Posts by analogsurviver

Quote: Originally Posted by BLACKENEDPLAGUE  I heard about corking the underside of the steel platter in an audio karma forum. wonder how that would benefit Damping the ringing of the metal platter .

Quote: Originally Posted by Skylab  Many/most vintage turntables came with a rubber mat that is needed to damp the aluminum platter and keep it from ringing.  A cork mat isn't going to work...

Quote: Originally Posted by caracara08  Not too bad.  My receiver hasnt come yet so I havent fired it up but its original everything, including original box and packaging.  Even the box was heavy, I thought...

Quote: Originally Posted by BLACKENEDPLAGUE  I'll be sure to look into that. I do have a pretty pleb question: Am I better off with the stock mat or should I go for a one of...

Quote: Originally Posted by samsquanch  Today I got my christmas present to myself...       Technics SL-1200 mk 2   I got it for $200 from a local record...

Quote: Originally Posted by goodvibes  How did you get that opinion? The same piece of music comes from the same master unless remastered. Nothing today is mastered at 16/44. Do you think that they purposely crap...

Quote: Originally Posted by penmarker  Yep, can never get it to align at both lines. I primarily focused on aligning it to the inner groove as to minimize IGD, that doesn't help much however with a cart of this...

Quote: Originally Posted by gopanthersgo1  Did you get measurements in yet? Yes, but have to translate them - and covert to pdf, as excel docs can not be uploaded to head-fi.

Quote: Originally Posted by penmarker  Continuing analogsurviver's post up there about cart aligning relative to the tonearm and headshell alignment, my tonearm is an exception. Sorry for the bad quality, I only have...

Quote: Originally Posted by Skylab  Yes, I have found that such an angling inward of the cartridge is required on some vintage Japanese TT arms in order to get the alignment to be correct.   However,...