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| Bologna OR Baloney How does this work? Please fee It seems to me that, besides any mechanical damping that is involved, anything that touches the cables would affect their dielectric properties. Things like polypropelyne do not have particularly advantageous dielectric signatures for audio applic... | |
| How often do you replace your belt? I believe that the logic behind the VPI direction is for the the belt comes cleanly off when leaving the platter on the way to the motor spindle. In other words, it does not grab the sub platter on the way off. Another idea, posed some time ago wa... | |
| Bologna OR Baloney How does this work? Please fee Nsgarch, do you mean that we should get a homeless person with a hand written sign to stand next to our cables? Maybe raising cables off of the floor is the "work" commonly referred to in the text of these signs. This will surely get the wife invo... | |
| How often do you replace your belt? Never, I own a direct-drive table. For those less fortunate, a cleaning can help (clean both the belt and the surface of the platter or sub-platter that the belt rides on) and VPI recommends putting the belt in a baggie with talcum powder in it be... | |
| Bologna OR Baloney How does this work? Please fee Cable elevators really help with older speaker cables that are too tired to take the stairs. | |
| Are some tracks impossible to track? If you track higher than the manufacturers recommended force, you will certainly have the coil out of the linear region of the magnetic field, the suspension may be compromised and record wear may be increased. This is not the answer to the proble... | |
| Does anyone know anything about this arm? David, great minds think alike!Marty | |
| Does anyone know anything about this arm? I would guess that a lot of it would come down to which choice of cartridge that you intend on using. The Lafayette tonearm, most certainly sourced from the Far East, is an S shaped arm with universal headshell and will be of medium effective mass... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Pabelson, if you think that the whole thing boils down to speed accuracy and rumble, you are sadly mistaken. Internal resonance within the drive system and resistance to external vibration and the period and frequency of those vibrations are just ... | |
| Adjusting tt speed on the cheap:any tricks? A free strobe disc can be downloaded from www.vinylengine.com. A 120V neon panel lamp is available at Rat Shack for a couple of bucks, you will have to solder a cord and wall plug onto it. Bingo, you will be in business for an hour of sweat labor ... | |
| Classic Records 200g Quiex Vinyl - Who's Next Tagyerit, first I should point out that anecdotal evidence suggests that that the "Bilbo" pressing is not the first British Track pressing of Who's Next. Most likely it is the second or third, going from the numbering in the dead wax. I compared i... | |
| Have you noticed that When an ad says, "Won't last at this price.", what exactly does that mean? I really didn't even know there was an audio museum, but there must be one, and they must be liquidating their collection. What else could explain the amount of gear from t... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Just because we kid a bit in some threads, hardly negates the excellent information posted. Some of us like a little sugar in our tea, some not. Perhaps some are a bit constipated and could use some Immodium. | |
| Classic Records 200g Quiex Vinyl - Who's Next The pressing to get is the British Track record with the name "Bilbo" hand scribed in the dead wax. This indicates that the disc was mastered by Denis "Bilbo" Blackham. Unbelieveable sound! | |
| Best power amp for under 1K The Forte is a quite excellent choice, I would also suggest the McCormack DNA-.5; quite a bit more output and the higher gain architecture may give you more options on the preamp side. |