Thad E Ginathom
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I had wondered about CFL
My New TT : The Cello from Scheu Analog
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pratimbayal
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Asit
Congrats on your new purchase. Looks nice in the picture . Now the vinyls collection ......... Will drop in very soon to hear the beauty .
Cheers
Pratim
Congrats on your new purchase. Looks nice in the picture . Now the vinyls collection ......... Will drop in very soon to hear the beauty .
Cheers
Pratim
I think aquarium as well as glow sign board manufacturers can also
do nice acrylic work.
Online India Aquarium Store
On techenclave.com, some folks posted very nice DIY acrylic computer
cases. Apparently, the acrylic sheet is cut using a computer controlled
cutting machine.
do nice acrylic work.
Online India Aquarium Store
On techenclave.com, some folks posted very nice DIY acrylic computer
cases. Apparently, the acrylic sheet is cut using a computer controlled
cutting machine.
Yes I read that the knot adjusts itself so that it is outside when rotating and is very very minute to make any difference.
If dustcover is to be made my personal preference would be to make it with least number of joints. Some people who fabricate acrylic (trophy makers) use hot air blower to bend these sheets perfectly and with less joints.
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Asit/Hiten,
Shaizada had used a "blood knot" and was happy with the results. Here's the thread:
http://www.hifivision.com/phono-turntables/12379-new-level-musicality.html#post172253
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Thad E Ginathom
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There's a lovely Northern-English accent!
I was using the same (or close cousin) tool, last week, to first flatten to a strip, and then make a bend (but I made a groove first, to give a sharp angle) in a piece of PVC --- beginning with an inch cut off a piece of drain pipe. It became the bracket to fix a new bulb holder in a wall lamp.
Back to the string: what's an "ordinary knot?" An overhand knot (hold two ends together, form a loop and pass the ends through it)? A reef knot (as per shoe laces but without the loops to form a bow)?
<crossposted with santosh>
Your post led me here. What a lovely site for anyone with an interest in rope!
I was using the same (or close cousin) tool, last week, to first flatten to a strip, and then make a bend (but I made a groove first, to give a sharp angle) in a piece of PVC --- beginning with an inch cut off a piece of drain pipe. It became the bracket to fix a new bulb holder in a wall lamp.
Back to the string: what's an "ordinary knot?" An overhand knot (hold two ends together, form a loop and pass the ends through it)? A reef knot (as per shoe laces but without the loops to form a bow)?
<crossposted with santosh>
Your post led me here. What a lovely site for anyone with an interest in rope!
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Pratim,
Thanks. You are always welcome. But between you and Vasu, at least one should bring your Nighthawk phono so that I can compare the phono pre amps. The Trigons are supposed arrive next week. Meanwhile the cart should break in a bit more to make sense of the comparison. Since your workplace is so close to my home, you can drop in even before that one these evening just for brief listen and looking around. There is always the added incentive of the Banchharam sweets, if you let me know a bit in advance.
Hiten,
Yes, this I have observed. Somehow the knot manages to position itself away from the platter. I have not understood this.
quad and Hiten,
Nice suggestions on the acrylic dust-cover. Vasu is the person who gets these dust-covers made from somewhere. They look one-piece. I have to talk to Vasu this weekend and give him your inputs. May these ideas are already implemented.
Santosh,
Yes, now I vaguely remember this discussion. I actually went to his thread following your link, and yes he did a similar thing as Scheu implements. Actually Scheu tables are well known among vinyl enthusiasts in the US and and are very well respected, and they are the only brand, as far as I know to use a string for the belt. Thanks for reminding me. It's nice to know other people have benefitted with other TTs from this.
Thad,
No blodd-knot for me. I (actually my wife) have used the ordinary knot. I think it is the same as what have called the 'overhand knot'.
Regards.
Thanks. You are always welcome. But between you and Vasu, at least one should bring your Nighthawk phono so that I can compare the phono pre amps. The Trigons are supposed arrive next week. Meanwhile the cart should break in a bit more to make sense of the comparison. Since your workplace is so close to my home, you can drop in even before that one these evening just for brief listen and looking around. There is always the added incentive of the Banchharam sweets, if you let me know a bit in advance.
Hiten,
Yes, this I have observed. Somehow the knot manages to position itself away from the platter. I have not understood this.
quad and Hiten,
Nice suggestions on the acrylic dust-cover. Vasu is the person who gets these dust-covers made from somewhere. They look one-piece. I have to talk to Vasu this weekend and give him your inputs. May these ideas are already implemented.
Santosh,
Yes, now I vaguely remember this discussion. I actually went to his thread following your link, and yes he did a similar thing as Scheu implements. Actually Scheu tables are well known among vinyl enthusiasts in the US and and are very well respected, and they are the only brand, as far as I know to use a string for the belt. Thanks for reminding me. It's nice to know other people have benefitted with other TTs from this.
Thad,
No blodd-knot for me. I (actually my wife) have used the ordinary knot. I think it is the same as what have called the 'overhand knot'.
Regards.
Was amazed too, the first time I saw that site. Never knew there so many different types of knots existed and a site dedicated to it
. Reminds me of my younger days, when I had learnt a variety of knots - required to fly kites in neighbourhood kite-flying competitions. Not knowing your knots well could mean losing your kite and special thread (we used to coat the thread with glass using a DIY concoction). Ah, those good old days!! Can't wait for my son to grow up, so I re-live some of it
.Thad E Ginathom
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The bloodknot will, at least, double the diameter of the line at the point of the knot.
The overhand knot will lie entirely outside the diameter of the loop, and will not increase it. A sailor would not call it elegant, because putting such a sharp angle in the line is going to weaken it substantially --- but let us leave that piece of theory aside as being just not relevant
!
