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Probably of limited use of you're a 'set once and forget' fella, but I suppose it is there to take account of the variance in thickness from one LP to another.
Terminator tonearm
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Probably of limited use of you're a 'set once and forget' fella, but I suppose it is there to take account of the variance in thickness from one LP to another.
robM, can mass not be added to the slider to deal with this? I saw this on Vic's site.
VTA on-the-fly - I don't know why either - I guess it allows for adjustment of VTA while the music is playing i.e when best sound is achieved. I could possibly see myself continually meddling with this though!
VTA on the fly - A mate of mine more into vinyl than me reckons the machines used to cut the masters will have different setups / tolerances - so are all a tiny bit different...
Er nope. I've been making one
See
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2529
(sorry for the cross site post)
Should be on the Techy deck tomorrow - just spent some time today making an arm lift mech. Also need to make a stop so the whole arm can't just tip over the back once critical mass/angle is reached ~ 45 deg angle.
Seehttp://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2529
(sorry for the cross site post)
Should be on the Techy deck tomorrow - just spent some time today making an arm lift mech. Also need to make a stop so the whole arm can't just tip over the back once critical mass/angle is reached ~ 45 deg angle.
Right. After a few sessions here is the low down on the air bearing arm.
Startling clear & detailed mid range. Hear some delicacy's and nuances that are new. Top end was a little fizzy - cured by damping the vertical knife edge bearing with Bluetac. Perhaps need to make something more solid than a Stanley blade?
Bass was light so I increased the total lateral mass of the arm / carriage.
Some improvement but the same cart (AT 33PTG) still sounds more composed overall in the O.L Rega RB250 arm.
Still not quite there yet then:-
Need to try more mass on the arm or a heavier arm all together.
Need to put the air pump out of the listening room - broom cupboard perhaps better than outside as one can get condensation problems with cold air to warm room.
Need to improve the arm lift system to make it more pleasant to use.
Probably not worth developing this arm further.
On to mkII an inverted air bearing with underslung shorter and arm...
OR
Just buy the Terminator for a turnkey solution.
The only reference point I have is the fully OL modded Rega RB250 arm - I would live to try a Jelco 750 or even SME309 (even more money) to compare against.
Food for thought.
Startling clear & detailed mid range. Hear some delicacy's and nuances that are new. Top end was a little fizzy - cured by damping the vertical knife edge bearing with Bluetac. Perhaps need to make something more solid than a Stanley blade?
Bass was light so I increased the total lateral mass of the arm / carriage.
Some improvement but the same cart (AT 33PTG) still sounds more composed overall in the O.L Rega RB250 arm.
Still not quite there yet then:-
Need to try more mass on the arm or a heavier arm all together.
Need to put the air pump out of the listening room - broom cupboard perhaps better than outside as one can get condensation problems with cold air to warm room.
Need to improve the arm lift system to make it more pleasant to use.
Probably not worth developing this arm further.
On to mkII an inverted air bearing with underslung shorter and arm...
OR
Just buy the Terminator for a turnkey solution.
The only reference point I have is the fully OL modded Rega RB250 arm - I would live to try a Jelco 750 or even SME309 (even more money) to compare against.
Food for thought.
