From the first few seconds I knew it was going to be incredible. Triplanar Vll and ZYX UNIverse.
I could not listen to a full song, let alone a full album side.
Maybe I can lower the VTA a little, oh ya, now I need to recheck VTF, but wait, I lost the focus, oh ya, I forgot to re-tighten the VTA adjustment screw, why is there more music coming from the right speaker as opposed to the left, of ya, forgot to re-adjust the anti skate. I gotta go to home depot and get those o-rings. There we go, focus is back. let me check the downforce again. WAIT WAIT WAIT, I only have two hours on the cartridge.
My wife is right.......IDIOT is my petname.
Come On, Come On, when will the 25 hours of play be up. Sh^)^(*, I have to go to sleep. Maybe it will rain tommorrow and I won't be able to go to work (Roofing)
bill i am using the universe on the maplenoll which has an airbearing linear arm that I modified. Great synergy with the universe cartridge. I get mesmerized just listening to the incredible detail this combination gives me
Hi Bill, Many thanks. I have a spare armboard so my task should be a lot easier. What tonearm were you using prior to the Triplanar and are the improvements in multiples of ecstasy!!!? Am ploughing a Rega RB1000 with a Lyra Skala. Cheers
I took an old piece of Oak door jam. I used the old Gyrodec round armboard to make a template. I cut an odd shaped piece, no two sides parallel or of the same length. (I think this might help with diffracting any resonances better). First I drilled the holes to mount the board, mounted it, then I used the Triplanar template supplied to drill those holes. There is some play when mounting the arm, so make double sure you have exactly 233.5 mm from spindle to pivot point. Doug Deacon can give you better instructions than I.
see you got another universe. did you get the copper coils? i really love the one you sold me. If you got the copper coils, what was the difference between the silver coil
Loss of focus would occur if one channel is 180 degrees out of phase with respect to the other channel, but probably not if both channels are in-phase with each other, regardless of whether they are also in phase with the music, whatever phase that is.
I was married to an Italian once. She was like listening to Heavy Metal music ( I hate HM ) when she was mad. Lots of anger, darkness, violence, screaming, foaming at the mouth etc... you know just like the HM groups. This was no folk music I am sure. She was 220V and in a minor key ( I hate minor keys, depressing ) with an endless note. Like listening to digital playback making you want to run out of the room.
If that is all your wife calls you is an IDIOT you are doing real well.
I would beat the crap out of everyone, but Osamu Kitajima (The Source) is now stiring my soul with real music, and forgeting material acquisitions is easy. All I want is more music, and lots of it.
What junk do I need to get rid of?.
My Gyro stirs my visualizing soul. My Atma's stir my warmth needing soul (all those tubes). My Placette stirs my sit in the chair with a remote you haggard neandrathal soul.
Please enlighten me oh mighty one, with thou thoughts of infinite wwhhhiiisssdom
I had an old piece to oak door jam in the garage. It's not as hard as Cocobolo, but still quite hard.
Once everything is broke in, I will look at an even harder wood. And if luck is on my side, I will ask Chris to make me one out of cocobolo.
PS. Does anyone know if the Groove or Atma-Sphere invert phase. I had to change my speaker leads to get proper focus. The Tri and UNI are that good that I can tell when something is out.
I will slow down, but it sounds sooooo darn good (no more cursing)
What a pleasure these two pieces are. Even with almost no hours, the sound from my Tom Evans Groove, Placette Passive, Atma-Sphere Ma1 Silvers, and 20 year old ProAc Responce 2 are better than anything I have ever heard, I can't stop listening.
I like my pet name. My wife is Italian, and when she gets made, and her blood gets boiling, everything else turns out great.
I am now smelling the roses, and they look like musical notes.
Thanks most of all to DougDeacon, his tips are extremely insightfull.
Yeah, Cuz'. You need to set everything somewhat neutral and just listen for for a while. Let the cartridge and tonearm wires settle in while you learn what this combo sounds like.
If your wife is only calling you IDIOT then you aren't trying hard enough! :-) But that is another issue altogether.
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