richardbrand
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| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. @ritter06 I rather imagine you have better eyes that me, if moving your seat back by 17 feet improves the picture on your Sony 19 inch tube! | |
| Looking for a Replacement for AT VM740ML Cartridge @theflattire I would have thought the progression in detail (high frequency resolution) would increase with stylus shape from round to elliptical to Shibata to micro-line, simply because they fit progressively better into the groove. Many peopl... | |
| Looking for a Replacement for AT VM740ML Cartridge @stereo5 Thanks, I am ok for the Shure tracking weight, but the VM540ML is about twice as much (excluding the extra for the Shure brush). The VM540ML is over the standard adjustment range for my 'SME 3009 S2 improved with fixed head shell', whi... | |
| Looking for a Replacement for AT VM740ML Cartridge @theflattire Why would you prefer a Shibata stylus shape over a micro-line? Maybe because the rounder Shibata cannot track the high frequencies as well, leading to a "softer" sound? Interested in your rationale ... | |
| RCA Interconnect recommendations When you do you blind listening, can I suggest you just write down whether you think the sound is better, worse, or the same. Your cable switcher should remove the cable, then randomly insert one or the other test cables. Sometimes you will be c... | |
| Looking for a Replacement for AT VM740ML Cartridge @stereo5 I currently use a new VM540ML and have a Shure V15 type III. Three questions: what tracking weight are you using for the VM540ML what stylus on the Shure, and does your Shure have the carbon fibre brush? | |
| Is it the gear or the ears? This post looks like a great injection of common sense to me! I think the ears adapt to the gear over time. The ears are connected to a learning neural network, and it takes time for this ear/brain system to grow into new soundscapes, which it do... | |
| What are good options for re-wiring an SME 3009 tone arm? Thanks everyone for your inputs. I had no luck dealing with either SME or van den Hul, so I have just ordered a custom made cable from The Vinyl Source in Scotland. It comprises long copper Litz wires running from the cartridge pins to the phono... | |
| Some thoughts on dust covers Hate to let facts get in the way of a good stouch, but if I may refer back to the excellent 192-page paper Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records PACVR-3rd-Edition, it references the ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation, 2015, which was commissio... | |
| Let's talk about Silver... @thelotusgroup Silver is 7% more conductive than copper Well, it helps if you qualify whether this is by volume, by weight or by cost! The conductivity measured across the opposite faces of a 1-metre cube of metal is roughly silver 63.0; cop... | |
| ACTUAL MUSICAL SOUND VS. MEASUREMENTS @2psyop There are some tribal people today (I think) who make music and don’t read or write and have not heard of notes on a page Paul McCartney for example? He often says he had to write memorable music, not because it had to be memorable, b... | |
| What is the first thing you do when you unwrap a new vinyl record? @zarf I probably only have a tenth of your collection, but then I switched to CDs almost as soon as they came out. Before then I mostly borrowed classical records from my local public library - a free service even in uncouth Australia. And I re... | |
| Some thoughts on dust covers @lewm The ES force is determined by Coulomb’s law, which like Newton’s equation for the gravitational force is an inverse square law. Both forces are inversely related to the square of the distance between the two objects under consideration . ... | |
| Some thoughts on dust covers @dover Can’t trust reviews or media - the GMT has a very nice integrated hinged dust cover. Ideal for those who can’t afford hepafiltration systems for their home/living room. Have a look close to the end of this Wilson Benesch YouTube video ... | |
| Some thoughts on dust covers @lewm "Dover [actually richardbrand] is correct that Shure do not describe the experiment that led to their saying static charge due to the stylus is negligible. My own frustration with that lack of detail is what led me to buy a static charge ... |