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| Anti-skate Hi Sirspeedy,I am wondering if you will have the opportunity to compare the Kuzma linear tracking arm with their new pivoted arm. I've seen the linear arm demonstrated by Frank Kuzma at a show and was quite impressed by the build quality (I also p... | |
| Plasma speakers anyone with info? I've heard, though only briefly, the Acapella. The tweeter is very nimble and nice sounding. The Hill I heard MANY years ago (around 1979). The Hill required a bottle on inert gas that is injected into the ion tweeter to prevent corrosion of the e... | |
| Anti-skate Audiofeil raised an interesting point about the effective velocity being reduced for the inner groove. When I said earlier that there was no obvious reason why skating force should be different for the inner groove, I did not consider the change i... | |
| Anti-skate Mmakshak,The skating force has nothing to do with the diameter of the record. It has to do with the fact that the drag of the stylus in the groove is pulling backwards along a line tangent to the groove (along the same line as the cantilever), but... | |
| Hi End rack really deliver? Hi Joe Kapahulu,A good, solid, rack tht fits your needs is a basic requirement. Some racks have adjustable shelves (a big plus) or can be custom built to your specifications (e.g., Billy Bags). If you have a turntable, a proper rack is even more c... | |
| Anti-skate This is getting pretty confused. Has anyone read any analysis, theoretical or actual measurement, that shows that skating force is higher when playing the inner groove? Distortion generally will be higher because the grooves make progressively sha... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? Lloyd,I too really like the sound of Strads. I hope you find an amp that really works well for you. The Strads do not strike me as being particularly tempermental so you should not have too much difficulty finding a good match.Let me make it clear... | |
| Hi End rack really deliver? As others have mentioned, there is no way to predict the sonic result from changing racks. It would at least be easier to make decisions if certain approaches always improve the sound but that is not the case. I have heard exotic shelves do exactl... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? A friend has the Strads in a medium sized dedicated listening room (designed from the ground up by Rives). He powers the speakers with a pair of custom-built output transformerless tube amplifiers. The sound is very good. If I have one issue with ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Gregm,Yes, high capacitive loading will make MM cartridges sound dull (the capacitance of the cable must be factored in as well). Most of the MMs I've heard do not compete with the top MCs for balance of characteristics. They are either opaque and... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Robyatt,The Decca is the best MM/MI cartridge I have have heard -- so lively and exciting (a big contrast to most MM cartridges which tend to be a bit more opaque and dull sounding than MC cartridges). The Stanton CS100 is also exciting, but I got... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Jloveys,That is an interesting coincidence. Another friend just got the Tron phono stage. It would be possible for us to try the Tron in the system with the Allaerts, although it would be a big psychological blow to the owner of the Allaerts if it... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dgob and Sirspeedy,A friend purchased the top-of-the-line Allaert (@ $13,000) and a Shroeder Reference tonearm that is designed to match that cartridge. The phonostage is the Boulder unit. The Allaert/Shroeder importer installed the arm and did th... | |
| Placette linestage vs. Adcom 750 passive What is being compared here, the Placette remote volume control (passive) or the Placette active linestage (unity gain, but it utilizes an active buffer stage). I own, though I no longer use, the Placette Active. In my system, the Active was more ... | |
| SME V, Tri-Planar or Phantom B-44 From experience, I know that even the tiniest change in a setup parameter (e.g., .3 mm change in height of the arm) will make a substantial difference in sound. I would bet that if one set up two "identical" arms on "identical" tables with "identi... |