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  VdH VTA setting preferences
I have a new Condor. I am curious what VTA people have been using on their varoius Condors, Grasshopers or Colibris for best sound. It seems to be that just a little bit negative is great. I am breaking it in right now so we will see.
Dgad  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

10-13-05
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10-13-05   No negative! what cartridge maker in their right mind would ...   Nsgarch

10-13-05   Thanks for your help. i have the 0.35 copper coil condor. ...   Dgad

10-13-05   Hi dgad. the .35mv condor has an internal coil resistance o ...   Nsgarch

10-13-05   I have a vdh frog and followed the instructions on the van d ...   Raquel

10-13-05   I am using an sme v & repeating vta is difficult. i did rep ...   Dgad

10-13-05   well, ask any shelter owner! i didn't have my shelters loa ...   Dougdeacon

10-13-05   My experience with the vdh frog has been identical to that d ...   Cincy_bob

10-13-05   Unless any of you taildraggers would like to explain to me w ...   Nsgarch

10-13-05   Nsgarch, all i can tell you is what sounds better to me in m ...   Cincy_bob

10-13-05   I can only second what cincy_bob has added. it just sounds b ...   Raquel

10-13-05   Bob (and others as well), with all due respect, this is begi ...   Nsgarch

10-13-05   Raquel, assuming you have the original frog (.65 mv output, ...   Nsgarch

10-13-05   Nsgarch: god forbid i would be associated with the intellig ...   Raquel

10-13-05   Fwiw, in a related but not vdh specific matter, my zyx airy ...   Wc65mustang

10-13-05   Here's a little reading for you zyx owners by hisayoshi naka ...   Nsgarch

10-14-05   Allow me to chime in on my own thread. my koetsu urushi was ...   Dgad

10-14-05   Thanks for the info. regarding the tilting back of the arm, ...   Wc65mustang

10-14-05   Dgad: first regarding your cartridge loading. most cartrid ...   Nsgarch

10-15-05: Raquel
The van den Huls are known to be "artisanal' in the sense of variation from one cartridge to the next for a given model. Nsgarch's findings that one stylus was spot on and the other a bit off is consistent with this reputation.

A line-contact stylus is basically a Shibata stylus, which was created by RCA for its quadrophonic program in the early 70's -- they needed something sharper than the elliptical and conical designs of the day to be able to track the 30 kHz. high frequency carrier that had the information for the rear two channels. It was after this that its use was extended to stereo LP's.

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10-15-05   The shibata stylus was definitely a precursor to the line co ...   Nsgarch

10-16-05   Nsgarch, thanks for the excellent quotation from nakatsuka- ...   Dougdeacon

10-16-05   Doug, thanks for your support. your are right of course abo ...   Nsgarch

10-16-05   Excellent discussion nsgarch and dougdeacon. i'm right ther ...   Rushton

10-17-05   Dear dgad: +++++ " vdh recommends 200 ohms. i can play ...   Rauliruegas

10-17-05   Raul, according to the vdh website, the recommended load for ...   Nsgarch

10-17-05   Just to clear some things up. i changed my load from 1000 a ...   Dgad

10-17-05   Dgad, check your condor box again. i betcha it says "2 ...   Nsgarch

10-17-05   Nsgarch, the information from the box is loam impedance is ...   Dgad

10-18-05   Dear dgad: i don't know how many hours had your condor on wo ...   Rauliruegas

10-18-05   Dgad, i find the discrepancy between the specs on your box ...   Nsgarch

10-19-05   I posted this tid bit in another thread and thought it might ...   Wc65mustang

10-19-05   Wc65: +++++ " and read them for the entertainment conte ...   Rauliruegas


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