dougdeacon
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| Adjusting SRA using macro lens vs microscope Agree with Dan. The system had few commonalities with ours, so whatever anomalies Paul and I noticed might have been attributable to many things. FWIW, the A90 is one of a very few cartridges I've used that has as narrow a range for VTF, SRA and a... | |
| Adjusting SRA using macro lens vs microscope Here we go again. You'd think people who advocate pre-setting SRA to some arbitrary number would explain why we should bother. Before asking HOW to do something, ask WHY to do it. What is the goal? Does a recommended method meet that goal? In this... | |
| XV-1S and Antiskate Lew, With some (many?) cartridges you may never get away with zero A/S. IME it's quite cartridge-specific. We've heard variations between multiple samples of the same model. Paul believes this is due to sample variability in the behavior of elasto... | |
| XV-1S and Antiskate Musichead,I heard an XV-1S cantilever snap from across the room once. The owner was aligning the cart and had one brief moment of inattention. Be careful, it can be done without really trying.Agree with Lewm and Syntax that the decision of how muc... | |
| XV-1S and Antiskate On a grooveless record the POINT of the stylus rides on a flat, unmodulated surface. The contact surfaces don't touch anything.When you listen to music the SIDES of the stylus ride on a pair of opposed, modulated walls. The point never touches any... | |
| Ortofon A90 or Air Tight PC-1 I don't see why one couldn't spend some time with a digital microscope and record the corresponding VTA settings for a 160gm pressing versus a 220gm (or the values in between, perhaps).One could, but (as I posted just above) the SRA for one 160gm... | |
| Ortofon A90 or Air Tight PC-1 I haven't heard the A90 yet, but Dertonarm hit the nail on the head. The thing that matters is matching playback stylus SRA to groove SRA, and a microscope can't help with that.Groove SRA is different for virtually every LP you own, and you can't ... | |
| Was Beta as good as or better than reel to reel? I'm 56. What's googling? | |
| getting azimuth right Excellent report. Glad you're hearing and enjoying improved sound!To address your question, "Is this unusual", the answer is "no". In fact it's common. Jcarr of Lyra once posted about the technical challenge of affixing styli to cantilevers at pre... | |
| Basis Vector 4 arm question Many people have had experience with it, in this and other unipivots. In general too much damping sounds, well, like too much damping! Dull, slow, attenuated highs, sluggish, flat, undynamic etc. Too little damping sounds bright, aggressive, edgy,... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Paperw8, a few posts ago you said: But, yeah, if it's easy to remove, then it's probably worth a try on a "what the heck" basis.Indeed, and it is easy to remove: take 5 screws out, put 3 back in. It shouldn't take more than two minutes. (Re-checki... | |
| noob TT setup question Occasional, sudden slides inward on sloped LP lead-in ramps is actually a sign of a good tonearm (i.e., one with very low friction bearings). My TriPlanar, which has some of the world's best bearings, does the same thing. IME cheaper tonearms with... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Ralph, That's an fascinating suggestion but it's way too much trouble to reinstall my trough to test. I'm going to work up some theoretical objections to justify not trying it. ;-) | |
| TriPlanar Tips Dan,Thank you for asking, I appreciate it. You'll find the answer in my last post, dated 08/27/10. I haven't posted since as it would be fatuous to contribute to a discussion after explicitly asking that it stop.If the next post on this thread wer... | |
| TriPlanar Tips ... ultimately what counts is whether a person knows what they are talking about.Agreed. In this case the measure is how music sounds with and without the trough. We know. You don't.The OP requests that you avoid further postings on his thread, wh... |