Very nice speakers!
They can play loud enough I guess.
Then you are much closer to TG than you think. I was there in October (it was not Ølgod).
It is an Aarhus area with mostly colored wood houses. I remember it as just north / west of Aarhus city center in an area where most street names were names from Bornholm. I can find out the exact address if you want but GDPR rules will disallow to write it public. Has just passed the yearly GDPR examination at my job
They can play loud enough I guess.
Then you are much closer to TG than you think. I was there in October (it was not Ølgod).
It is an Aarhus area with mostly colored wood houses. I remember it as just north / west of Aarhus city center in an area where most street names were names from Bornholm. I can find out the exact address if you want but GDPR rules will disallow to write it public. Has just passed the yearly GDPR examination at my job
That´s OK...... I know where that is. Here we call it "Finnebyen"........ I´ll check it out.
And yeah... The Asathor´s are insanely sensitive.... at least compared to my Magnepan´s.
My monoblocks put out 600watt in 4 ohm, and where I sometimes had the VU-meters reach the top on the Maggies,
the SPL is more than enough when they reach somewhere between 6 & 10watts on the Asathor´s.
Incredible nice speakers.
Best of all...... the total amount for paying the carpenter/woodworker for the boxes, the drivers, the horns, all the crossover components,
the terminals, the paint and everything included came to around 1000 Euros +- 20 Euros. This is extremely good value for the money
And yeah... The Asathor´s are insanely sensitive.... at least compared to my Magnepan´s.
My monoblocks put out 600watt in 4 ohm, and where I sometimes had the VU-meters reach the top on the Maggies,
the SPL is more than enough when they reach somewhere between 6 & 10watts on the Asathor´s.
Incredible nice speakers.
Best of all...... the total amount for paying the carpenter/woodworker for the boxes, the drivers, the horns, all the crossover components,
the terminals, the paint and everything included came to around 1000 Euros +- 20 Euros. This is extremely good value for the money
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TT chassis isn’t connected to the cartridge. Arm ground is connected to cartridge, usually, but not every time…
The turntable isnt part of the audio. Only the cartridge is the audio. (At least in electrical signal-path terms.)
Ok, so reason that it reduces hum to connect TT chassis to chassis of riaa is to prevent that TT picks up "hum fields" from the environment?
In my case arm is carbon. But don't know if a thin metal shield is inside the carbon tube around the thin cartridge wires. This could make sense.
That´s actually what we call "truth with some modification".
A good deal of turntables have the ground-connection starting with the metal part of the platter-bearing, going to the motor-housing, and
next to the metal arm base. In carbon fibre arms you most certainly have a foil tube inside the arm or shielded wire through the arm
Yes, I do actually.
Ortofons test-record is a pretty nice tool to have. They´ve made several variants of these, and I have some,
It´s so easy to adjust. Setup made easy.
No doubt, this guy has had decades of experience, and he makes it look pretty easy, and sometimes, it´s a diffferent story,
but if you´ve got a protractor and a test-record and a stylus force measurement tool, your mostly good to go.
When one is very peticular and careful of setting up all parameters, you´re mostly equally rewarded
Ortofons test-record is a pretty nice tool to have. They´ve made several variants of these, and I have some,
It´s so easy to adjust. Setup made easy.
No doubt, this guy has had decades of experience, and he makes it look pretty easy, and sometimes, it´s a diffferent story,
but if you´ve got a protractor and a test-record and a stylus force measurement tool, your mostly good to go.
When one is very peticular and careful of setting up all parameters, you´re mostly equally rewarded
For VTF I have one of the Ortofon "balance weights". Not a digital. Seems it is about 1.6g as specified for this cartridge.
I think I have a paper protractor somewhere but I like the Ortofon plastic version.
Think I will get the test record to test the anti-skating.
The 92.5 degree angle of the stylus. On 2M black the cantilever is not visible. Only the diamond is visible. But it should be possible to measure the angle.
I also need to read which adjustments are possible with tonearm. It was made for the TT. But arm is not 100% parallel with record. Maybe height has been adjusted to adjust the VTA. But if not possible to adjust height it is meant to be as is from factory as TT is "born" with that arm.
The TechDAS with SME V arm looks like an ok setup. The TT is quite compact. So why did I not get that setup?
I think I have a paper protractor somewhere but I like the Ortofon plastic version.
Think I will get the test record to test the anti-skating.
The 92.5 degree angle of the stylus. On 2M black the cantilever is not visible. Only the diamond is visible. But it should be possible to measure the angle.
I also need to read which adjustments are possible with tonearm. It was made for the TT. But arm is not 100% parallel with record. Maybe height has been adjusted to adjust the VTA. But if not possible to adjust height it is meant to be as is from factory as TT is "born" with that arm.
The TechDAS with SME V arm looks like an ok setup. The TT is quite compact. So why did I not get that setup?
Probably an awesome rig, we have the the 3(?) 5(?), with a Graham arm and AT ART5000(?) in the store, very very nice, $$$$$$$$
What ttbl did you get, surprisingly enuf I forget?
I use a Dr Feikert test record for anti-skating, works fine.
My TT is a Elac Miracord 90. Cartridge 2M Black LVB 250. Pictures at the start of thread
I think it was good to get an tone arm that was factory made for the TT. It plays very well......if record is perfect.
