dougdeacon
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| New $35K pivoting tonearm Everybody has an opinion that they are so willing to share, yet apparently nobody has any experience with the tonearm. Tell me what you know about the product!At $35K I won't hold my breath waiting for a critical mass of reviews....interesting fea... | |
| Andy Kim - Needle Clinic Bif, I can't speak for Lyra, but some stylus profiles do maintain a useable shape without serious sonic degradation longer than other shapes.The worst case would be a conical stylus (which has a spherical cross section across the groove contact po... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Thanks, Atmasphere. One clarifier... when loosening/tightening that large screw, use your free hand to hold the arm by the VTA tower and frame, NOT THE tonearm itself (which could stress or damage the bearings). Obvious to some, but better a cauti... | |
| Brinkmann Bardo and Tri-Planar VII-U armrest issue When I first discussed it with him (8-9 years ago) his position was that this was not a user adjustment and touching it would invalidate the warranty. I can't imagine why, it's easy and really can't hurt anything if done properly (which the manual... | |
| Keep Lenco or get Thorens or Rega? Agree with the above. A Lenco is not a plug and play rig. The kudos offered by hundreds of Lenco-philes all assume some mods and upgrades... quite a bit, usually.If DIYing and modding isn't your thing, a Lenco might not be the best rig for you. OT... | |
| Turntable upgrade, tweaks, or stay put? Some tweaks might help, but in the end you're right that your vinyl rig is weak compared to your digital setup. I've found that to do vinyl as well as good digital requires a larger investment. My universal disc player retails for $6K and it's qui... | |
| Andy Kim - Needle Clinic My Kleos sounded a little off lately, so I thought it should be checked out. I sent it to Andy Kim. It turns out all that was needed was the stylus required a cleaning and polishing. Glad you got it looked at by an honest guy and kudos to Andy Kim... | |
| Brinkmann Bardo and Tri-Planar VII-U armrest issue Ralph,As this info isn't in the owner's manual, it ought to be included in the TriPlanar Tips thread. Please consider posting a synopsis there.Doug | |
| Brinkmann Bardo and Tri-Planar VII-U armrest issue :-) | |
| World's largest vinyl record Such a lovely place, Such a lovely face. | |
| Phono stage good for classical and jazz? +1 to BR3098's question. In particular, without knowing what cartridge(s) you plan to use it's impossible to say which phono stages would be suitable. For instance, the Quicksilver mentioned by Lewm would be suitable for MMs and many HOMCs, but wo... | |
| Brinkmann Bardo and Tri-Planar VII-U armrest issue +1 to Ralph's (Atmasphere's) posts. Just do what he said. I've corrected two TriPlanars this way myself. Don't take the screw out all the way, loosen just enough to make the adjustment.Be careful not to stress the bearings. Hold onto the VTA tower... | |
| Interesting analog experience Stringreen, good question ("Can aliatoric music be recorded?"). One might similarly ask if improvisational music (like live jazz) can be recorded. I suppose the answer is "yes", but that any such recording is only a snapshot in time of one particl... | |
| Interesting analog experience My cats also react to music being played on vinyl. They never react to music played digitally. It's quite strange! | |
| Interesting analog experience Elinor, I was saying just the opposite (and I believe you misunderstand the nature of 4'33").As Stringreen noted, an actual performance (or recorded performance) of 4'33" does NOT sound like "nothing". There will typically be audience coughs and s... |