Analog Magic Question


I recently acquired the Analog Magic software and have been playing with it and learning from it.  I would like to discuss it with someone who is an experienced user.

billstevenson

Hi Bill, you wrote "For example, Wally tools did not disclose limitations in two of my cartridges."

That is what I was referring to.

Oh I understand now.  In trying to setup my SL1200GAE first with the 2M Black, the AnalogMagik software revealed that the cartridge is defective.  Wally tools did not uncover that fact.  Similarly when I setup the same TT with the VAS Nova stereo cartridge AnalogMagic disclosed a problem with arm resonance in the vertical plane, again Wally tools did not.

Hi Bill, I am reading the thread with interest. You wrote that adjusting the azimuth and zenith are the two parameters that made the most difference. Can you elaborate on that a bit more? Specifically what is the listening experience like before and after the adjustment, wider /  deeper soundstage, more dynamic….?

Thanks!

In trying to setup my SL1200GAE first with the 2M Black, the AnalogMagik software revealed that the cartridge is defective.  Wally tools did not uncover that fact.  Similarly when I setup the same TT with the VAS Nova stereo cartridge AnalogMagic disclosed a problem with arm resonance in the vertical plane, again Wally tools did not.

Thanks Bill - this makes complete sense. The same could be said for a defective tone arm wire etc. Although I would have thought a defective cart would have been disclosed by sound alone.

@billstevenson 

How did the Analog Magik software reveal the problems and defects that you noted?