terry9
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| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms Try listening to those files - there is a clear difference between some of them Based on my own experiments, I think that it is possible that SAT is varying the rigidity / damping trade-off. File 1 is insufficiently damped, File 5 is insufficient... | |
| Handling Heavy Amps @pindac has the best advice - NEVER risk your health for a hobby. Or anything else. Your back is FAR to precious to gamble with. And 100 lbs is plenty big enough to destroy your back if you trip, unless you’re built like a fullback. I’ve never re... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @sokogear I believe some of you have gone way past the point of obsession. Yeah, guilty, Your Honour. Fair cop. Still, it beats a smart phone. | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @lewm Don't want an argument - rather, I value your views. But you did say, "I agree with Mijostyn on azimuth adjustment." Mijostyn said, The sonic difference between +- a few degrees is essentially inaudible ... I was responding to that.... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms Sorry gents, but I hear +/- a fraction of a degree of azimuth in my system. Caveats: classical, revealing music from pristine US cleaned records; LT air tonearm with adjustments +/- 20 microns in 2D, acting over a 250mm shaft of 20mm steel. Thus m... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @lewm Thanks for the note. I mistakenly thought you were talking about azimuth. Since I use a LT, it’s not so much of an issue for me - assuming that the cantilever is straight, which is a lot more obvious and a lot easier than azimuth. | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @lewm As for adjusting azimuth, I think that the only reliable way is to do it by ear. Peter Ledermann of Soundsmith has a piece on it, which seems very convincing to me. He points out that his best cartridge, the Hyperion, often has large crosst... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms Of course everyone knows that you neeed to set up the tonearms properly with respect to VTA, etc But few have adjustability as one of their top criteria. | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms I'm sorry, Dr. Bond, but I seem to have missed the point. I sidetracked myself into a discussion about materials. I think that we can all agree that a cartridge can only sound its best when it is held rigidly at the correct angles: tangential, VT... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @rauliruegas True. And generous too. | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @mijostyn No, the problem is that some, like ebony, have huge peaks and valleys in frequency response. Koetsu uses rosewood, Grado uses Cocobolo, and can make cartridges that sound exquisite - but there are better choices for tonearms. You say, ... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms Well, I just tried to post a long and thoughtful response, including experimental data plots, but it was blocked. No good deed as they say. Suffice it to say, you are right to ask a very good question. Don’t fall for the bland assertions made by ... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? Planars just sound more realistic to my ears. If they need power, so be it. | |
| Do you trust your ears more than measurements? @hilde45 , @decooney Well said, both of you. | |
| Best investment; cartridge or line stage? Thank you for clarifying, Elliot, but can't say that I agree with you on much of that. |