jameswei
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| My VPI MK3 skips if I walk near it.Should this be? My HW19 III used to do this, too. I am not aware of any spring adjustment. To stop it, I braced the support shelf against the walls behind and beside it. (It was in a corner.) I also inserted folded paper shims between the plinth and the wooden ba... | |
| Cartridge mounting on graham phantom I believe the Koetsu Jade Platinum has the standard Koetsu rectangular shape, and there should be no tilt up in the back. Have you made sure there is no obstruction caught between the top of the cartridge and the headshell? If not, then either the... | |
| Graham Phantom Tonearm SME Mount Availability Don't think so; haven't heard of it. By "SME mount" I assume you are referring to the sliding adjustable mount that was standard on the 1.5 arm (versus the "rigid mount" that was standard on the 2.0 and subsequent Graham arms)? I recall that the 2... | |
| Help Graham 2.2 Arm lift The right way to fix this is to get the right hex key and make the adjustment, as your posting implies you already considered. I don't know what the right size hex key is (assuming you have checked out that the correct tool is a hex key and not, s... | |
| VPI Ring Clamp The ring clamp came with my turntable so I didn't have to make the decision. I'll repeat some thoughts I wrote on an earlier thread:Soundwise, it seems to tighten up the soundstage, fix the images a little more firmly. Certainly made a difference,... | |
| VPI Ring Clamp Yeah, sometimes it seems to stick or catch. I assume this is because it is a very precise fit. Maybe VPI could eliminate this with a slight beveling of the inner surface, if it were important enough to have to deal with. I just have to be a little... | |
| Looking for quality CD changer McIntosh makes a 5 disc changer, the MCD 205. Worth a listen. | |
| Turntable height I don't think there is an "accepted norm." (Sorry, Norm) I have mine at chest height so I can handle the dustcover, clamps, and records comfortably. This also lets me bend over a little to peer at the needle closely when I am cueing to a particula... | |
| Line Out - Line In - Line Out - Line In - Line Out I agree with your idea of using the Phono Out.If the Phono Out of your preamp indeed represents the output of your preamp's phono stage, presumably the Phono Out puts out a line level signal (unimpeded by the volume control) of whatever you're pla... | |
| New Air Suspension Footers for VPI TNT The stock HRX footers have been the leaky inflatables. They require reflation every several months. Perhaps VPI will make the sealed ball standard equipment going forward? If the sealed ball configuration offers same or better performance (vibrati... | |
| New Air Suspension Footers for VPI TNT How do they perform? I heard a rumor that they don't do as good an isolation job as the reflatables. Would you refute this? | |
| Any feedback on the Graham Phantom Not having been able to procure a Lift2, I am nevertheless pleased to report success using the original Expressimo Lift as an arm raiser for the Phantom, installed behind the pivot and oriented to push down on the VTF knob. (Perhaps the Lift2 I or... | |
| sub s 2 Sunfire Juniors, or 1 Sunfire True sub. I would get the Sunfire True Sub. I believe it will go lower than the Junior. Two Juniors would give you plenty of midbass volume but might still be a little short in the bottom octave. The True Sub would handle most of the bottom octave and would... | |
| Can we list the better labels? Chesky? Telarc? Some of the small, boutique labels are good, too, like Sundazed Music, Four Men with Beards, First Impression, and Groove Note. | |
| Best Upgrade you had? Early upgrades had a bigger impact; I've been working at diminishing returns in recent years. Probably my best was in 1996, replacing Rectilinear IIIs (bought in 1969) with Thiel 3.6s. The sound improvement was quite noticable. (Heh, heh, heh) Yup. |