lewm
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| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III I fully agree that nearly all production dd tables can be improved by improving their plinths. And I take your point about the suspension of the motor in the SP10. Albert addresses this issue by supporting the motor/bearing assembly via a brass ro... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III Hiho, Are you saying that for the SP10 MKII you just lengthen the wires from the chassis-bound electronics to the motor, when you install the motor only into a dedicated plinth? How long are the leads between the motor and its electronics when you... | |
| Turntable Motor Maxon, too. | |
| TriPlanar Tips Dear Nandric, There would be no problem here either if I were gay. My one-line comment was an allusion to a one-liner written by the great American humorist Mark Twain, probably 100 years ago. A newspaper had erroneously reported that Twain had di... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Rumors that I am a "smart gay" are exaggerated.Nandric, if you re-read what you wrote and what Dan-ed just wrote, you will see, I hope, that there is no way that Tri could accommodate, or indeed anticipate, all the neurotic needs of us audiophiles... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Dear Ralph (Atma), What cartridge are you using that requires no AS compensation? I know that Doug uses the ZYX Universe. Nandric, I am very sorry you had to pay so much for your Triplanar. However, as you yourself noted, most of the money did not... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III I use the same tech as Albert, and I can confirm what he says. But Bill Thalmann would be the first to say that he is not the only man in the world who can restore the electronics of a MKII or III. The point is really that replacing the electrolyt... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Dear Nandric, As Ralph implied, anti-skate is a bugaboo of pivoted tonearms with fixed-angle head shells. This notion of using micro-amounts or none at all is Doug's idea based on his listening. Moreover, the tiny o-rings he uses really are not ha... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I was just doing some exploring on my own. Your assessment is probably correct. However, I will have a listen and decide for myself. Thanks for your comments. PS, I just bought an NOS ATN20SS stylus, so when the "right" cartridge comes along, I wi... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I recently bought an AT13Sa off eBay, just because it was so inexpensive, and I was curious about it. Can the later styli in this series be used on the AT13? I refer to the styli for the AT15Sa or SS or the AT20Sa/SS. Thanks. | |
| TriPlanar Tips Nandric, I take it that you would LIKE to have an extra bias or anti-skate weight suitable for applying a very small amount of bias or anti-skate force. Any competent machinist could make that for you, it seems to me, using the original "normal" s... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Nandric, You were correct to abandon the use of a groove-less disc to set AS. I just do it by ear. It was very obvious that the Urushi was in need of AS after a short listen without it, since I knew well how the Urushi sounded with AS. Without it,... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Nothing like a good, firm bottom, I always say. | |
| TriPlanar Tips Hold the phone, Doug. In order to make the Colibri mount-able on my Triplanar, I had to use an alu insert between the cartridge and the headshell. The insert, after I machined it to a minimum mass, weighs almost 3g. Then because of the insert, I h... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Nandric, I think we get a total of 4 counter-weights, as you indicate. One is the major one that goes up against the pivot. Then there are three additional supplemental counterweights of increasing thickness and weight. I guess we've got the weigh... |