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| Graham Phantom damping fluid level. It's definitely a good idea to verify alignment with a good protractor but you mentioned that your armboard was drilled 0.100" out of spec. so how will you fix that?....if that is indeed the case. | |
| Graham Phantom damping fluid level. I always prove alignment with my own protrator (designed on my CAD system) and I am actually very impressed with the outcome of alignment using the Graham jig. As a machinist, I am a stickler for ultimate accuracy, hence all the questions I ask re... | |
| Graham Phantom damping fluid level. Sirspeedy, what is your current fluid level? If you could say where it is in relationship to the machined square on the bearing cap that would help. Glad you are having fun with your new tonearm. | |
| EAR 834P DELUX Mingles, Dan Meinwald is the EAR USA rep. To my knowledge, Mitch does repair work. | |
| SOTA Sapphire/RB300 armboard detail? The main dimension from the top of the playing surface to the top of the armboard is approx. 27mm in distance for Rega tonearms. You can do the math with your existing hardware to achieve 27mm. This will get you close enough depending the cartridg... | |
| Graham Phantom damping fluid level. Sam, Are you saying you have a fluid level 2mm high on the square? I am looking to extract the tightest bass possible from the Koetsu RSP.Sirspeedy, I hope to hear your thoughts when you have yours setup, fluid level and all. | |
| Lonely piece of marble: where should it go? If you like the appearance of Granite and wish to use it you should damp it. EAR Isodamp material is available in large enough sheets to do the job. Michael Percy sells it if you're interested. A simple effective approach would be to use an MDF/Is... | |
| TT mat suggestions... I, like Cmo own the Achromat(3mm), Boston mat, and Herbies, however I also own the Harmonix TU-800EXi mat. The Harmonix mat is by far the best of the 4 but it will cost you $300. It seems insane to pay that much for a record mat but given they off... | |
| Leveling your turntable, your approach? I would have to believe that the most important factor in "leveling" would be to make sure the platter was rotating around the axis perpendicular to the vertical axis of the bearing. Imagine extending the vertical axis of the bearing and proving p... | |
| Shelter 501 Mk II vs Koetsu Black The Shelter is "dry" sounding compared to the silky smooth Koetsu so if that's your cup of tea, go for it. I'm a Koetsu guy, tried to like the Shelter, YMMV. | |
| Harbeth M30 - PeteK, You have been offered excellent suggestions already. I own both the M30 and M40, the M30 for approx. 3 years and the M40 just over a year now. The M40 is in a whole different league than its little brother in terms of scale and dynamics. Yo... | |
| subs and small room I suggest bass traps at the very least. You'll never achieve acceptable response without room treatment. As Rives said, a parametric EQ is also recommended but I would start with good quality bass traps, at least in the 4 corners of the room, add ... | |
| Silicon Nitride vs Ruby bearing for Rega P5 Your quote speaks of a totally different application. A CMM (Coordinate measuring machine) is not a turntable. The probe of a CMM comes in contact with many types of surfaces, some not as smooth as the thrust surface of a turntable. What abrasive ... | |
| Silicon Nitride vs Ruby bearing for Rega P5 This is very interesting indeed. Let's analyze the facts regarding mass and hardness. Ruby/Sapphire has a density of 3.98G/CM3 whereas Silicon Nitride has a density of 3.44G/CM3, see a very close resemblence here?On the MOHS scale (hardness) sapph... | |
| Rega upgrades/tweeks Joe, Don't you own the Groovetracer subplatter? |