peterayer
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| Will SME-V, etc benefit with non-stock alignment? According to the manufacturer, the Air Tight PC-1 stylus tip to center of mounting hole distance is "9.5mm, +/- 0.5mm." So, within the 1mm margin, that too seems to comply with the standard of 9.52mm. My actual cartridge measured 9.17mm which is t... | |
| Best tonearm for AirTight PC-1 Thanks, Clabe.The Mint is much more accurate than the SME paper protractor. The pin hole for the stylus on my SME protractor was not quite in the center and sighting the arm tube from above to be parallel to the printed lines on the paper as they ... | |
| Sophia II's and Pass Labs etc I have only heard the XA100.5 in the XA.5 line. I have read people refering to a "sweet spot" in the various Pass lines. The Aleph 2 in the Aleph line, the XA 160 in the XA line, the X350.5 in the X.5 line, etc. I read somewhere Nelson Pass or one... | |
| Best tonearm for AirTight PC-1 Clabe,I recently bought an Air Tight PC1. It is mounted on my SME V arm and SME 10 table. After about a hundred hours of break-in, I adjusted three things, each of which improved the bass performance. 1) I re-aligned the cartridge using a MINT Tra... | |
| Tracking error distortion audibility Raul and Dertonarm,Does either of you have an opinion on whether or not the advantages of lower theoretical distortion of a 12" arm outweigh the disadvantages of greater moving mass and potential for slight stylus misalignment being amplified more... | |
| Sophia II's and Pass Labs etc That was a great post, Hce4. I like your very "real world" consideration of price vs. performance. I don't often see comparisons between equipment which include a personal perception of value. You're right that Kent and others at Pass seem to expr... | |
| Pure Phono Preamp I would suggest the brand new Pass Labs XP-15. It has adjustable gain via dip swithes on the rear. I believe it has balanced outputs and it costs under $4K new. I have the older 2-box Pass XOno and it has balanced outs. It is very quiet and close ... | |
| Sophia II's and Pass Labs etc Sorry Tvad,I misunderstood you. I thought you owned the Andra II and were considering which Pass XA.5 to buy. Sorry for the confusion. | |
| Sophia II's and Pass Labs etc Hello Tvad,That's hard to say. My gut says that the XA60.5 will be enough to drive the Andra II (89dB and 6ohm nom. load?) if the music is not too dynamic or too loud and the room is not too large. But that is a lot of "ifs". My Rosa is not as eff... | |
| Sophia II's and Pass Labs etc Madfloyd,How about posting some pictures of that awsome system of yours? I agree about the power of the XA100.5. I have Eggleston - 87dB, 4ohm min. - and they easily drive the speaker. The meters have never moved. They control my speakers much bet... | |
| Tracking error distortion audibility Dertonarm,I understand your simple and accurate description of tonearm geometry very well. Thanks. It really does make sense, and perhaps SME made this mistake back when their arms were originally disigned. My only point is that once an owner know... | |
| Tracking error distortion audibility This discussion about the SME V arm and overhang adjustment is interesting and somewhat confusing. I had the same conversation with Yip of MINT LP. I had to supply the arm to spindle distance as specified by SME, the arm pivot distance to the cent... | |
| Egglestonworks Andra original versus Andra-II Mpit,I have the Eggleston Rosa. I'm curious, how would you describe the differences between the Andra II and the WP7 and Sophia 1? Thanks you for any information you can share. | |
| anybody have a doshi pre to audition? Swamp,I sit corrected. Dan_ed does have one, and I thought that is what you meant by naming the members in your posting all of whom have a Doshi except for me. I should read more carefully. I'm getting to the point where I may need bifocals, espec... | |
| WHAT'S THE BEST SOLID STATE PREAMP FOR $3000 ?? I agree with Aljordan. I just heard his H2O Fire and Pass XP-10. They both sounded great, and quite similar, connected to my Pass amps. You could maybe find an XP-10 for just over $3K used or contact Mark @ RENO HIFI. He often has good deals on de... |