Ron’s New System
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Watch J.R. Boisclair of WAM Engineering install an Air Tight Opus 1 cartridge on a Reed 5T tonearm on a Brinkmann Balance turntable in my listening room. Thank you, J.R.! Fantastic job!
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The cartridge settings: alignment, weight, whatever else Boisclair adjusted.
It is good practice to check these parameters after the cartridge breaks in.
I was happy with isoacustics until I tried stack audio eq’s. It opened things up. The isos seemed a little shut in. Try it. Money back. Can’t find a bad review.
Thank you for the report. I am glad you are enjoying them.
For me personally, I'm just not into trying random tweaks. If I have a specific problem to solve, that's one thing.
Yesterday I received my Shaknspin turntable tachometer from Paulo Rebordão.
J.R. Boisclair, of WAM Engineering, showed me this the last time he visited me. I thought it was great, and I ordered one immediately. Contact Paulo Rebordão at info@sempersonus.com.
I am personally not interested in the wow and flutter measurements that get mapped to an iPhone. You place the device around the spindle, and locate a little standing reflector on the plinth at the edge of the platter. Apparently the reflector calibrates the device.
This device is more accurate and vastly more confidence inspiring than a smart phone app. I have used the KAB stroboscope since I got into the hobby. That works well, and probably is accurate. But this is much more confidence inspiring and much easier to use.
I recommend this device highly!
https://www.youtube.com/@sempersonus7799
J.R. Boisclair, of WAM Engineering, showed me this the last time he visited me. I thought it was great, and I ordered one immediately. Contact Paulo Rebordão at info@sempersonus.com.
I am personally not interested in the wow and flutter measurements that get mapped to an iPhone. You place the device around the spindle, and locate a little standing reflector on the plinth at the edge of the platter. Apparently the reflector calibrates the device.
This device is more accurate and vastly more confidence inspiring than a smart phone app. I have used the KAB stroboscope since I got into the hobby. That works well, and probably is accurate. But this is much more confidence inspiring and much easier to use.
I recommend this device highly!
https://www.youtube.com/@sempersonus7799
i use the Allnic Speednic. It doesn't have a nice display but is extremely sensitive to speeds being off (as a strobe based system when it's dead on the lines don't move). I have found that most belt drives are off in someway or another...
my CS Port has a built in strobe, and once at thermal equilibrium (takes about 90 minutes typically) the lines don't move. always interesting how it's different when i place the 6 pound record weight on or off. the reference is with the record weight on.....and i use it 100% of the time.
i have ShakeNSpin measurements for the Esoteric T1 (without clock) and the OMA K3 neither of which i did. very similar. it was interesting how the clock improved the performance of the Esoteric. then later when i bought the TEAC transport and was switching the clock cable back and forth, i decided to buy another better clock cable so i would not have to switch the cable. and so i put that better one on the Esoteric and just doing that got another small up-tic in performance.
speed and things related to speed matter.
Ron ,
Did you ever update the info on your Clarysis setup after the switchup on your many tube amp selections ...
How is the sound currently ..?
I’m left to guess what ‘it’ might be.
I will assume the MOST logical thing might be what did I hear different with the better clock cable with the T1.
Slight improvement in realism in terms of textures, slightly more clarity. Like fine focus of camera seeing farther into a picture so the feeling projects more.
Tiny but appreciated. Caused me to smile when I heard it. I did not think going from the Shunyata Sigma v2 clock 50 to the Omega Clock 50 cable would be audible in that context.
Ron, does this recorded speed of 44.55 RPM change when you place a record on the platter and put down the stylus and then does it remain constant? Is the speed of your Brinkmann TT adjustable?
The speed displayed in the photo has almost no meaning. I happened to take that picture after I tapped 45, and as the turntable was spooling up to 45.00. It does not show proof of anything.
Yes, the speed of the Brinkmann Balance is adjustable. As an analog system it takes a bit of time to reach the new selected speed.
Thank you. Do you adjust the speed of the turntable while playing a record or without a record on the platter? Does it make a difference?