Recent content by J.R. Boisclair

  1. J.R. Boisclair

    Anti Skating?

    I agree! I'm just stating something that might not be obvious to many in an effort to be helpful.
  2. J.R. Boisclair

    Anti Skating?

    Yes, you can find the peak performance by ear for AS, but the very process assumes you aren't starting with a problem you don't know you are fighting, such as high frictional forces or variable horizontal torque forces across the platter surface area caused by such things as the tonearm wires or...
  3. J.R. Boisclair

    Anti Skating?

    Dunno about your arm, but on my Kuzma arms the force vector is more than 20 degrees off of the central axis of the fingerlift. Just something to keep an eye on.
  4. J.R. Boisclair

    Anti Skating?

    You'll have to verify that the strain gauge is not giving off false readings due to new vector forces, so you still need something "true" to reference its reading against when the scale is used in an orientation such as you have it there. Assuming you've managed to get through that matter, you...
  5. J.R. Boisclair

    Using Wally Tools

    For what it's worth, the claim in the advertisement that there is a long wait for WallyScopes is not at all true. The longest anyone has waited for ANY "standard issue" WallyTool is about 10 days - and I can count those events on a single hand. I keep everything in stock at all times, usually...
  6. J.R. Boisclair

    Using Wally Tools

    I will be doing a video on this in the near future. This "mistaken measurement" issue is true to greater or lesser degrees with all setup parameters and is why relying upon a test record for all setup parameters makes it such an iterative approach where improvements can certainly be made but...
  7. J.R. Boisclair

    Using Wally Tools

    By the way - and as a reminder - as a WallyTools owner, you have pretty much 7 days a week access to my support as well. Reach out to me if you have any analog issue. I certainly am not an expert on ALL vinyl playback matters, but I'll let you know when you've hit my limit of comfort in any...
  8. J.R. Boisclair

    Using Wally Tools

    We've done several hundred hours of multivariate testing (think: test record) in 2023 and have come several conclusions. One of them is: you aren't measuring what you THINK you are measuring!
  9. J.R. Boisclair

    Using Wally Tools

    We have analyzed many laboratory test records (NAB, DIN, CBS, etc.) and have learned the futility of using a test record as a reference for playback alignment. For example, the CBS test record with square waves had a 3.5 cutting zenith error. You can see this in my latest video posting. Even...
  10. J.R. Boisclair

    Using Wally Tools

    Crazy how groove noise drops when the zenith error is corrected, eh?! Did you notice increase in overall clarity and "focus" of the soundstage as well? Only 12% of cartridges have 0.5 degrees or less of zenith error. Few people have heard this effect before!
  11. J.R. Boisclair

    Using Wally Tools

    I have already filmed a new instructional video series for the WallySkater. It is in editing now. Hopefully it will clear up any confusion, but you can certainly start the static friction test no matter where the yellow and blue line are with respect to each other with the new hangar. I have...
  12. J.R. Boisclair

    Using Wally Tools

    Interesting. Haven't seen this before. What did you measure the static friction of the arm at the inner and outer areas of platter?
  13. J.R. Boisclair

    Using Wally Tools

    Thank you for your thoughts! I appreciate that. Not sure why a curved finger lift would cause a difference in the measurement of horizontal torque force. We only need some place to affix the tonearm to the string and where it does so is irrelevant as long as it is not more than about 15mm...
  14. J.R. Boisclair

    Installed Dedicated AC Circuits - FINALLY - and the results...WOW!

    It wasn't the wire itself that was special (it was basic 10ga romex). I think the magic was in how Rex made sure the H, N, G were all landed at the proper location, that there weren't any ground loops inside the panel, the location of the breaker, removal of some things the last electrician left...
  15. J.R. Boisclair

    Installed Dedicated AC Circuits - FINALLY - and the results...WOW!

    I wish I hadn't taken so long to do this, but I eventually got around to asking @Kingrex (Rex Hungerford of https://www.kingrexelectric.com/) for help to guide me - and my electrician - through the installation of two dedicated AC circuits for my audio system. With the aid of some photographs of...
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