Triplanar Question??

Peter,

Have you read through "TriPlanar Tips"? My last post in the discussion thread covers this question.

Regards,
Doug

P.S. to all - As our UNIverse reached the 1,000-1,500 hour mark it has gotten a bit more responsive (!) and it tracks a bit better too. During heat waves we can now track optimally as low as 1.82-1.85g and I've been able to reduce the number of O-rings on the antiskate dogleg to three (for all but the most torturous records).

Hey Doug, your comments on universe are interesting to say the least. I have not reached that usage yet, but from what you have said the cartridge is getting better with time like a fine wine. thanks for the update.

I have a Triplanar Mk7 with the Universe Copper. I set the anti-skate at the same level as the tracking force.

I found the VTA setting to be critical to really wake things up.

The combination is quite good! Records I thought were slightly worn now play fine; records I thought had noise are a lot quieter. I never wonder 'is that setup going to track this record?' or anything remotely like it- the combination tracks anything I've been able to find with ease. Really fun!

Ralph,

I'm not sure what you mean by setting A/S the same level as tracking force. The TriPlanar has no dial for A/S or VTF. Can you elaborate?

Doug

P.S. I agree about tracking in general. Our copy of 'Trio' (Parton, Harris, Ronstadt) has a nasty double pinch warp. Neither a (low hours) Transfiguration Orpheus nor a (well broken in) Ortofon Jubilee can stay in those grooves. They literally jumped off the record. The UNIverse not only tracks it cleanly, there's no audible hitch when it passes over the warp. :-)