dougdeacon
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| TriPlanar Tips Nandric,If you go back up this thread to my post on 9-16-06, you'll find a tip regarding O-rings instead of the anti-skate (or anti-bias) weight. They provide an easy way to reduce and adjust lateral force whilst still applying more than "zero". | |
| To bias or not to bias It depends on the quality of the amp, the tubes and the stability of the incoming voltage. My amp hardly ever needs rebiasing, even after a tube change. I check it every 6 months or so if I have nothing better to do, but it hasn't really changed i... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Mike/Dan,I thought it was odd too, since as Mike says the wires are often braided (and certainly touching) inside the arm. I understand it's for mechanical damping, that's why I tried it. Maybe I'll try again, or in pairs as Dan suggests. We have ... | |
| TriPlanar Tips I tried braiding my leads together and got a hum. Separating them as widely as possible eliminated it. | |
| TriPlanar Tips Pradeep,The benefits are "subtly mild"! Less than removing the damping trough, but audible, depending on system and ears of course. If you're a klutz then don't bother, but provided you protect your cartridge there should be little risk. Written i... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Mike,The same friend who discovered the sonic benefits of removing the damping trough and arm rest recently tried removing his cueing mechanism. He reported a degradation in sound. Not what he expected or what most of us would predict, but his ear... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Mike,Sorry to hear you've tried that "experiment". :-(The cylindrical housing's there to contain the fluid, obviously, so I guess the question is: "What's the fluid for?" Your explanation is more sensible and your description by analogy to a (hydr... | |
| VTA adjustment for VPI 10.5i tonearm Regardless of how look at it, it's what you hear that matters. Making your armtube or cartridge perfectly level is pointless. Marakanetz's advice was useful, being specific to your cartridge, but even the ideal visual indicator (SRA measurement) o... | |
| TriPlanar Tips How does a person adjust the short pin that sticks out of the front of the cueing frame? Is this just a matter of putting a bit of pressure on this to force it down relative to the arm cueing support bar?Yes, it swivels down or up as required, pre... | |
| Lyra Helikon vs Skala Constancy is not a virtue in this hobby.It most certainly is, though it's not much practiced. | |
| TUBE NOOB: WHAT BRAND One tip for lower microphonics: choose tubes whose internal plate structure appears robust. Some tubes have tall, thin vertical plates that look like a gentle breeze would tobble them over. Such tubes TEND to sound bloated, rosy or microphonic.Oth... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Hi Jfrech,Glad #11 is working for you too. A friend in LA first suggested it to me and everyone who's tried it seems to agree.Regarding A/S, reducing it to the minimum needed for clean tracking improves microdynamics, low level detail and harmonic... | |
| Noob problems guys Crackling sounds synched with loud/dynamic passages is *very* likely caused by the stylus momentarily losing contact with the groovewalls. This is called "mistracking".1) An uncontrolled diamond chisel bouncing around inside a plastic groove will ... | |
| Two quick record cleaning methods - enough? I would like to streamline the process. What step to eliminate? Me too, since my process is even longer. Trouble is, we hear the improvements, or the lack thereof if we skip any of our steps. To each his own of course.... has anybody tried plain d... | |
| New vinyl's noisy little secret Toscanini through a megaphone, oh no!I'd take Toscanini through a mattress vs. most conductors, even live! :-) |