izgoblin
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| AT-ART9 cartridge on Marantz TT-15s1 - I don't think I'm getting the performance I should Just wanted to bring this thread to a (temporary) conclusion. I tried mijostyn's suggestion of checking the stylus with a pocket mirror (I actually used a mirrored protractor) and it seemed to me that the stylus (as best as I could see it anyway)... | |
| AT-ART9 cartridge on Marantz TT-15s1 - I don't think I'm getting the performance I should Thanks, avanti1960. I've got anti-skate at a minimum based on the results from both the HiFi News and Analog Productions test LPs. And you bet I've used a protractor and gone over the alignment probably 10 or 15 times at this point. I've read th... | |
| AT-ART9 cartridge on Marantz TT-15s1 - I don't think I'm getting the performance I should Thanks, mijostyn! You understand correctly - things seem to sound great and the tracking is clearly far better, but the visible tilt freaks me out. Your suggestions are very helpful, and I will update the thread when I have gone through them. | |
| AT-ART9 cartridge on Marantz TT-15s1 - I don't think I'm getting the performance I should Oh, it's the ClearAudio Satisfy tonearm. Had to look up the name. | |
| AT-ART9 cartridge on Marantz TT-15s1 - I don't think I'm getting the performance I should The tonearm is the only one that can be used with the Marantz TT-15S1 (the entire thing was actually made by ClearAudio for Marantz). | |
| AT-ART9 cartridge on Marantz TT-15s1 - I don't think I'm getting the performance I should A somewhat surprising (to me anyway) update. I calibrated the Fozgometer and realigned the cart. It took some fiddling as one might expect, but I kept adjusting until I had the overhang and azimuth very close based on the Fozgometer reading. I ... | |
| AT-ART9 cartridge on Marantz TT-15s1 - I don't think I'm getting the performance I should Yes, I'm going to start from scratch indeed. And I really should also RTFM, because I realized I didn't calibrate the Fozgometer before use - I just went off of a YouTube video on its use. Oops. Of course, for $400, I would have thought that mi... | |
| AT-ART9 cartridge on Marantz TT-15s1 - I don't think I'm getting the performance I should Drat, having an "expert" take a look at it feels like my only hope. I live in Thorndale, Pennsylvania not too far from Philadelphia. I'd gladly drive a few hours to find the right person, but Google isn't helping me here unfortunately, and I im... | |
| AT-ART9 cartridge on Marantz TT-15s1 - I don't think I'm getting the performance I should I played a few more old but sealed LPs today and heard IGD on every one of them, so it's clear that something is very wrong with my setup.I got the Fozgometer and the Analog Productions Ultimate Analogue Test LP and checked the reading only to fin... | |
| AT-ART9 cartridge on Marantz TT-15s1 - I don't think I'm getting the performance I should Thanks for all of the responses! I'm embarrassed to have to make one correction - it was the Baerwald alignment I did go with, not the Stevenson as I incorrectly said. I am going to definitely focus on setting azimuth which I previously did not... | |
| AT-ART9 cartridge on Marantz TT-15s1 - I don't think I'm getting the performance I should Thanks for responding. Yes, I did confirm that the platter is absolutely level. I should have noted that.I also had better results with the VTA tail slightly up, so that's how I have it now. 2 grams tracking force?? I kept reading people say ... |