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New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan
I can find no specs on the site. Anyone know efficiency and impedance?  
Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm
Thanks for the link, @dogberry . I just ordered a couple for my MP50.  
Einstein The Perfect Match phono pre and My Sonic Labs cartridge
@lewm, thank you for this excellent, informative post on a topic that’s been murky to me.  
Graham Phantom Elite vs. AS Aquilar
@rauliruegas, interesting. I was going by what the owner's manual says. The cantilever itself is a kind of translucent white.  
Graham Phantom Elite vs. AS Aquilar
Hi @rauliruegas, mine has the sapphire cantilever.  
Graham Phantom Elite vs. AS Aquilar
Long live antiquated tube amp tech! The EPA-100 arrived yesterday. Mijo is right, it is a jewel-like looker. I’ll drill out an armboard and mount it this weekend. We’ll see how it sounds with an equally-antiquated (yet NOS) ADC TRX2 on a yet more... 
Graham Phantom Elite vs. AS Aquilar
@mijostyn, I hear you, I really do. And I admire the rigor of your approach, and largely agree with—and benefit from—your conclusions. So keep ‘em coming!  
Graham Phantom Elite vs. AS Aquilar
@rauliruegas, thank you for the detailed post with the suggestion for servicing. I had read that TNT review already and noted the specialist in Germany. I have reached out to him via email for more info. It appears that he uses stainless steel bea... 
Graham Phantom Elite vs. AS Aquilar
@pindac, that is a fascinating thread. Thank you.  
mint best tractor gone?
@rauliruegas , Maybe I just got lucky with the B alignment and associated parameters, and then rushed to judgement. But I certainly prefer how it sounds now, and will keep using B until my “luck” changes.  
mint best tractor gone?
It’s certainly possible that my casual experiment only revealed errors in my original alignments using Lofgren A. But I’m really happy with the sound realigned with B so I’m taking the win. At some point I’ll test again by changing the new TR to ... 
mint best tractor gone?
And just to up the ante: I have another TR, a new one with maybe 40 hours, on another armwand. Before the experiment, when both were aligned using A, I thought this new one sounded better than the older one, which had been rebuilt. They can be eas... 
mint best tractor gone?
I did a similar experiment two days ago, setting up a Benz TR on a Phantom Supreme using a dedicated Wallytractor’s Lofgren A curve, then the Lofgren B curve. All other parameters were as close to identical as I could make them. Lofgren B was (and... 
Graham Phantom Elite vs. AS Aquilar
I thought I’d update this thread. The Phantom Elite turned out to be a major disappointment. I found its bearing structure to be surprisingly unstable, wobbling in protracted oscillation when lightly touched as the armwand rested on the cueing lif... 
mint best tractor gone?
For modern systems the best alignment is Lofgren B. @mijostyn , agreed. For years I used Baerwald/Lofgren A. Switching to Lofgren B yielded obvious improvement. Wallytractors offer both curves. I believe Yip used Baerwald for the ones he made m...