banquo363Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesPoint well taken, Dover. I used to run a Denon 103 on a Denon DA 305 arm. It was a pain to change vta on that arm, so I set it once and pretty much left alone. Over time I noticed that, while I was... posted almost 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesunderstood, Ct0517. The freedom from my neurosis was 'bliss' when I defeated the vta mechanism on the et2. But now with the 2.5 and hearing the difference optimal vta can make, I'll quote Luther: &... posted almost 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesOne of the deficiencies, in my opinion, of the stock ET-2 arm is the difficulty in setting (and returning to a known setting) a cart's vta and vtf. Being used to the elegant and efficient system fo... posted almost 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesI liked my ET-2 arm so much, I decided to get another one. This one is the 2.5 version, has the heavy verion of the magnes... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesThis one's for you, Acman3. posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesSystem edited: [url=http://cgim.audiogon.com/i/vs/i/f/1414775618.jpg]This one's[/url]for you, Acman3. Astatic mf 2501 cart with mf 300 stylus. Most transparent and 'alive' cart I own. When I can ge... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesThanks gentlemen. I mounted the shure last night, Halcro. As I am suffering from ET 2 induced noise (hum and buzzing from hell) I am unable to confirm or deny your insight on the damping brush. I s... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesSystem edited: ET-2 is alive. Still working through some issues as can be seen from the disarray in the system pic. After a few days using the arm, I am sure of one thing: on the inner grooves, it ... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesSystem edited: On a much brighter note, I recently acquired a pneumatic isolation platform, Fabreeka ISO 24A. Had never heard of them before, but they've been around since 1936. In addition to thei... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesWell, USPS has claimed another audiophile dream. My just completely restored sony ta e88 arrived at my home with a dented faceplate and a smashed in volume control knob. I don't have the heart to l... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesThat pic I linked to on the et2 thread was a joke: the seller didn't seem to know which way was up and which down. I've now received it; the arm is more or less fine. I need a pump and I'll be good... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesgood luck with your move, acman3. I speculate that you have a lot of vinyl; must have been painful to pack all those up. posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesIt'll be at least a couple of weeks before I can say, Acman3. I had it shipped directly to my tech so he can give it the once over. It's a 100v Japan unit and I want him to see if he can, among oth... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesthanks, acman3! pm sent. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesI love the astatic moving flux type cartridges. Tonight I learned definitively that the feeling is not mutual.A few months back my astatic mf 200 started developing suspension issues. I loo... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesThe rm9 came with those ubiquitous rubber footers, 2 in front and 3 in back. I recently bought some Kryna footers for the phono stage and that freed up the cones I had been using. Since cones are m... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeDid the big smoke yield rewards? (if Toronto is the 'big smoke', there are no words to describe LA). posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesWith change comes struggle. Spent the last few weeks trying to diagnose boomy bass and not nearly good enough top end. This happened sometime after putting in the kt88's. Vinyl playback involves a ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesLots of changes afoot. Got my hands on a Music Reference rm-9 mki amplifier (directly from the manufacturer--even though they are not currently made). Got the mk2 choke and cap mods installed. Rece... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesSystem edited: Finally got my hands on a NOS Victor pigskin platter mat. The first one I found 5 months ago was lost by the post office en route from Japan. Luckily, another magically appeared for ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesSystem edited: After nearly 4 wonderful years with the vandy 2ce sigs, I decided, with much help from my audio blood brother ct0517, to move on. I am now living with 'the tombstones' as my wife der... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesI learned the hard way that the vandies are very sensitive to the angle at which they are tilted back. For some stupid reason I decided to move my speakers, and during that process, amongst... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeI've put shorting plugs on the amp before (per Roger's advice) and the amp is dead quiet. I've changed everything in my system since the time I first remember hearing the buzzing--except the passiv... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Audiophilia on the Cheap: Playing with air and tubesCapacitors replaced, tt bearing lubed and new Discovery tonearm wire (following ct0517's idea) put in. The exposed tonearm wire alongside the exposed guts of the victor make my system look like a s... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeHi Ct0517: I barely get phone reception in my house; I have to go outside most times. Very annoying but now my tt is benefiting. I tried your test and I get no noise except a little buzzing from th... posted over 10 years ago | View comment |