dougdeacon
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| the perfect tonearm Perfection on a budget? Hmmm...The alignment jig provided with a Graham does let inexperienced users set things up easily and quickly, but it hardly approaches "perfection". I wouldn't call it "precise" either. Anyone who's aligned a Graham using ... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Mmakshak,I agree with your last two sentences. Unfortunately, your other points have been already addressed by Goatwuss. Goatwuss,I'd be astonished if any Rega TT played these difficult tracks with real clarity. A P1 certainly won't, so that trip ... | |
| I Got Some Classic Cartridges Need Set-Up Advice 1. Meaningful visual inspection of stylus wear requires a microscope with excellent lighting. A loupe isn't powerful enough. Before inspecting OR playing, I recommend you clean each stylus thoroughly. Magic Eraser and a dry brush at a minimum. Ina... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Bill,If those other carts aren't in your line then why not share your experience for the OP's benefit? Surely you must have learned something useful in all those centuries...Thanks for the youth compliment by the way.Boomer disclaimer | |
| Upgrade for users of 1/2" mylar belt Jp11801,Glad another listener is enjoying the improvement from this little tweak. ***Following up on the capstan topic, Palasr was kind enough to mail me four capstans he's used on his Gavia. This was so I could try one with straight vertical side... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Just to clarify Audiofeil's post about my post:A. He's a dealer with a financial interest. Nothing wrong with that, but he should include a disclaimer when posting opinions about the superiority of his products vs. those of competitors.B. There ma... | |
| Increasing tone arm effective mass? It can work, but since energy transmission between each cartridge and tonearm is unique the only way to know how well (or badly) is to try. The idea is not to increase VTF of course. You adjust after adding a weight so that downforce remains const... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee I am wondering if you know of any surefire path to nail sibilance, IGD and tracking without spending a massive amount of money.Now I here that Doug found his arm can pass the IGD trick.Must be Doug's alignment skill, yes :-)Nope. FWIW, here's my e... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Also, VTF can't be optimized by using a scale. It can only be optimized by using your ears. I doubt that's the cause of your problem, but you should experiment to learn how your cartridge behaves with varying amounts of downforce. Whatever you lea... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Goatwuss,Great information. As others said, you get A+ for diagnostic thorough-osity. The zenith photo does appear to have been taken from an off angle relative to the null point, so we can't really assess your zenith angle. As Axel said it looks ... | |
| Cleaning smaller records I knew there was a reason I bought a Loricraft! | |
| Supex SD-900 MKIV impedance loading IN THEORYMost LOMC's going into most active phono stages sound best with input impedance at about 25X the internal impedance of the cartridge, + or - 50% depending on the system. So, if Viridian's figure for your Supex is right, your starting poin... | |
| Loricraft and power cord upgrade? I run my PRC-3 over the frequency sweep tracks on the Cardas LP once a week. Helps clear the cobwebs out of the vacuum tube... Classicjazz, did you cable cook the power cord before this experiment? You can't be too thorough. | |
| Voltmeter for azimuth adjustment? Read Rushton's post on this thread . | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee I'm pretty certain it will be further in with the original VPI alignment.Good prediction. If VPI's alignment is a single null point, as I think Downunder implied, or if its two null points are more closely spaced than Baerwald, that's guaranteed. ... |