - and other arms/carts Raul,I'm glad you didn't have inner groove issues with your 901, but the number of people who have is quite large. If it were just my 901 I wouldn't have mentioned it, or at least I would have warned that my experience might be unusual. It's not. ... | |
| Graham and Shelter matching - and other arms/carts Hi Frank,Shelters aren't known for their tracking ability either. The 901 has inner groove problems even on the best arms, including the top linear trackers. AFAIK the 90X has the same stylus and compliance so it's probably no better in this respe... |