ZYX UNIverse


after a malfunction with my airy three xsb, which after back tracking was caused by myself with the help of my vpi outer ring clamp, the housing is very low on the r1000 series and i believe that it caught the ring and slid the cartridge down hard and broke off the diamond.
mr mehran being the fine person he is worked out a universe for me xsbl, its been in my system less than 25 hrs. and what has been said here and else where is so very true and more, for me its the first time i have heard the sweet sound of notes hanging in the air.
my musical preference is classic rock and roll, and some of my favorites like blood sweet and tears columbia 360, eric clapton unpluged, moody blues any, are well detailed, fast, imaged, and well timbered, very life like sound, and no doubt well worth the cost.
the questions i have are what is the best method of cleaning, i have read mr salvatores favorite magic eraser, i use zero dust, and dry brush, would like to hear for you who use the magic eraser it seems like no problem, i have total respect for mr salvatore but at the cost of universe would like to hear from others who have used the eraser.
does this sound right playing the hi news test lp, the bias test my rig does not get by the first test with out the buzz. so far and i no its early i have no problems playing any lps sound wise.
i have found that universe likes to be as level to the lp as you can get. the sound gets to real focus at level and my vpi 10.5i makes this easy to do.
tracking for now 2.0 for me its a musical jump to the universe. and as much as we love to sit down and liston universe has brought a joy to us like no other.
mike


stltrains

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Stltrains,
I wouldn't worry about moving on to a table that doesn't have a ring clamp. I know that some ring clamps are available, but if you can't find one to fit a different table, you can always have one machined that will fit.