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| VPI Prime Sig/Lyra Delos / Feedback ...help! @tommypenngotti You learn something everyday. I can slam my Sota with a mallet and you can not hear a thing. That is because the "butcher block" is hanging inside from 4 springs. Edgar Villchur was fascinated by the problem (which he also created ... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @jollytinker Yes, actually. It was a MSL Platinum signature on a Saphir mounted on a CS Port turntable and the 4 point was on a Kuzma R. Now, this was at a friend's house and he feels the Saphir sounded better. He's a lot more impressionable than ... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @jollytinker You noticed a difference between cartridge arm combinations., not tonearms. The MSL would have sounded better in the 4 Point and much the same as it sounded in the Saphir with perhaps better bas due to the Saphirs very high EF. As you... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @drbond I think you and I have different versions of "dramatic." The 5A is a cool arm. It is not one I would try. I think the Schroder LT is a more elegant solution to problem. I know you mentioned someone having a problem with one on a Helix. I h... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @drbond There is some wisdom here if you listen close enough. None of us can compare every tonearm and there is no dealer that can compare every tonearm. Frankly, never trust a human who isw trying to sell you something. But many of us have owned... | |
| Free air, tighter bass - snake oil or cheap tweaks? Its a bl--dy stereo, not the prince of Wales. | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @herman Would that be in Denver or NYC? Efficiency is not the issue, unless you have a silly pea watt amp. What you like to listen to is the issue and speakers, being the most difficult of all components, are always a compromise. I'll only listen... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @rauliruegas Who said anything about a huge difference? I seem the recall specifying at the beginning of this thread that the sonic difference between these arm is extremely minor. I said, "It is not how it sounds it is how it works." I'm sure yo... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @drbond Theory?? No tracking angle error and very little if any skating force? Those are huge benefits, not that you can ignore other aspects of tonearm design. Schroder and Reed arms are otherwise well designed and built with only very minor quib... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @pindac The Blackbird is a brilliant design. I think calling it a sideways unipivot is somewhat derogatory. It is a braced pendulum bearing pivoting on a horizontal thrust bearing. The mechanism is not obvious looking at the arm and it is hard to ... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @rauliruegas I would like to emphasize your point on having a reference. When tuning a HiFi system you have to have some idea of where you are going. You have to have a reference. You have to know what is possible with the very best systems, whi... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @tomic601 Panzerwood? That stuff is ugly as h-ll. Send me a template and I will make you a handsome one out of Rosewood or Ebony. Both are extremely dense having a specific gravity almost as high as water. I laminate it with 1/16" thick aluminum p... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @tomic601 my wife tells me I'm 1000% dog. I started painting my nose black back in 95 to get more attention. Growing a tail helped. @asvjerry See, that tonearm has warped your brain. I had that H-K turntable and it warped mine. Tail wagging the d... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @lewm The problem with the weight on a string AS mechanisms is that records are hardly ever perfectly concentric. Now the cantilever has to over come the stiction. I recall the old days with a V15 in an SME 3009. I use to watch the cantilever wag ... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @rauliruegas It's good to be back on the reservation:-) |