dougdeacon
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| standard counterweight vs drop counterweight On my OL Silver I've used the stock (concentric) C/W clamped to the arm stub and Twl's DIY suspended C/W, which hangs a weight from the stub on a silk or nylon thread.The suspended C/W obviously decouples the mass of the weight from armtube resona... | |
| Turntable help for a Newbie Teres 255 (used from Teres, $2,675-2,875 depending on finish)Graham 2.x ($2,000-ish)The tables on the Teres "Scratch 'n' Dent" sale page are a screaming bargain. Heck, even the new ones are a bargain, and there's no more "set and forget" TT in the... | |
| Is table really more importsnt than cartridge? Likewise agree with Newbee. Excellent summary and advice. | |
| Is table really more importsnt than cartridge? Winegasman,First let me say that in the few "mismatched" rigs I've heard, the good table/cheap cartridge combination has always worked better than the other way around. So I agree with Sdcambell, Aroc, Albert Porter and Dirtyragamuffin. A better t... | |
| Is this why my analog rig isn't so hot? Ken,Thank you for elaborating on your advice to George re: Clearaudio and Teres. That's all I was asking for, something specific to fill in your original statement, which you must admit was rather terse.As for what I'm enamoured with or how sensit... | |
| Is this why my analog rig isn't so hot? Caterham1700,I asked:"You didn't say why you'd avoid Clearaudio or Teres or make any model distinctions. Why the blanket slams? How about some specifics. What have you heard?"You responded:"Slam? How did you get that and Do you REALLY want me to e... | |
| Is this why my analog rig isn't so hot? Yourmama,We are talking at cross purposes and very much OT of course. My apologies to NGeorge.I merely mentioned that a Teres 265 can reproduce sub-20Hz notes when properly equipped with a suitable arm and cartridge. I made that remark only to dem... | |
| Record-playing Rituals? Just sharing my experience, confirmed by both listening tests and constant visual inspection of the stylus.I guess the theories don't interest me as much as the results, and my records have never been cleaner. I can and do go for many, many sides ... | |
| Maximum VISUAL bang for the buck? How about the Bix?http://www.bottlehead.com/et/bix/bix.htm | |
| Is this why my analog rig isn't so hot? Dear Raul,Which harmonic of a 16Hz test tone is lower than the 32Hz organ tone at the beginning of 'Zarathustra', which we hear quite easily? On the HFN lateral resonance track Paul and I both hear pitch-differentiated test tones at 24, 22, 20, 18... | |
| Is this why my analog rig isn't so hot? Yourmama,I forgot to remark about one of your points: some Teres tables include acrylic and some don't. Mine doesn't. Check my system. | |
| Is this why my analog rig isn't so hot? So what are we hearing then? | |
| Record-playing Rituals? I use it on records with obvious mold growth or that don't clean up completely with a couple of RRL passes.It removes some (never all) mold growth deposits. Not perfect but better than not using it. | |
| Is this why my analog rig isn't so hot? Yourmama,Very LF signals are easy to find on vinyl. Just break out your HFN test record and play the resonance measurement tracks. Paul and I both hear clean test signals down to 16Hz on our Teres 265/Tri-Planar VII/Shelter 901. On actual music th... | |
| Record cleaning vs Last Record Preservative Steve,Before the Loricraft OR the Shop Vac I used microfiber cloths for drying. That worked pretty well, nearly as well as the Shop Vac in fact, actually better if the vacuum felts were overdue for changing.Your, "much like drying the dishes" anal... |