dougdeacon
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| Table/Cart Set Up - By Ear or Test Record? Tonywinsc,It does require gear at a certain level to hear SRA changes as affecting phase coherence. Lower resolution cartridges mounted on lower resolution rigs (like my old Shelter 901/OL Silver combo for instance) are too muddy to hear this clea... | |
| Table/Cart Set Up - By Ear or Test Record? Using a test record to achieve none or minimal distortion in the channels, I had to turn the anti-skating up signficantly. When I did this, it dramtically affected rhythm and pace and tactility of the bass. The pace was diminished and bass became ... | |
| Table/Cart Set Up - By Ear or Test Record? Hey, Phil. Thanks for the props, lol. I guess I agree with you (duh!). When learning it is helpful to see hard metrics provided by various tools. For azimuth I was once part-owner of a Wally Analog Shop, which measures crosstalk. It worked and the... | |
| Difference between Airy 3 silver & copper We've had several ZYX carts in our system with both the copper and silver coils: - UNIverse- Airy 3- Airy 2- a beta test model that was never released to the publicWe also had a gold coil UNIverse.In all cases...COPPER COILSSound fastest, most liv... | |
| Setting Azimuth - What do you listening for? WHAT TO LISTEN FOR?Optimal azimuth minimizes crosstalk and phase mis-alignment between channels. Therefore, optimal azimuth will cause sonic images to sound their tightest (laterally) and most coherent. Inaccurate azimuth causes sonic images to so... | |
| Adjusting counterweight on Loricraft RCM Using too much fluid doesn't necessarily clean better. If the fluid isn't down inside the grooves in contact with contaminants it isn't really doing anything but making a mess. :-)Agree with Peter and Pradeep regarding a double vacuum sweep, espec... | |
| Adjusting counterweight on Loricraft RCM The counterweight on my PRC3 has a small screw in the hole. From memory, a small Allen key was the tool to loosen/tighten it. Of course, being British-made, they're liable to have used whatever screw was lying about! ;-)Many users (including me) a... | |
| Setting Azimuth Lewm's interpretation of my comment was correct. The experiment described in the OP clearly demonstrated that azimuth has little effect on channel output. Like many useful experiments it proved that the going-in hypothesis was false. That's just a... | |
| Setting Azimuth Agree... despite responses from me, Essentialaudio and Lewm trying to help, the OP still seems fixated on trying to adjust channel balance. Until he understands that azimuth does not particularly affect channel output it won't matter what widgets ... | |
| ZYX Airy 3 Best SUT Furthermore... the Airy 3's output is actually higher than .24mv if industry standard test tracks are used. ZYX uses a less commonly known test LP to measure output, one which results in lower numbers. Multiply by about 1.34 to get an output that'... | |
| ZYX Airy 3 Best SUT The Airy 3's output is actually higher than .24mv if industry standard test tracks are used. ZYX uses a less commonly known test LP to measure output, one which results in lower numbers. Multiply by about 1.34 to get an output that's comparable to... | |
| Moving VPI TNT, Wheaton Triplanar, Transfiguration The Triplanar box should protect a mounted cartridge about as well as anything. Other than that I concur with Atmasphere, Lewm and any others who balked at the terrifying prospect of letting a moving company pack a high end vinyl rig. Good god... | |
| Does mfg's name/model affect your opinion of sound No. The sound effects my opinion of the manufacturer.Exactly. Enough said. | |
| Setting Azimuth I cannot seem to achieve a proper azimuth that will give even channel balance. Azimuth has little if any effect on channel balance (except when very badly mis-adjusted, as you've experienced). You're measuring the wrong thing.This has been discuss... | |
| Upgrade for users of 1/2" mylar belt Hi Pani,R2R tape provides a less elastic, less slippage-prone coupling than silk thread. The drive belt described in this thread simply goes further in that same direction... much further. Therefore, whatever you heard from R2R tape you'd hear eve... |