Doug,
Thanks. I had already raised the cueing device to its maximum height. For the short term fix I cut a piece of cork gasket material cut to match the arch and adhered it with double sided tape. Few would recogize that this isn't stock. It looks and works very good.
I really like this table for a number of reasons and the cartridge is coming along quickly. I'm certain that I will miss it when taken out of my system but I've got to say that my trusty LP12 is NO SLOUCH. This whole experience has proven to my satisfaction that a properly tweaked Linn is THE best buy on the used market.
So, here's where I'll be ruined. The tables owner is bringing over his preamp. It's tube (and forgive me for not remembering what make it is) and has on the fly loading and gain. My Linn preamp has a fixed 150 Ohm loading and probably around 65 total db of gain. I'm thinking that whith the additional gain and 100 Ohm loading several improvements with the cartridge will happen. That may be a big enough improvement to be a jaw dropper on its own. I'm also aware that with such a nice tube preamp much more detail and realism will come through. I really don't care to enter the debate about whether tubes are technically less acurate or whatever. It's been my experience that quality tube components offer detail and depth that ss can't provide. If true in my system I will be ruined by the totality of this temporary insertion.
I've gained much more respect for my humble system through this experience. Every change is clearly heard. I now understand more fully the descriptions I read about reference systems and what one hears with a new piece. Linn has been trashed pretty harshly in these forums so the used prices are a steal. That aside, each change is clearly audible and equal in effect to what I read about upper end systems.
I like the VTA adjuster on the Illustrious just fine. My only complaint is finger access to the nut. If this were my table I would buy a cheap deep well socket and cut off the ratchet end and then remove enough side wall material to allow fitting it on the nut past the cables.
I've listened to a number of tables that are preferred above the LP12 in these forums and usually left uninvolved with the music. One thing for certain is the Teres has PRAT, big time. I found myself bebopping like crazy. Both legs keeping time with the music, head swaying and my hands drumming on my thighs. THAT is when a component just reaches into my soul and puts me THERE. It's not clinical, it's alive!
Nice table.
Thanks. I had already raised the cueing device to its maximum height. For the short term fix I cut a piece of cork gasket material cut to match the arch and adhered it with double sided tape. Few would recogize that this isn't stock. It looks and works very good.
I really like this table for a number of reasons and the cartridge is coming along quickly. I'm certain that I will miss it when taken out of my system but I've got to say that my trusty LP12 is NO SLOUCH. This whole experience has proven to my satisfaction that a properly tweaked Linn is THE best buy on the used market.
So, here's where I'll be ruined. The tables owner is bringing over his preamp. It's tube (and forgive me for not remembering what make it is) and has on the fly loading and gain. My Linn preamp has a fixed 150 Ohm loading and probably around 65 total db of gain. I'm thinking that whith the additional gain and 100 Ohm loading several improvements with the cartridge will happen. That may be a big enough improvement to be a jaw dropper on its own. I'm also aware that with such a nice tube preamp much more detail and realism will come through. I really don't care to enter the debate about whether tubes are technically less acurate or whatever. It's been my experience that quality tube components offer detail and depth that ss can't provide. If true in my system I will be ruined by the totality of this temporary insertion.
I've gained much more respect for my humble system through this experience. Every change is clearly heard. I now understand more fully the descriptions I read about reference systems and what one hears with a new piece. Linn has been trashed pretty harshly in these forums so the used prices are a steal. That aside, each change is clearly audible and equal in effect to what I read about upper end systems.
I like the VTA adjuster on the Illustrious just fine. My only complaint is finger access to the nut. If this were my table I would buy a cheap deep well socket and cut off the ratchet end and then remove enough side wall material to allow fitting it on the nut past the cables.
I've listened to a number of tables that are preferred above the LP12 in these forums and usually left uninvolved with the music. One thing for certain is the Teres has PRAT, big time. I found myself bebopping like crazy. Both legs keeping time with the music, head swaying and my hands drumming on my thighs. THAT is when a component just reaches into my soul and puts me THERE. It's not clinical, it's alive!
Nice table.