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In Reply to: Get tough, or get out posted by beach cruiser on September 8, 2008 at 01:51:54:
OK.
Serious vinyl listening is done on a Garrard 301 / Michell Technoarm / Ortofon MC25FL, fixed headshell, properly aligned VTA.
Second TT is a 401 with an SME 3009/II. It plays Pathe and Edison vertical cut 78s, 108 year old Berliners, brand new LPs and everything in between.
There are 8 Shure M44s in SME S2R headshells with the appropriate retipped styli including an M44-7 for 45s. The moveable arm base is optimised for 78 replay, which also requires a different inner null point as they go closer to the spindle than vinyl and the LP settings can lead to pinch effect at narrow radii.
I also use V15-II/SAS and Audio Technica AT3100XE cartridges for what I call day-to-day vinyl listening. There's a small height difference between the V15 and an M44. The AT has a spacer to bring the height up. They have slotted mounting hole headshells so that their null points are optimised for LP.
As there is such a large difference between record thicknesses and I am not an archivist I am prepared to accept some compromise with regard to VTA on the 401. I can change headshells, recalibrate the weight and bias quickly, everything else has been set up to how I want it.
Just don't patronise me for how I want to have my fun.
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- Hmmmm............. - richardz 09/8/0812:03:29 09/8/08 (0)