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| VPI TNT Turntables What you are asking is for someone to write a book because you don’t want to do the research yourself. The information is all out there for you.There were differences in each generation and differences within generations. Here are the topics, each... | |
| Aligning Cartridge The Avid Alignment Gauge is an almost exact knock-off of the $20 turntablebasics.com Phono Cartridge Alignment Tool that has been around for many years. Or could it be the other way round? | |
| vpi tnt still a performer? " the thread needs to be changed out every 40 ? records"I have used a silk thread and never had a reason to change it. Of course you need a speed controller if you use a thread to allow for slippage. It is well to spray (or soak) the thread wit... | |
| vpi tnt still a performer? Stringreen is trying to sell you on a Classic platter. At this point I don't know why. The Classic platter is good enough, perhaps, but it's not the best platter VPI has ever made for a TNT.A "ribbed" platter doesn't sound like anything VPI has ... | |
| vpi tnt still a performer? Which TNT? There were at least 5. Original or modified/updated? Which platter? | |
| turntable speed control If you're going to quote me, please quote enough for it to make sense. What I wrote was:"More importantly, I believe, we can hear things that we cannot measure. That is why, despite the great (industry approved) measurements from relatively inex... | |
| turntable speed control "Not incidentally, the question isn’t only, "Is it measurable?" but, "Does it create an audible effect?" I say that because we can measure some things that we cannot hear".More importantly, I believe, we can hear things that we cannot measure. Th... | |
| Platter upgrade for VPI MkIV? Thanks for the bearing tip. It's on its way. About the thrust plate, I'm not so sure. Do you think VPI may have an extra thrust plate?It may be that you are correct about the Delrin, but I think we and VPI have been using the term "acrylic" for... | |
| Platter upgrade for VPI MkIV? Yes, of course. But the bearing that does most of (indeed, almost all of) the turning is the non-inverted bearing. My only point was that there is a popular misconception that inverted bearings are inherently superior and non-inverted bearings a... | |
| Platter upgrade for VPI MkIV? My $0.02, having been a VPI owner for many years.Acrylic beats aluminum. Heavy beats light. The type of bearing doesn’t matter; the quality of the bearing does. Each type of bearing has its advantages and disadvantages.IMNSHO, and that of some exp... | |
| VPI 3D tonearm adjustment The short answer is (1) the head shell should be level when the arm is level and (2) corresponding with the VPI factory about your problem will get you a quicker solution than anything you can do here.There was another, longer, thread about the 3D... | |
| Best Ways to Organize a Classical Record LP Collection ? In my own case it is by label (+ one section for misc. labels), and then by approx. date of composition: baroque, classical, romantic, modern, etc. I keep vocal, opera separate. If I had fewer records it would just be by date of composition. | |
| LINN LP-12 I don't know much about Linns, but what you describe about the vocalist sounds like your system is out of L - R phase. Try reversing the connections to one of your speakers. Of course the out of phase problem may also originate at the connection... | |
| VPI acrylic vs. aluminum Just a word for the OP who may feel neglected in all of this. I think in his original question you hit the nail on the head. The acrylic platter (by which I assume meant the acrylic ONLY platter) has real sonic advantages. The heavy aluminum pl... | |
| VPI acrylic vs. aluminum Here's the platter: http://www.avsforum.com/forum/imagehosting/75530955554817eb537e.jpg There is a gap between the top and bottom platters. A belt-drive motor spins the lower segment while magnets link the top and bottom. |