actusreus
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| Setting Azimuth Soundsmith cartridges are notorious for uneven channel balance. Fremer wrote about it in his Analog Corner a while ago. A friends of mine had a similar issue with his Soundsmith cart a few years ago. Apparently, Peter does not share the same opini... | |
| What's your SDS setting? Thanks for the responses, guys. The grease topic has been discussed in another thread I started so I don't want to turn this one into another grease thread, but I will say that the VPI grease also contains Teflon so it's very similar (or so I thou... | |
| VTA and HTA overhang I adjusted the VTA today by lowering the back of the tonearm. I then checked the overhang, and the adjustment in the VTA did indeed appear to change the overhang, but too insignificantly to take notice. Admittedly, I changed the VTA very slightly,... | |
| Don't use this to lube your VPI Classic bearing So I finally lubricated my Classic with this particular grease that was ok'ed by VPI. I found it quite thick and not slippery, almost like toothpaste. But what do I know; after all, it has Teflon in it, which is one of the most slippery substances... | |
| VTA and HTA overhang Sarcher30Actusreus, your fork analogy does not work. If you could lift the rear of the fork straight up without letting it move forward as you lift it would pull the front back. This is quite easy to test with your tonearm. Just setup your alignme... | |
| VTA and HTA overhang Peterayer,I don't quite understand your triangle illustration, but you seem to be making an assertion that as you move the arm up or down, you pull the stylus in or out. I just don't think this is correct. Perhaps large VTA adjustments might resul... | |
| VTA and HTA overhang Why would the overhang change when you adjust the VTA? It seems to me the only other setting that should be affected is the SRA. | |
| Do you leave your platter spinning while switching No. Seems like a bad idea to me, even if your table does not use a clamp or a ring. I'd never do it. | |
| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. So, fellow Audiogoners, what do you think has the greatest effect on vinyl playback as far as only the turntable itself, and what do you think can be done to ammeliorate those effects.To answer the first question: a perfectly concocted vodka marti... | |
| Turntable recommendation The Classsic's mid-range "dry"? How do people come up with this nonsense? Certainly not by listening. | |
| Turntable Recommendation for Beginner Bill,The whole Kuzma package is a beauty. It must give you a lot of pleasure to look at it while it makes beautiful music. The 4Point is definitely up there with the top Tri-Planar and Graham. If I recall correctly, Fremer thinks it beats the top ... | |
| Turntable Recommendation for Beginner >>To WhartBill,Thanks for extending an invitation, and I'm sorry to hear you'll be leaving NY. As a former New Yorker, I have a special place in my heart for NY. Many of my friends and some family are still there. I traded NYC for San Diego ... | |
| Lyra Erodion vs Ypsilon MC16 for Lyra Kleos Well, for whatever it's worth, Fremer thinks the Ypsilon SUTs are by far the best he's ever heard. I don't have the Stereophile issue in front of me right now, but he gave it a pretty thorough review and comparison with other highly regarded SUTs ... | |
| Turntable Recommendation for Beginner Whart,I think we all agree that the budget is really the key here. That said, even thought I agree that $1500 might be not enough to buy a good analog front, I would disagree somewhat with your assertion that "when people start with a 1500 dollar ... | |
| Turntable Recommendation for Beginner The OP is asking for a turntable recommendation for a "beginner" and people come back "I know ziltch about TT" and a list of mega bucks tables. Don't forget to get the Talos tonearm and the Atlas cart to go along with that beginner table. Come on ... |