dougdeacon
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| 2013 RMAF Analog Reports + Meet and Greet Paul and I heard the original Saskia at RMAF several years ago. It was, hands down, the best turntable we'd ever heard.Glad to see that Win's still going strong and apparently has found ways to improve an already stunning performer.At one time he ... | |
| I need help diagnosing a sibilant problem on vinyl Doug, There's not too many adjustements you can make with Rega arm. Proper alignement, VTA and nothing more to adjust there. Regas aren't the most adjustable arms, but in addition to alignment one can certainly tweak VTF and anti-bias. IME, these ... | |
| I need help diagnosing a sibilant problem on vinyl Btselect,Thanks for asking. For clarity, I didn't mention records that are hard to track. I mentioned records whose HF's (particularly sibilants) are difficult to reproduce cleanly. These are not the same thing, since systems may distort HFs even ... | |
| I need help diagnosing a sibilant problem on vinyl There many possible causes, including but not limited to:- inadequate VTF- sub-optimal anti-bias adjustment- sub-optimal zenith alignment- sub-optimal SRA (VTA) adjustment- overload or shearing distortions in the phono stage- dirty or damaged reco... | |
| Stylus Rake Angle Csontos and Peterayers hear exactly what I hear. ***Lewm, sorry we haven't explained this in a way that helps you understand this as a timing issue. Thanks for hanging in there. Of course you're right that the spinning platter controls the timing ... | |
| New ZYX Premium cartridge line Just noticed this thread. I hadn't heard about ZYX's new "Premium" line and can't say anything about it. My own current cartridge is the ZYX UNIverse II, which handily outplays the original UNIverse in a number of areas (see the review beneath my ... | |
| Stylus Rake Angle Karl_desch,It's hard to imagine anyone designing a cartridge for something other than headshell-parallel-to-LP-surface. Why would they do that? It would restrict sales of their own product. Every tonearm on earth, even the wacky RS-A1, is designed... | |
| How long does it take you to install a cartridge? With a familiar cartridge on my own rig, 30-45 minutes is typical for a reasonable setup. After that I tweak while listening... a never-ending process, as Onhwy61 noted.That's after 10 years of working with multiple tonearms and dozens of cartridg... | |
| Stylus Rake Angle Thanks, Jazdoc.Ever since Jon Risch posted his seminal SRA article on Vinyl Asylum, people have over-interpreted 92 degrees +/- 2 as "SRA must be 92 degrees exactly and perfectly". People with a fondness for measurements and exactitude are vulnera... | |
| Stylus Rake Angle My problem is that I cannot reliably move my Dino microscope to where I need to in order to take a photo. ... Despite hours of trying to adjust I cannot get a clear or properly positioned shot.Actually, your problem is that you (and the OP, and Fr... | |
| Long cables from turntable or phono stage Short posts, bad advice. | |
| tonearm parameters Raul is correct. A statement like, "Low mass cartridge should be installed on a low mass arm" is incorrect. A better (though still simplified) statement would be, "High compliance cartridge should be installed on a low mass arm, or vice-versa".Exa... | |
| New VPI 3D Arm If you prefer to optimize your setup for playing warped records, by all means do so. OTOH, the effects explained by Larryi are audible in my sytem on all records, warped or unwarped (and the vast majority is unwarped). Like many things in audio, t... | |
| New VPI 3D Arm In any case, if you are using this arm (or any arm) you should use the most appropriate weight to get it as close as possible to the fulcrum. Says who? Setting things up that way reduces effective mass. Using a lighter weight set farther from the ... | |
| Long cables from turntable or phono stage Ralph,The OP is not using a LOMC. His ADC XLM is a MM cartridge, so the last sentence of your post is the only one applicable to *him*.That said, those of us who use LOMCs appreciate your knowledgeable input, as always. |