New Turntable w/pics!

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  • doctorcilantro
    doctorcilantro Posts: 2,028
    edited September 2008
    http://www.tnt-audio.com/jpeg/schon_step3.jpg

    Pretty good example of where to start.

    You appear to be in luck regarding ease of VTA adjustment:

    "The 2 Xperience is equipped with the same 9" carbon fiber tonearm used in Pro-Ject's top-of-the-line RPM 9. It features a tapered conical arm tube to reduce standing wave reflections, a fixed aluminum head shell with high-grade copper wiring, hardened stainless steel bearings in sapphire cushes, a silicone-damped arm lift and easy adjustment of needle azimuth and VTA."

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  • doctorcilantro
    doctorcilantro Posts: 2,028
    edited September 2008
    http://www.project-audio.com/inhalt/en/manual/manual_xperiencec.pdf

    Page 4 describes VTA adjustment for this particular tonearm.

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    For Sale 2019:
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    Decware EL34 amp
    Allnic H-1201 phono
    Zu Union Cubes
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,498
    edited September 2008
    dagame27 wrote: »
    I have not messed with the VTA at all (I wouldn't know where to start to be honest).

    Not every stylus is where it should be. Start with the arm/cartridge parallel to the record and adjust VTA up and down until you get the richest fullest sound. Note that some cartridge/stylus are more sensitive to this adjustment than others. If you get too aggressive with VTA, you can change your stylus overhang.

    I basically have two settings, thick and thin.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2008
    My way of telling whether I have the VTA/SRA set properly is that when I make the adjustmenst up or down (for VTA) or lighter or heavier for SRA the music literally sound like it snaps onto focus. It is unmistakable.
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited September 2008
    Refresh my memory, Joe. SRA is stylus rake angle, the angle of the stylus in relationship to horizontal?
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2008
    Ben this website explains it all.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited September 2008
    I'm going back to digital:p
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,498
    edited September 2008
    ben62670 wrote: »
    I'm going back to digital:p

    Me too!:p:rolleyes::D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2008
    cough ~~~ pu$$ys~~~~ cough
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  • jchouston
    jchouston Posts: 122
    edited October 2008
    Hahaha
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  • dagame27
    dagame27 Posts: 574
    edited October 2008
    I've had a chance to sit down for some extended sessions and am happy to say it sounds fantastic, a definite improvement from my last table. I tried to mess w/ the VTA, but it seems to be where it should. The sound seemed crisper in its current position. I am listening to Alison Krauss "live". The imaging through the SDA's is unreal!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited October 2008
    I just checked out the pictures again and I'm sporting wood.
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