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| Any of my existing amps work on Quad ESL-57's Hi I've had plenty of 57's including stacked. Best amp was the 8417 Quicksilvers.Do NOT use high powered transistor amps - you are asking for trouble.For solid state the old Electrocompaniet 25 watts pure class A was excellent.So I would recommend... | |
| Tonearm for Pink Triangle TT John - I imported the 1st SME V's into NZ. This is a common problem, the fouling of the arm on the record/platter edge. The easy solution is to insert a spacer between the headshell and cartridge. This will give you more depth to work with on VTA.... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? There are possibly several things going on with a copper mat. My Final Audio has a 4.5kg copper mat - the copper mat in conjunction with the 15kg aluminium platter provides bi-metallic damping, tapping the platter with and without the mat demonstr... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Halcro, I dont think we are that far apart. One of the debates I have been having with myself for 20 yrs in terms of tonearms is the adjustability and ease of setting up accurately vs the added complexity in the arm with the subsequent tradeoffs i... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Halcro - My original post was correct then, the major advance is the arm tube. As you have articulated there are many other aspects to this arm, many of which have been used before. If you really want to debate the no headshell then look at the Ed... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Hey Halcro - thought you might like to read up on the original Vector by AJ Conti - The Vector 1 tonearm utilizes a hybrid bearing featuring a point contact, .020 radius polished male pivot fabricated from hardened tool steel. The female cup is g... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Halcro, see my comments below :Look at the unipivot design with a stabilising pivot on a sapphire jewelled swash plate to maintain stabilityComment - I would argue this is not a unipivot as the bearing has multiple contact points and the arm does ... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Halcro - Dont intend to be cynical, but your criteria was "advanced the art and science". You said if an arm does not meet this criteria it is not of interest.Can someone please explain how the Continuum arms have advanced the science. That is my ... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Hi all, thanks for accepting the observations, my key points are :I have no issues with the performance. I question the aesthetics and I question what is really new.To me there is a total disconnect in the arm tube style vs the pillar design.For e... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Wow - there are a lot of discussion points here - my points :Sota - used to import these and my Sota Star Vacuum is still one of my favourite decks. It was far more speed stable than the Linn, Roksan etc. We use to rebuild the power supplies for t... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Halcro,"As the Moderator here.....'modern' arms which do not advance the art and science of the design....are not of interest."That rules out the Continuum arms then - there is nothing new there other than the "shape" of the arm tube - which looks... | |
| Strain gauge vs Zyx 4D/Atmos Raul et al,Your argument on equalisation is irrelevant. Strain gauge cartridges have a non linear output and therefore require different "equalisation" to achieve a flat response. My understanding is that the output is close to the inverse of the ... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Halcro,Whilst I do not like sprung turntables I agree with Dertonam you cant write them off. The key mistake most suspended tt's with belt drive have is that they have the motor drive on a different chassis from the suspended plinth on which they ... | |
| CONUNDRUM Handymann,The real issue is one you highlighted, that your turntable is way below the level of your phono stage and preamp. Therefore a good low output moving coil will potentially be too good for the arm and sound awful. My suggestion would be to... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System T_bone - I think you are wasting your time on this. This thread goes round in circles.If I look at Halcro's system it astonishes me that for all the discussion on turntable set up I see the following issues in his system -Turntables located on a l... |