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  1. miniguy

    Kuzma Stabi R compared to a Garrard 301/401??

    This is incorrect. Just the opposite is true since most tonearms are designed with stable balance, which means that the arm CG lies below the vertical pivot point. This causes increased VTF as the stylus height increases. After reading this thread it sounds like the 4Point arm is designed with...
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    What's Your Favorite Beer

    Always my best
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    Acoustic Revive Headshell

    Interesting review from Jeff Day on new Acoustic Revive Headshell https://jeffsplace.positive-feedback.com/first-listen-the-acoustic-revive-rhs-1-artisanal-headshell-wowza/
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    Anthony Cordesman RIP

    The distinguished national security analyst, author and long time contributor to The Absolute Sound has passed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Cordesman
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    PranaWire Arhat Loudspeaker Cables

    You may get some answers from member PhP, the Pranawire French distributor.
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    PranaWire Arhat Loudspeaker Cables

    Compared my Valhalla 2 and a friend’s Synergistic (forgot the model). Both of those sounded unnaturally bright in comparison, surprisingly. The Arhat exhibited a relaxed presentation with an enveloping soundstage and without masking detail or blunting transients. It just seemed to make acoustic...
  7. miniguy

    Dave Grusin's Discovered Again Mistracking

    Tracks cleanly. No buzz, no rattle. SPU Wood A. 0.7 conical stylus.
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    Looking to buy a new turntable / any suggestions (12k budget incl. Tonarm and Cartridge)

    https://www.audiophilia.com/reviews/2023/10/13/rega-naia-turntable
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    Mono Cartridges

    Yes. Here is an example: this Jazz Messengers modern mono reissue exhibits severe distortion on plucked bass notes when played with my Miyajima mono cart, but plays perfectly fine with my stereo cart. This implies the presence of spurious vertical information due to the stereo cutter head used...
  10. miniguy

    What Cartridge(s) Is Everyone Using

    Not of the über detail persuasion, but makes music like few others.
  11. miniguy

    Looking for suggestions on spades.....

    http://www.oyaide.com/en/products/audio_connectors/spsl
  12. miniguy

    Which turntable do you prefer and why?

    He wasn’t referring to the plastic sound. He was referring to the plastic look.
  13. miniguy

    my morning with Starker.......

    Ma’s third set is just wonderful from both performance and sound perspectives. My go to using modern cello.
  14. miniguy

    Analogue Heaven in Paris - My Visit to Ana Mighty Sound

    I should have contacted you when I was there in July. Oh well next time.
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    Analogue Heaven in Paris - My Visit to Ana Mighty Sound

    Where in Israel are you located?
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    The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

    Much earlier. Professor Erik Löfgren of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, developed and published the first tonearm alignment equations in 1938. Baerwald, Bauer, Stevenson and several others who came after Löfgren produced identical equations differing only in notation and...
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    Tonearm for Ortofon SPU-A cartridge

    L? = (L?² + D² ? 2L?D cos?)½ , Arm effective length with A-style SPU ? = arcsin (L? sin? /L?) , Arm offset angle with A-style SPU L? = Arm effective length with G-style SPU D = 21.5 mm difference between SPU-G and SPU-A mounting collar to stylus distance ? = arm offset angle with G-style SPU...
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    Tonearm for Ortofon SPU-A cartridge

    The RMG-309 null points are 60.0/115.4. If you want to maintain these same null points then with the SPU-A, you should set your pivot-to-spindle distance at 287.6 mm. This gives an overhang of 11.8 mm.
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    Legendary Supex 900 Super: Koetsu before Koetsu

    This is the identical one I used to have long ago. To be precise, as shown on this spec sheet, it was a SD 900/E+ Super. After this cart I had another Supex - the SDX 1000. Not sure if it was also a Sugano design. It had a boron cantilever. The body was rounder and more petite. Anyone remember it?
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    Robert Harley makes efficient use of his time.

    It’s too late. It headed there years ago.
  21. miniguy

    the Durand Record Weight; love it!

    If your platter has a recess for the record label then any weight much over a pound will lift the edge of the record noticeably. In which case you could benefit from an edge clamp.
  22. miniguy

    What is going to be your endgame speaker?

    Stradivari Homage (not the new pretender)
  23. miniguy

    RCA 12BH7 Black Plates versus Grey Plates

    I have Sylvania gray plates driving the KT88s in my amp which has never sounded better. Again, horses for courses.
  24. miniguy

    Chesky: One of the Worst Audiophile Labels?

    Nice article on some of the many recordings done by Kenneth Wilkinson. https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/music-reviews/kenneth-wilkinson/
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    Searching for Best Version of Carmina Burana ?

    The Speakers Corner reissue is superior to the original tulip.
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    Searching for Best Version of Carmina Burana ?

    The Telarc, despite its Soundstream origins, has arguably the best sound of any version on vinyl, along with a top class performance. The reissue by Craft Recordings is excellent though the original issue might be preferred by some. They’re very close.
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    Retip or upgrade Ortofon SPU Synergy?

    What specifically do you prefer in the Synergy over any of the anniversary models?
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    Power Cords on Motor Controllers

    These are great comments. Thank you. I especially found fascinating your experience with a power cord plugged into an outlet but unplugged at the IEC end. That situation exists currently in my system and I will do some experiments. Also I just ordered a Hammond 171A isolation transformer to try...
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    Power Cords on Motor Controllers

    Interesting thesis. This suggests that perhaps running the motor controller off of an isolation transformer could be useful to keep the nasties from infecting the rest of the system. And I have also observed that the effect is of the same magnitude as on a preamp.

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