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Carts on JMW 9 Signature
Jmcgrogan-I have been considering the Blackbird, can you compare it to any other carts? It seems to have fallen out of favor (not many people talking about it lately), what do you think? 
Carts on JMW 9 Signature
The Shelter and Lyra work better on the 10" arms, mainly because of the increased mass of the arm. I have considered the 20x, but I was looking for something a step above it. Thank you. 
Crackling distortion
The problem is most likely the downforce gauge. It is measuring the force significantly above the level of the playing surface. I experimented with a digital gauge. If I put even a single record under the gauge, it was measuring almost 0.1 more th... 
VPI Scoutmaster Tonearms
Upgrading to a 10" arm on a Scoutmaster would require drilling? 
Any reviews of SP's Mellon Collie reissue?
The LPs are clean, FLAT and centered, but Zero, Tonight, tonight, XYU and other tracks that are "loud" tracks sound very compressed, messy and simply, bad. Those have been a huge downer for me. This is one of my favorite albums and I was pining fo... 
Setting Azimuth
The azimuth ring is for fine adjustment, for coarse azimuth adjustment, you have to move the counter-weight side to side. This is made tremendously easier with a SS counter intuitive weight, as someone has already mentioned. Otherwise, you will al... 
Phono Pre Amp Recommendation
I am using the GCPH with a Shelter 501 and it sounds great. I would not change it. 
Record cleaning fluids
I use all MoFi cleaning fluids, they work great and are supposed to be super gentle on your vinyl. 
How will you split $3000 between phono and cart ?
I have the GCPH and it is a fine phono stage. Very versatile, sounds great. I use it with a Scoutmaster and Shelter 501. 
McCormack vs. BAT
You have described my situation very accurately. Two problems, my friends are all cheap bastards and no one I know has ANY decent equipment whatsoever. The second is that , having 4 children, am trying to get as much stuff "on the cheap" as possib... 
McCormack vs. BAT
Thank you for the responses, what I mean is that I want more refinement in mid and bass with them having some more umphf. There has to be a reason, that some amps cost 20K, it must be for refinement and power or refinement WITH power. That is what... 
McCormack vs. BAT
A little more power in the midrange and bass is what I am looking for. 
McCormack vs. BAT
I have a phono only system. Right now I have a GCPH directly into a Parasound A21 and Focal 826W speakers. I looked at these two amps because... they have a lot of power and seem to have good reputation, but I am open to anything in their respecti... 
Phono stage help
I did a little experimenting. I found that without the GFP, the sound was more focused, clearer and sharper than with the GFP plugged in. There was also less noise without the GFP. So, the GFP is out. With these results, why would I want to ever a... 
Phono stage help
Kimber Hero and a VPI phono cable. Thank you for the advice.