dougdeacon
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| NEED HELP with older LP Jacket odor... CSI: Audio? | |
| TT setup woes Not much to add to what the others have said, except to suggest re-cleaning the affected LP's. Perhaps the excessive sidewall pressure ground some dirt into one sidewall. Certainly couldn't hurt to try.Regarding VTA, I haven't heard the 90X but un... | |
| Grado Statement Series Check out this VA thread for a mod to any home vacuum cleaner. It was apparently recommended by Brian Weitzel, head of Records Research Labs. I doubt it would rival a RCM, certainly not for speed, but if the budget is tight it could be a cheap and... | |
| Grado Statement Series Colitas,John Chapman will make the Mu with longer than 7" leads at no extra charge. Mine are 18". Of course if it's beyond budget then that's academic. You might consider the kit, which saves about $100 and just requires a spot of soldering. Still... | |
| Analog for SET based system Like Twl and jphii said. Here's one possible configuration:Teres 150 ($1825)You need this model or higher for the wood plinth, which reportedly sounds much better than the acrylic plinth on the entry level model 135.Origin Live Silver ($925)Simple... | |
| What LPs do you use for VTA adjustment Thanks, Rushton. I'm glad to hear that, since I already have the 45. And I totally agree with your assessment. | |
| Grado Statement Series Ed, Your approach certainly makes sense too, and either approach could be done for less than the cost of the Mu's. Lots of ways to skin this cat, or pull this cart if you prefer.Sidssp,A 1:10 stepup shows a cartridge a load of 470 ohms, not 235, a... | |
| Grado Statement Series I paid $745 last year for the copper wire version, assembled and burned in. AFAIK the price is still the same.Whether that's reasonable for Colitas' system and budget I don't know. I'm not that familiar with his equipment and he didn't mention a b... | |
| Grado Statement Series Ed, you wrote:"It seems that any "transformer type" step up would introduce hum problems (to varying degrees), and offered little or no adjustability or versatility."My BentAudio Mu's have no hum problems that I can detect. (If you meant a tranny ... | |
| What LPs do you use for VTA adjustment Rushton,Thanks for posting that page by Lloyd Walker. I read it a year or two ago and then totally forgot he'd put it on his site. Mr. Walker explains it all more clearly than I could, which will surprise nobody of course.Who conducts that 'Firebi... | |
| Effective Mass Wow, so much for my guesswork. Good thing you got a real response. | |
| New Graham Arm "Phantom" Bob probably knows! :) | |
| What LPs do you use for VTA adjustment Hi Samir,You're correct that arm height and VTF are interrelated. If you have a sufficiently accurate scale you can easily measure changes in VTF as you raise or lower your arm.I'd suggest letting that nice new arm settle in a bit before fretting ... | |
| origin live silver or??? Par3n1, Yes, the Expressimo C/W will fit a Silver. Twl's assessment seems right to me. I believe I'd have to spend at least $2K to significantly better my fully modded one. Here's a link to that thread you remembered. It's a worthwhile read. What ... | |
| How often do you demagnitize your MC cartridge? Scubabiker,The idea is to unplug your phono cable and (assuming RCA's) hold them together with the pin of each touching the ground of the other. Play a 60 sec frequency sweep or tone while holding them together.I've never tried this myself. A sear... |