twl
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| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Basement, what Zaikesman said about the Vertical Tracking Force is true. However, increase in vertical resistance(mass/inertia) is also bad. The light weight of the arm in the vertical plane ensures good tracking on warped albums. If vertical mass... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Zaikesman, I think you are on the right track for calculating the proper mass, but I would throw something else into the mix. The added weight in the case of my modification is at the pivot point. The stylus deflection is occuring about 9 1/2" awa... | |
| Grado Sonata, I need help. It sounds to me like you need to play around with the VTA some more. The Sonata is supposed to have some authoritative bass sound. The weight is good for that arm, and the compliance is maybe a little high, but should match ok. I'd say it's the VTA. | |
| Speaker priority: high or low??? I have always been in the "source is most important" camp. I have had excellent results with my systems using that format, and expect to continue in that vein. I definitely consider speakers to be important, but the source is where its at. When yo... | |
| Time coherence - how important and what speakers? Karls, thanks for the clarification. I was under the impression that the capacitor or coil shift would be additive to the reactive element, and not be cancelled by it, in a first order configuration. Is this fully proportional, or are there some v... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Zaikes, the Dynavector 507 was addressing this idea, and that is a good observation. My problem with the way they did it was that it introduced a whole other set of bearings, counterweights, and resonances that probably did more harm than good. Wh... | |
| Time coherence - how important and what speakers? Stehno, the 1st order crossover alignment, which consists of a single capacitor between drivers is a 90 degree phase alignment. It allows the bass driver to run full range, to its natural limits, and blocks the tweeter from operating below the fre... | |
| Tubes Do It -- Transistors Don't. If ANYONE on this board REALLY thinks that I, or other tube aficionados here, are buying tube systems to get a certain type of "even order distortion" or euphonic sound out of this gear, then they are totally deluding themselves. This notion that ... | |
| Time coherence - how important and what speakers? I just came off of 2 physics websites regarding the speed of sound versus frequency. Both the Cornell physics dept. and the Nasa physics website stated that the speed of sound in air is constant, and does not vary with frequency. The only variable... | |
| Time coherence - how important and what speakers? Two points for you Bigtee. Number 1 - If the highs travel much faster than the lows, then how does aligning the acoustic centers of the drivers time-align them? Answer: The time alignment attempts to simulate a single source of the sound so that t... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Yes guys, this mod is similar to a damping trough mod, with similar goals. I didn't really lower the center of gravity any with this, because I would have encountered clearance problems with the cueing lever and other stuff. I also wanted to achie... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Viridian - I already use the Expressimo Heavyweight, and found that to be a very good improvement also. I did not consult Origin Live about this, and am quite sure that they do not consider it necessary. This would be the typical response from man... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long In my first paragraph, I meant to say that the "horizontal movement plane is on a vertical axis bearing". | |
| Tubes Do It -- Transistors Don't. Personally, I think it is rather funny that some people think that "tube heads" are in it for the distortion. That cracks me up! | |
| Headphone Amps The David Berning MicroZOTL is a very nice headphone amp. |