I tried to listen a heavily wrapped LP yesterday that has been through AFI Flat 2 record flattener 3 times and it was still unlistenable. Then I put on a borrowed Kuzma outer ring (+ the ebony clamp), and the record played perfectly. I was never interested in playing records with outer ring but...
Every tonearm without exception looses some VTF on top of the wave, so don’t think this is “the biggest drawback of this tonearm”. When the needle gets to the warp on the upside first, VTF increases and when the needle comes across to the other side, it goes down and VTF decreases. Tonearms with...
You forgot about this thread…
https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/karan-master-collection-power-amps.34920/#post-867214
Reading my post again I see I make a minor mistake. I had KAM 2000 not KAM 1200.
Choosing between KAM 900 and KAM 2000, I would definitely go for the 2000. One warning...
“The soul of DaVa
I had been waiting for an idea in my head how to make DaVa version with modern shape of diamond for the several years,and i was about to lose hope.The construction of all DaVa models made before had the coil wich changed area dramatically in magnetic field on high compilance...
No. Turntable direct comparisons are the hardest to make imo. Hope your dealer is able to demo you XL Air vs Monaco 3 with same tonearm and cartridge and is skilled at the setup….