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| Graham Phantom with Benz Lp-s Tracking problems Carl, as a Phantom II user myself, I'm interested. What's different about your combination? Is it unmodified or did you get the heavier counterweight? | |
| Graham Phantom with Benz Lp-s Tracking problems Hi Agucela,Sorry to hear you are still struggling. I think the Forum needs more background on the problem. You didn't say whether you'd investigated AudioQuest4Life's suggestion regarding antiskate?Can you tell us where the bias weight is set at t... | |
| Graham Phantom with Benz Lp-s Tracking problems Hi Agustin,Could be feedback but my guess is cantilever resonance caused by the LPs themselves. About 1 in 4 (at a guess) of typical 120g LPs suffer from very fast warps - more like sharp pulses than warps - and sometimes they can be cascaded. Cer... | |
| Using Test LP - curious observations Excellent post Tony...I'm thinking of another possibility for variances in behaviour.The same mechanism that VPI often use for antiskate - twisting of the arm cable - may have been unintentionally applied by manufacturers (or indeed by DIY owners)... | |
| Using Test LP - curious observations Happy New Year Doug....you've clearly given this subject some thought. What, in your opinion, is the reason why turntables Nos 1-5 differ from No.6?Cheers, | |
| Using Test LP - curious observations Dear Doug,Thank you for your insights, your conclusions are highly plausible. At the risk of stating the obvious you will no doubt have seen cantilevers bent like a bow due to skating force (not referring to my current rig here, but past experienc... | |
| Using Test LP - curious observations Dear Actus....For information, to get the described benefits of zero antiskate are you currently using the recommended downforce of ~1.76g with the Delos?One practice is to maximise the downforce or even go beyond the Manufacturers recommended ran... | |
| Using Test LP - curious observations BTW "Band 1" means Band 6. | |
| Using Test LP - curious observations A degree of anti-skate is essential.Recordings such as soprano with piano accompaniment can be useful. The soprano is usually well centred and will produce sustained notes not dissimilar to a test tone. In this way you adjust against any "edginess... | |
| Graham Phantom Supreme? Call me old fashioned but whenever tightening headshell screws on "fixed head" designs, I would always remove the arm from the T/t first to preserve the bearings. Messing around with a single piece cable loom while doing this would drive me banana... | |
| Graham Phantom Supreme? Dear Dertonarm,You are referring to the number of connectors....I was referring to the number of contact points or possible "signal breaks". 2 connectors does not necessarily = 2 signal breaks, more likely one solitary break?To help clarify this I... | |
| Graham Phantom Supreme? ... Having said this....any experiments you care to conduct will of course be viewed with great interest!Anyone who appreciates the Phantom as much as you do is a friend of mine :) | |
| Graham Phantom Supreme? Dear Dertonarm,I recall the issue of "extra" connectors in the Phantom's cable loom was first brought to my attention in a review of an Origin Live tonearm which contrasted with it's continuous loom.My old Ittok LVII consisted of the standard 3cm ... | |
| Why use a super accurate cartridge protractor Hi John_Gordon -Interesting you should mention offset angle. One of the strengths of the Phantom jig is angular alignment of the stylus/generator.It's an old article I know, but it stuck in my mind because of it's relevance. Scroll down the link t... | |
| Why use a super accurate cartridge protractor Just my tuppence worth...I have only used the Graham Phantom Setup Jig on my current cartridge but as it may have been mentioned elsewhere this allows a very clear, well illuminated, view of the cart undercarriage during setup.The most important t... |