What did you do to your stereo rig today?
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Indeed! Looking at it closer, you can see that the anti-skate adjustment relates directly to the VTF adjustment...and that makes sense.
As a Mechanical Engineer, that thing is one of exquisite beauty! Oh, the engineering drawings, tolerance stack ups, machining and material specifications, testing and validation, I could go on. That would have been a fun project to work on!
There is a steel string wrapped around the VTF roller adjustment dial, and that string is one end of a spring held within the back of the tonearm tube.
And as you can see, the tension of that string rests against the anti-skate roller with a red line, and a blue line. The AS roller has a blue line for adjustiing conical/spherical styli, and a red line for adjusting elliptical or other fancy styli.
I appreciate how Micro Seiki related VTF to Anti-Skate in engineering this tonearm."This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
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I now have two Logic DM-101 turntable decks. I really love the suspended chassis design of these Scottish(?) turntables. I am installing a Micro Seiki MA-707 tonearm on one of them.
"This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
"Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon -
Pic of the rack re-design,new speaker stands, and new foliage. I sold my phon pre to fund the amp, so turntable is out of commission for now.
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Nice acoustic plants.
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Added DH Labs Silver plated OCC copper 14ga. wire to my 2.3tl's. sounding very good. -
Nice acoustic plants.Pic of the rack re-design,new speaker stands, and new foliage. I sold my phon pre to fund the amp, so turntable is out of commission for now.
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Nice acoustic plants.
although, I must admit, when I think of acoustic plants, I usually think of something more along the lines of this.
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or maybe...
or, yes, even...
True story: one of my clients as a consultant has a substantial facility located right at the bottom of the big hill that hosts the above-mentioned company's main (and very imposing) HQ building
The site is called "The Mountain" -- it is a former, now capped landfill.
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* Apropos of nothing: I used to drive past the old AMPEX HQ on route 101 more than occasionally when we lived out in "the Bay Area" (1989-91)
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Added DH Labs Silver plated OCC copper 14ga. wire to my 2.3tl's. sounding very good.
Dang! Driver rustlers done struck agin! Form a posse, Earl!
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Not doin' a very good job o' it, is 'e?
Oi mean, you'da tho't 'e'd seen this, wot wif bein' a Brit and all...
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Pic of the rack re-design,new speaker stands, and new foliage. I sold my phon pre to fund the amp, so turntable is out of commission for now.
Were you lucky enough to pick up some T4S Totem stands when they were available or are those 3rd party?
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Finally got a chance to add this unit to my rig yesterday and give it a good listen.
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I think that if I had a Flux-50 Filter, it would behoove me to break it in listening to this...
https://youtu.be/U_qHU_6Ofc0
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Pic of the rack re-design,new speaker stands, and new foliage. I sold my phon pre to fund the amp, so turntable is out of commission for now.
I think I see Bond, James Bond hiding behind your plant. Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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Connected the computer to a Pro-ject DAC Box S2 Plus, and have been listening to Tidal on the main rig. Nice, except for all-too-frequent glitching. Not sure what to do about it. Tidal has suggested switching to public DNS server over the one the cable modem/ISP uses by default. I know I'm way behind the curve on this stuff, but any suggestions from you all?
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What speed internet do you have and are you streaming 44.1 files (hifi subscription)?
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Connected the computer to a Pro-ject DAC Box S2 Plus, and have been listening to Tidal on the main rig. Nice, except for all-too-frequent glitching. Not sure what to do about it. Tidal has suggested switching to public DNS server over the one the cable modem/ISP uses by default. I know I'm way behind the curve on this stuff, but any suggestions from you all?
Go into the GUI of your router (type your IP address on your web browser), login (the credentials are usually admin / admin, if not look at your manual or contact ISP). Set your DNS to 8.8.8.8 which is Google's public DNS.
Skip brings up a good point, make sure your router/gateway is set for Docsis 3.0 which should be able to handle that fast of a data transfer.Just a dude doing dude-ly things
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Thank you all! Here's a snip of my modem speeds. No wifi; just USB cable to DAC. I'm using the Tidal Premium service; not the hi-fi stream. I will make that DNS switch; modem is Docsis 3.0.
Appreciate the help!
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Connected the computer to a Pro-ject DAC Box S2 Plus, and have been listening to Tidal on the main rig. Nice, except for all-too-frequent glitching.
To me it sounds like you are describing USB audio dropouts due to an issue with your PC, unrelated to Tidal, your network hardware/configuration, or the speed of your internet connection.
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Hooked up a Lumin D1 and did some Tidal streaming. Happy with it so far, though I only notice a little bit of improvement over the built in DAC in my integrated. I only A/B-ed one song, so I suspect the improvements could be more noticeable in other music. Will be picking up some XLRs soon, I've read that the XLR connection sounds better than RCAs...
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Well maybe not today but very recently moved this monster into the main rig...pictures really don't do it justice.
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Well maybe not today but very recently moved this monster into the main rig...pictures really don't do it justice.
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Turned it on this morning so that it will be warmed up for music tonight. The beer will be cold, and the stereo will be hot. Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
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Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
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I know why you drink the beer Bud, its so you can have a clear conscious when you listen to Gaga and MM on that system...
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joecoulson wrote: »I know why you drink the beer Bud, its so you can have a clear conscious when you listen to Gaga and MM on that system...
It takes a LOT of beer to make Manson sound good. I didn't care for Gaga's early stuff, but after she started hanging out with Tony Bennet... she can sing.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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All in good fun Bud, no harm meant...just razzin ya
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MM - the new **** is an awesome track with great dynamic range- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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Well maybe not today but very recently moved this monster into the main rig...pictures really don't do it justice.
It has the look with the TWO KNOBS!! And how does it sound compared to your A308 previously? Only 500 of Trivista's made I read somewhere. The MF sound is the best I have heard. I have a MF 3.2 in my bedroom with my 2B's. I enjoy an A5 at my girlfriend's house."Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Harry / Marietta GA -
Girls went Sat shopping.
Givin the Monitor 500's a good old fashioned "leg stretchin"
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BlueBirdMusic wrote: »Well maybe not today but very recently moved this monster into the main rig...pictures really don't do it justice.
It has the look with the TWO KNOBS!! And how does it sound compared to your A308 previously? Only 500 of Trivista's made I read somewhere. The MF sound is the best I have heard. I have a MF 3.2 in my bedroom with my 2B's. I enjoy an A5 at my girlfriend's house.
It has the typical MF house sound but takes it to a whole other level. I've owned the A5 and A308 and they are both excellent pieces especially for the price but the TriVista is just so smooth to listen to and seems to do everything right...not to mention the seemingly limitless power. Its the best most musically involving piece I've had in my setup to date. Besting my Aragon, Belles, McCormack, and PS audio seperates.
