dougdeacon
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| AT OC9 tracking problem. Worn out? Thanks for clarifying. When you said "tracking problems" I doubt anyone envisioned actual skipping. That's a very different thing.I'd be astonished if putting 1000 hours on any cartridge could cause it to start skipping, when it didn't do so befor... | |
| Are our 'test' records adequate? Agree with Raul. The "audio memory is short" truism has been posted a million times, but I've never found it so. My experience is that as we listen to more music and as our systems evolve our audio memory improves, as do most brain functions when ... | |
| AT OC9 tracking problem. Worn out? Grimace,Can you describe the symptoms a little more? You said you have "tracking problems" on a few LP's, but didn't say exactly what makes you think so. What are you hearing? Knowing this might inform the diagnosis... | |
| Hadcock GH228 and Shelter 501 - do they mate well? I don't think Viridian should edit his post. I bet Bill's prices are so high he can actually afford a bedside manor - or two! | |
| Cartridge Mounting On my arm with my cartridge... - using plastic bolts (or nuts, or washers) provides an insufficiently rigid connection, resulting in looser bass and softened dynamics. - inserting a metal plate causes resonances/reflections of stray energies emana... | |
| Tonearm pivot lube I'm unfamiliar with the mechanics of the Bio-Tracer arm, but why would you want to "pre-load" tonearm pivots? What force are you pre-loading against? Why wouldn't you want the arm to respond to that force with as little resistance as possible? On ... | |
| Tonearm pivot lube As Viridian and Dan_Ed suggested, there's no generic answer to your question. It depends on the tonearm. Many unipivots are designed to be lubricated/damped around the bearing but some are not. If lubrication/damping is called for, the optimum flu... | |
| Cleaning a old tonearm WD-40 leaves a gummy residue. I would not characterize it as a cleaning product and I would never use it on any piece of audio equipment.Q-tips and alchohol work for me. My used TriPlanar was not only dusty when I received it, it was coated from e... | |
| Upgrade for users of 1/2" mylar belt Absolutely true. I dust the working side of ours before every side by holding my CF brush against it. I also dust the platter rim before each listening session. Simple but essential.The static potential buildup between belt and platter is a dust m... | |
| Teres Versus with Galibier/Redpoint? Santanaali, I assume you're going through belts quickly because the metallic backing is wearing thin. Read the thread Thom linked to for a notable improvement in both belt life and sonic performance.Note: the ever thoughtful Mosin suggested kapton... | |
| Teres Versus with Galibier/Redpoint? To my ears, a properly implemented tape drive on those tables is not simply "good enough". It's better.Others have reported differently of course and they prefer the Verus. Partly it's a matter of what music you listen to and what kinds of sounds ... | |
| Last 3rd of LP has High Feq. Distortion Doug I assume that you are either a dealer or a rep of Classic Records and if I offended you I am sorry but this is what I have found.Strange assumption. I'm not and you didn't. | |
| Last 3rd of LP has High Feq. Distortion I wouldn't necessarily agree that it's the pressings (though it might be). What exactly happened at this dealer? What did he do to demonstrate that it's the pressings? Many dealers these days lack the knowledge to properly set up and adjust a viny... | |
| Triplanar Problem Thom,That was one of the clearest, best written and most helpful posts I've ever seen. Thanks for so generously sharing the results of your experience mounting different TriPlanars. You provided a simple and sensible procedure that will work in al... | |
| Tone Arm Mass In the new days you can still get headshell weights. VPI offers them and online sellers like MusicDirect and Acoustic Sounds sell them. That said, it's probably still a better idea to chose a cartridge and tonearm that are well matched to begin wi... |