The Opus is waking up

Joey_V
Joey_V Posts: 8,552
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The Airtight opus is finally here and it’s waking up…

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Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Finally… I’m getting there
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    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Just from memory of carts I heard

    Opus is #1
    Atlas is #2
    Koetsu Coralstone mono #3
    Etna is #4
    Ds Audio Master 3 is #4
    Koetsu Urushi stereo #5
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Good to know.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,012
    Joey, what are the lights from? At first I thought it was background lighting, but it looks like a leveling beam in other photos?
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    msg wrote: »
    Joey, what are the lights from? At first I thought it was background lighting, but it looks like a leveling beam in other photos?

    Laser

    I am leveling it and checking for VTA on the fatboy gimbal

    I had it a little too low when Jeff the dealer came, but I missed some of the air. Now it’s at near neutral vta

    Then I had to adjust vtf a little
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,120
    Joey_V wrote: »
    Finally… I’m getting there

    you ARE THERE! Enjoy the ride, bro . . .
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,012
    Joey_V wrote: »
    msg wrote: »
    Joey, what are the lights from? At first I thought it was background lighting, but it looks like a leveling beam in other photos?

    Laser

    I am leveling it and checking for VTA on the fatboy gimbal

    I had it a little too low when Jeff the dealer came, but I missed some of the air. Now it’s at near neutral vta

    Then I had to adjust vtf a little
    That's pretty cool, Joey. How's that set up? Is it phono-specific or just some construction type level?

    I've also seen people mention use of laser pointers and levels for speakers as well, but last time I looked into this, I couldn't really find anything on how to actually do it.

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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    I’ll take a pic of how I’m setting it up

    It’s pretty cool. Self leveling laser.

    Basically level out the tonearm while on the record so you can get the angle as close to 92 or whatever they say is ideal

    Then adjust to taste
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,012
    Yeah, definitely innerested to learn more about the laser you're using. I didn't even level my TT last time I moved my system stuff.

    You're talking about VTA? I forget what I read about this. Something like squat the rear and you get more bass, or something?
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    msg wrote: »
    Something like squat the rear and you get more bass, or something?

    Why does everything have to be sexual with you?
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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,148
    Adjusting VTA can tilt the frequency response a little. Tail down tilts highs down and lows up, and tail up tilts lows down and highs up, with a little more detail retrieval IME.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    msg wrote: »
    Yeah, definitely innerested to learn more about the laser you're using. I didn't even level my TT last time I moved my system stuff.

    You're talking about VTA? I forget what I read about this. Something like squat the rear and you get more bass, or something?

    Yes
    Exactly

    Squat the rear you get more bass
    Tilt it up and you get more treble

    I’m probably at 10 hours on the opus and it is more complete than the Etna which kinda boggles my mind
    I guess now I know what to shoot for with my streaming in the future
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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