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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Playing third cartridge backwards. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Playing third cartridge backwards. in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
The people who have 3 arms on a single turntable know the problem. The tonearm on the right is the best - easy access by hand and easy to see the needle lowering location. The tonearm in the top of TT, the furthers tonearm has a perfect view of the c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An interesting TT link: belt drive by N-set on 2013-05-28 
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An interesting link from Lencoheaven:http://www.soundfountain.com/beltdrive/belt-drive-turntable.htmlsimple...no BS......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Bent over sound by serenechaos on 2008-10-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Focal-Jmlab – the Utopia of the Utopias in Audio News  11 Replies 
hmmmm... Well, if you say so, I'll go as far as to say maybe. you can get OK sound @ some distance.  I sure didn't notice any distance to get even OK sound from.  I didn't spend much time in the room, I just wanted to check out th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Re: What is the platter? by guy sergeant on 2006-02-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A longer turntable belt. in Analog Playback  60 Replies 
Antonio,Which variety of rotating gong do you need a mat for?What turntable is it?Guy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #217: Nagra Turntable. by xandcg on 2022-01-04 
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Well, Nagra is also in the turntable business now. https://www.nagraaudio.com/product/nagra-reference-anniversary-turntable/ ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Monaco Turntable: interesting read by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-17 
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I disagree with many concussions and methods that those guys use but still I appreciate that people took the task and tied to attach is as good as they know of: “After carefully reviewing the marketplace and the technology currently being used we be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Price do equate with sound quality. by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] but let's not forget that we should never equate equipment prices with sound quality. [/quote]Absolutely disagree. This believe is the most ridicules accomplished that audio propaganda implanted inept the brains of audio people. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #215: How good does it need to be? by rowuk on 2020-04-07 
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[quote user="noviygera"] Not that physics is my strong suit, but casually watching a physics youtube video this thought crossed my mind. I wonder if gyroscopes can be used in a turntable to improve it's performance without reverting t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Analog Foolishness became normal by Stitch on 2012-11-09 
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The Thread was written from Romy 2006, I don't know when I read it the first time but it was an eye opener for me. In a way, one of the very best Analysis ever written.  6 years later (2012) every single sentence is still valid about morons, idiots,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Fremerism as a dominating force of Moronism. by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-31 
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[quote user="tokyo john"]… If they then get the audio sickness, they will go on to spend many many thousands of dollars, over and over, for very modest incremental improvement to sound… [/quote]Actually I do not know if this is correct. In today’s wo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #972: SDS and balun random thoughts by N-set on 2011-12-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]However, if I stuck the balun between the SDS and the turntable (ie the turntable plug into the balun and the balun into the SDS) then I heard noise reduction Without a negative effect on the sonics. But note that the SDS –...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1083: Power options by steverino on 2013-01-23 
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I'm only aware of PS audio as an alternative. I wasn't crazy about the original power plant but they introduced new models recently which may be better. (I did not get favorable results running my turntable through the PurePower and I have one of the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #139: Fluttering in the breeze by steverino on 2014-05-06 
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Paul,  I searched for the discussion on platter weight optimality but couldn't find it. Anyway I assume people know I was referring to a one person lift turntable on a stand, not a one finger lift. Assuming a platter weight in the 25 pound range and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Cost-conditioned acceptance by Paul S on 2006-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Michael Fremer Continuums… in Audio News  54 Replies 
(Many) years ago (in a psychology class) I studied how baby ducklings were forced to follow a surrogate "mother" around a turntable, and an obstacle was placed in the duckling's path, so it had to jump over the obstacle to keep up with its "mother".&...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1013: Everythings riding the line for free by steverino on 2012-02-16 
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NSET,  Sorry for any confusion. It seems clear from Romy's experiences and others that the electrical line is a transportation system that lets everything ride for free to any station and back. Yes the SDS uses a quartz crystal oscillator and digital...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Cessaro and Allnic by coops on 2007-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
