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    What tonearm(s) are people using with their Koetsu cartridges?

    Massive? Isn’t that a light 12g arm?
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    Tesla Model Y performance

    https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a44022888/electric-car-battery-recycling/
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    Audio Tekne Acp 8801MKII Turntable

    I was using the Audio Tekne cartridge on the SME also so it was a direct swap of the table/arm and nothing else changed. I have not heard the LT arm.
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    Audio Tekne Acp 8801MKII Turntable

    The Fuuga seems to have the same height as the Audio Tekne cartridge. From the pictures of Fuuga I had thought that maybe it was going to be taller. Headshell is parallel. It sounds great. So far my quick summary would be the AT is wider and more 3D and the Fuuga is tighter in the bass with more...
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    Tesla Model Y performance

    Man, this is the best part about owning an EV!
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    Cable Cookers - should I get one?

    I had both. The Audiodharma seemed noticeably better.
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    Audio Tekne Acp 8801MKII Turntable

    It’s designed for their cartridge, yes. You can use others though with success. Audio Tekne makes an optional slotted headshell for their arm. I may get it just to see if there is a difference. As far as I can tell the current geometry does not follow any standard and Imai seemed to imply it...
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    Audio Tekne Acp 8801MKII Turntable

    Trying out a Fuuga cartridge… Works surprisingly well given the arm has no adjustments other than VTF and there is no slotted headshell.
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    Tesla Model Y performance

    https://techau.com.au/ford-ceo-jim-farley-details-the-clusterfck-of-software-development-for-legacy-auto/ Interesting and honest take from the Ford CEO.
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    DS Audio Ionizer

    I have both a central steam humidifier (and geothermal heat which is less dry than gas forced air) and the Westek. Both are needed for me.
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    Audio Tekne Acp 8801MKII Turntable

    Yes, the Audio Tekne cartridge. That’s correct. Everything is in the motor box. To switch between 33/45 I have to move the belt between two pulleys. The knob next to the power button adjusts voltage to fine tune the speed. As I understand it yours does speed switching based off frequency and...
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    Audio Tekne Acp 8801MKII Turntable

    Some pictures of my Audio Tekne ACP-8801. This is a new version that Imai made for me called the “simple drive system”. There is no 300B drive unit. It’s a new drive system that is integrated into the motor box.
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    London Decca Reference to Return

    Yeah that was two turntables ago. You won’t be disappointed. Highly recommended.
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    London Decca Reference to Return

    I used ViV with DaVa, it was great. Darius is at service@cartridgeretip.com
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    DaVa FC-A1 a field coil contender

    That new DaVa Soul was announced on FB a little while ago.
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    Stillpoints Aperture Acoustic Panels

    I also sit close to the rear wall. Stillpoints offers an easy return for full refund. If they don’t work in your space you just have to cover the shipping costs (both ways). They were one of the better manufacturers to deal with.
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    Stillpoints Aperture Acoustic Panels

    I didn’t have that problem to begin with so I’m not sure. I have small single driver speakers that don’t put out tons of bass. However, the bass I have is tighter and more defined. Dynamics are also improved.
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    Stillpoints Aperture Acoustic Panels

    I just bought 3 of these for a small room in near field setup. Two close to the speakers angled in to face the speaker and one on the wall behind my head. I have a very strange (bad) room and the improvement these made were somewhat shocking. It all came together when I faced them into the...
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    High Mass thread Drive

    What improvements does the 2000 have over the 1000?
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    Viv Lab Owners

    Yes, probably impossible to pick out the arm in a system you have no experience with. I don’t think anyone is going to argue and say precisely aligning a cartridge is a bad thing. I have definitely experienced what you describe with typical arms. However, for me, ViV is doing something different...
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    Viv Lab Owners

    My question to you is unanswered too. Did you hear tracking error and distortion when listening to ViV? I’m not talking about hooking your software up to it.
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    Viv Lab Owners

    Audio Tekne says this same thing. Not only the rigidity of the wand but the entire tonearm structure. Wide bearing, no adjustments on the arm other than one counterweight. I was worried about not having any adjustments but clearly I was wrong.
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    Viv Lab Owners

    When you listened to ViV you could hear the higher tracking error and lack of anti skate?
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    Belt Drive vs Direct Drive and which one?

    In my experience the table/arms I’ve liked the most sound wise have had the least conventional design/materials which to me has obviously had far more impact on the sound than ultra precise measurements.
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    Viv Lab Owners

    Used the DaVa FC A1, Shindo SPU, and SPU Wood A on mine. All were fantastic. This was on an AF5. I still don’t know why more people don’t get past the “rules” and use ViV.
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    'ShaknSpin' and 'ShaknSpin2' Turntable Analysers

    I got one of these Shaknspin last week. I like it. Simple to use. I check/adjust the speed of my table at every session. I also have the KAB and a label size strobe like what Peter mentions. I’ll install the RPM app on my phone and compare that with the Shaknspin and the strobes.
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    DS Audio Ionizer

    -3F outside right now, humidity indoors at 39%. Listening to records now with the Westek on and noticing no static at all, sounding great. Also no water dripping on windows and no mold in sight.

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