dougdeacon
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| ZYX UNIverse X-SB 0.24 sounding "too much" I'd go 85%! ;-) The XV-1S is a very good cartridge. I've never heard one do anything wrong, in Dan's system, ours or elsewhere.David,The ZYX pre-pre has a fixed input impedance of 125 ohms, right in the heart of the optimal range for a 4 ohm MC wh... | |
| ZYX UNIverse X-SB 0.24 sounding "too much" Radicalsteve and Linnmaster,I agree the ZYX pre-pre and the Artisan phono are quite good, better than the BentAudio Mu's in our experience. They're also good value. IME, to do notably better you have to spend a lot more money, and even that's no g... | |
| ZYX UNIverse X-SB 0.24 sounding "too much" Halcro,It's certainly not my intent to turn anyone off the UNIverse. Far from it! I agree with you, Radicalsteve and many others that it stands above any cartridge I've heard for reproducing like a master tape (nicely put by the way). My stating h... | |
| ZYX UNIverse X-SB 0.24 sounding "too much" Bill,Our experiences differ, obviously. Dan and I hear what we hear. You hear what you hear. Which experiences are more "true" is nothing either of us can determine. That said, if your UNIverse sounds congested during complex passages then I belie... | |
| how to clean old LPs Nothing wrong with the SOTA RCM (as far as I know), but for fluids I'd suggest you re-read Rushton's post. Any of the fluids he mentioned will outperform the NG fluid, as will the enzyme-based fluid system from MoFi. Old records long stored tend t... | |
| ZYX UNIverse X-SB 0.24 sounding "too much" Linnmaster,I used 1:10 BentAudio Mu's for several years with my UNIverses (and other carts) before changing to an MC phono stage. You mentioned that some have loaded their UNIverse down to around 6.54 ohms. Since that is precisely the value we fou... | |
| Tables That Feature Bearing Friction Lew,Chris Brady's Certus DD designs are said to implement this principle very thoroughly, as does his Verus rim drive, both due to the the motor design. His belt drives used bearing design and choice of lubrication to achieve a similar effect (as ... | |
| Tables That Feature Bearing Friction Basis, Galibier, Teres, Redpoint, Mosin's Saskia, Garrard, probably many others. Chris Brady wrote an effective explanation of how a carefully chosen amount of steady-state drag (from the bearing, an eddy current brake or otherwise) can minimize t... | |
| AT OC9 tracking problem. Worn out? Thanks for clarifying. When you said "tracking problems" I doubt anyone envisioned actual skipping. That's a very different thing.I'd be astonished if putting 1000 hours on any cartridge could cause it to start skipping, when it didn't do so befor... | |
| Are our 'test' records adequate? Agree with Raul. The "audio memory is short" truism has been posted a million times, but I've never found it so. My experience is that as we listen to more music and as our systems evolve our audio memory improves, as do most brain functions when ... | |
| AT OC9 tracking problem. Worn out? Grimace,Can you describe the symptoms a little more? You said you have "tracking problems" on a few LP's, but didn't say exactly what makes you think so. What are you hearing? Knowing this might inform the diagnosis... | |
| Hadcock GH228 and Shelter 501 - do they mate well? I don't think Viridian should edit his post. I bet Bill's prices are so high he can actually afford a bedside manor - or two! | |
| Cartridge Mounting On my arm with my cartridge... - using plastic bolts (or nuts, or washers) provides an insufficiently rigid connection, resulting in looser bass and softened dynamics. - inserting a metal plate causes resonances/reflections of stray energies emana... | |
| Tonearm pivot lube I'm unfamiliar with the mechanics of the Bio-Tracer arm, but why would you want to "pre-load" tonearm pivots? What force are you pre-loading against? Why wouldn't you want the arm to respond to that force with as little resistance as possible? On ... | |
| Tonearm pivot lube As Viridian and Dan_Ed suggested, there's no generic answer to your question. It depends on the tonearm. Many unipivots are designed to be lubricated/damped around the bearing but some are not. If lubrication/damping is called for, the optimum flu... |