Romy Hi, there is nothing to say really, I was trudging up the usual hifi route, ( B&W 800's usual high powered solid state amps ) I thought a turntable upgrade would be the last step! Went to GT Audio to listen to Thomas Woschnicks tur...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: Bearing by jam on 2017-10-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
Wellington,It is my understanding that lead was used because it'a anti an anti-seize properties. The bearing fit is very tight and I suppose this helped with the lubricants of the period and is not a problem with modern synthetics.The bearing does no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #94: Who were the Micro Designers MkII ? by Stitch on 2012-05-10 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Stitch wrote:The Designer of that Turntable is Mr. Hideaki Nishikawa who made the Seiki Turntables.The Turntable also shows former Seiki features like the heavy Platter and Vacuum System.Hm, Stitch. I do not know the histo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Since "sucking" has come up... by TheOptimist on 2012-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Holly Proscenium idiocy! in Analog Playback  23 Replies 
I've been reading these comments for years now, and it's getting pretty tired. So I think it's about time someone spoke up.I've done some work with Mr. Walker, I know the guy, and most importantly, I've ACTUALLY HEARD HIS TURNTABLE. It is a sonic wor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: The TW’s idea of making active turntables. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-21 
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Paul, What attracts me to the TW TT is the idea that it is possible to discard anything that we might consider important but to make the platter as a sandwich what the bottom of the platter care bearing but the top of the platter is decupled from the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: My 2 Hz are better than your 2 Hz by Stitch on 2009-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Is better than Kinetic Systems’ Vibraplane? in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
There are a few manufacturers out there, Minus-K, Halcyonics, Vibraplane...The Vibraplane is a good unit for the money, I have no problems with it and it does the job the way it should.Those Vibration units work different from construction and are ve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My CES by Serge on 2012-01-24 
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Well, I would say this CES was very low on decent sound. Sometimes I had to fight with the urge to leave a room or two immediately after hearing a few bars of music being played.Still the hope is not lost. At a fringe show at the Flamingo hotel (THE ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Minus-K by Stitch on 2014-06-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Minusk: a new Vibraplan? in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
I worked a little bit with those and I compared it to Vibraplane.The Minus-K are ok, they do a good job BUT they move very easily, they are very wobbly and based on that, you can only use them with center weight Turntables. And based on their size, w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #163: Your highly questionable literature. by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-09 
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[quote user="dkarmeli"]If the rest of the setup is up scratch then all you get is the recording and you'll forget about they system. Your body and mind will relax and allow you to have the same emotional connection with the music as you'd have in a l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: To talk or compare turntables.... by Romy the Cat on 2012-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
Stitch, I am not too familiar with the sound of contemporary TT and I am not necessary would discard them juts because they are contemporary. I still have that fantasy about some kind of flimsy, paper-made TT that for whatever reason do sound very go...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The mushroom-shaped centrifuge record clamp? by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dynamic viscose stabilization of turntable’s platter. in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]Easier to make might be a device like a record clamp you can attach to an existing turntable platter. It should be easy to do the experiment by trying a weight on the turntable platter: 1. a solid weight 2. an equal weight contain...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #167: No mystery anymore in the detour in this thread by rowuk on 2014-05-10 
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David,everything is clear now. What is a "dealer" supposed to say? What does a dealer have to do to "capture" their markets? How does a "dealer" behave on a forum dedicated to applied Sound and not commerce. It should be apparent from ALL of the resp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #157: Wuki is a systems analyst and can sort this situation just fine by rowuk on 2014-05-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
I guess there are many types that come here to GoodSoundClub. Some to "brag", some to "share", some to "police", some just to learn.I guess if your turntable is so important to you, then you could at least tell us how it is sonically "better" than th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Turntable Design by ENRICO on 2011-01-12 
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Romy, would like to know if you or anyone else,have some opinions on this table.. The top small platter is 20 lbs. the bigger platter is 45 lbs. the Company used Block wood (butcher Block wood.? )The turntable was built for a friend by a new C...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Middle step (non ultimate) turntable by Genn on 2005-07-29 
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I would like to buy new turntable – just to listen to music every evening. Current set up is rather entry by level – Technics 1210 with Grado Gold and Trichord Dino. However it could produce more or less correct time picture, and involve me into the ...
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