The anti-skating adjustment on Miracord is "Lenco like". I don't think the height can be adjusted but have to look for some better manual than the one that followed the TT.
I think it was good to get an tone arm that was factory made for the TT. It plays very well......if record is perfect.
The anti-skating adjustment on Miracord is "Lenco like". I don't think the height can be adjusted but have to look for some better manual than the one that followed the TT.
Height, Vertical Tracking Angle is kind of a bugger. Since records vary in thickness 1 height isnt optimal, adjusting for every record is a PIA. Also, I don't find the difference, if you're close, particularly significant YMMV. Anyway if most of your records are new, 180 gram +/-, I would try to optimize for them.
Taking a quick look at the table on line, there is probably a set screw in the base of the tonearm mount, looks kind of like a Clearaudio Satisfy. Loosen it while supporting the arm with your hand.
Taking a quick look at the table on line, there is probably a set screw in the base of the tonearm mount, looks kind of like a Clearaudio Satisfy. Loosen it while supporting the arm with your hand.
Think you'll find the second notch in from the back is a good position for the anit-skating wt. Most tonearms won't nail all 4 bands on the Feikert test record, but its really not a big deal, skating varies across the record so it is just making a workable compromise. Some vendors, VPI, don't like AS.
There is not much documentation in the manual about adjusting the tonearm. But there is a screw at the back of the arm board as you say.
I guess the shop where I purchased the TT (they mounted the cartridge) has used the tonearm height to adjust VTA. They did it this way instead of using shims at cartridge mount. Therefor arm is not 100% parallel when playing. It is a bit lower at the cartridge end than pivot end.
Antiskating adjustment they just write it should be set according to a small picture. From that picture I can guess that the weight should be at the 2. groove from the back. If Azimuth is not correct (I think it is) something is wrong from factory. But I can perform the "mirror-test" when I find a small mirror.
I guess the shop where I purchased the TT (they mounted the cartridge) has used the tonearm height to adjust VTA. They did it this way instead of using shims at cartridge mount. Therefor arm is not 100% parallel when playing. It is a bit lower at the cartridge end than pivot end.
Antiskating adjustment they just write it should be set according to a small picture. From that picture I can guess that the weight should be at the 2. groove from the back. If Azimuth is not correct (I think it is) something is wrong from factory. But I can perform the "mirror-test" when I find a small mirror.
Azimuth, like so many things vinyl playback related, is another one of those things that if done by eye, close is probably close enuf. Without a method to measure it you are taking for granted that the cartridge manufacturer got coils etc. perfectly aligned. Not a very safe assumption, I have seen so many cart. with styli misalligned, Ortofon and Audio Technica are 2 companies that seem to turn out very consistent quality.
There are a few different options for setting Azimuth with measuring devices, Fozgometer, a software suite, can't recall the name, that is quite sophisticated and really good but $$$. Bob Graham used to market a small box that summed the 2 channels to mono (?), and by playing a monaural album with little HF content you can hear when the 2 channels "null". This is both inexpensive and pretty accurate, although if you look at the unnamed software suite it is seemingly the Ne Plus Ultra of setup tools.
I think if you go to Musical Surroundings site and look at the Satisfy, not Satisfy Carbon Fiber, you will be able to find more documentation as to the arm setup. If not there the Clearaudio German site might have the info. Either way, the arm's shaft slides up/down in the "arm board", the round board mounted to the plinth. Simply loosening the set screw would allow you to adjust the height or remove the arm altogether.
There are a few different options for setting Azimuth with measuring devices, Fozgometer, a software suite, can't recall the name, that is quite sophisticated and really good but $$$. Bob Graham used to market a small box that summed the 2 channels to mono (?), and by playing a monaural album with little HF content you can hear when the 2 channels "null". This is both inexpensive and pretty accurate, although if you look at the unnamed software suite it is seemingly the Ne Plus Ultra of setup tools.
I think if you go to Musical Surroundings site and look at the Satisfy, not Satisfy Carbon Fiber, you will be able to find more documentation as to the arm setup. If not there the Clearaudio German site might have the info. Either way, the arm's shaft slides up/down in the "arm board", the round board mounted to the plinth. Simply loosening the set screw would allow you to adjust the height or remove the arm altogether.
Thank you for your interrest. The answer is: NO...... Actually I don´t.
What I have experienced over the last couple of decades is, that most arm manufacturers have a specific geometry in mind, when designing
an arm, and I always get the best results with using that recommended geometry.
I always found this as a BS statement. When the VTA setting is optimal, the variance in SRA/VTA is so insignificant, that you´ll have to be
far beyond "nerdy", to actually claim to be able to hear differences between a 140 gram and a 180 gram record. One could argue, that it matters more,
the sharper the stylus geometry, but personally IDGAF. Although I have "VTA on the fly" on both TT´s, once set properly, these are not
used until the cartridge is changed.
Adjusting (or trying to) VTA for each record thickness is one of those myths, that ruins the joy of listening to music IMHO
Careful now @MEPER
Don´t get lured into these kinds of frustrations. You wrote, that a reasonable experienced shop hadset up your TT. Then rest in the satisfaction, that this has been done properly by an experienced shop/guys, who are not interrested in having
their reputation ruined by bad customer feedback.
If you start losing sleep every time some Tom, Dick or Harry posts some new theory online, you´ll end up as never being able to
"Love Your Vinyl"
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