The Long Splice would be the truly elegant solution, but probably none but the truly dedicated maker of miniature ship models could make such a thing in sewing thread
And the point is to listen to music, not to go mad
The overhand knot will lie entirely outside the diameter of the loop, and will not increase it. A sailor would not call it elegant, because putting such a sharp angle in the line is going to weaken it substantially --- but let us leave that piece of theory aside as being just not relevant
!The Long Splice would be the truly elegant solution, but probably none but the truly dedicated maker of miniature ship models could make such a thing in sewing thread
And the point is to listen to music, not to go mad
Thanks for the link Santhosh.
I guess the knot adjust itself while rotating to be at least resistance.
This is where I found some info about scheu.
Scheu Analog Turntables and tonearms, Eurolab turntable
I guess the knot adjust itself while rotating to be at least resistance.
This is where I found some info about scheu.
Scheu Analog Turntables and tonearms, Eurolab turntable
hehe it seems 'learning the ropes' is useful in HiFi hobby. :lol:
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oooooooooh. procurement costs bro??
i d like a similar deal when i go abroad next.
Thad E Ginathom
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Just be sure it's the latest audio-quality rope!
(although if anyone wants to tell me that the material used for the drive band actually does change the sound --- turntables is about the only area in which I might believe them!
hyeahVery true.And the point is to listen to music, not to go mad
More money more choices and more chances of going insane like this guy... The World's Number One Audiophile? | AVguide
Nope, Latest is audiophile volume knob.Just be sure it's the latest audio-quality rope!
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I am waiting for some audiophile to declare his system sounds good in leap years.
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Hi folks,
When Prem recently had a thread going where he said all new vinyl releases by SaReGaMa and Sony etc were reasonably decent, honestly I had my doubts, although I was a bit hesitant to express it. The reason of doubt was that when these releases just started a few months ago, my Dual CS5000 was still running, and out of excitement I bought the Jhootha hi Sahi LP record (I knew I may not care too much about the music it contained), and on my Dual the LP sounded quite ordinary. Today, just as an experiment, I am playing it on the Cello, and boy! What a difference made by a 6-hour-playing-time-old TT. Even though I consider my Dual as a reasonable player, the Cello is already much much better. Actually no comparison. And now, I think, I tend to agree with Prem.
Regards.
When Prem recently had a thread going where he said all new vinyl releases by SaReGaMa and Sony etc were reasonably decent, honestly I had my doubts, although I was a bit hesitant to express it. The reason of doubt was that when these releases just started a few months ago, my Dual CS5000 was still running, and out of excitement I bought the Jhootha hi Sahi LP record (I knew I may not care too much about the music it contained), and on my Dual the LP sounded quite ordinary. Today, just as an experiment, I am playing it on the Cello, and boy! What a difference made by a 6-hour-playing-time-old TT. Even though I consider my Dual as a reasonable player, the Cello is already much much better. Actually no comparison. And now, I think, I tend to agree with Prem.
Regards.
Thad E Ginathom
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Can I take a guess?
Given that the cartridge depends on mechanical movement, it must either be wearing in, or wearing out, right from the start. My guess is that it might begin by being a little stiff, so wearing in.
I'd put it that way, because I'm thinking of it as something happening in the almost-visible physical world, rather than in the worlds of sub-atomic particles moving along cables. Having said that, I guess people talk of "burning in" speakers, so I guess it is the same thing.
Now the TT guys can tell me if my guess is right...
Given that the cartridge depends on mechanical movement, it must either be wearing in, or wearing out, right from the start. My guess is that it might begin by being a little stiff, so wearing in.
I'd put it that way, because I'm thinking of it as something happening in the almost-visible physical world, rather than in the worlds of sub-atomic particles moving along cables. Having said that, I guess people talk of "burning in" speakers, so I guess it is the same thing.
Now the TT guys can tell me if my guess is right...
Hi prem,
Thanks for that cautionary post, otherwise I might have ended up buying ALL the new releases, and ended up being disappointed. I suppose the Jhootha Hi Sahi is a new film release and therefore the LP is okay. BTW, how is the 1942 A love story, and Silsila, because I like some of the songs there.
Bluu,
I suppose, as Thad just posted, the cartridge breaks in or burns in (whichever lingo you want to use). I am advised to wait for 50 hours of playing time for it to completely break in. I am also firm believer of cable burn in, and there is a strong scientific base to it. I have my theory behind it (explained at a couple of places in this forum), I even talked to a few condensed matter physicists and material scientists and they nodded in agreement that there is a strong possibility for such a possibility. Now given that, the cables inside the tone-arm also burns in. In addition, my phono pre (CA640p) had at best 10 hours on it. I can see the sonics gradually improving. Actually it is so much evident that my son and wife also agree to this change.
Regards.
PS: Sorry folks, I do not want any arguments over this burn-in or break-in business. If you do not agree with my opinions or observations, please take it as an aberration on my part.
Thanks for that cautionary post, otherwise I might have ended up buying ALL the new releases, and ended up being disappointed. I suppose the Jhootha Hi Sahi is a new film release and therefore the LP is okay. BTW, how is the 1942 A love story, and Silsila, because I like some of the songs there.
Bluu,
I suppose, as Thad just posted, the cartridge breaks in or burns in (whichever lingo you want to use). I am advised to wait for 50 hours of playing time for it to completely break in. I am also firm believer of cable burn in, and there is a strong scientific base to it. I have my theory behind it (explained at a couple of places in this forum), I even talked to a few condensed matter physicists and material scientists and they nodded in agreement that there is a strong possibility for such a possibility. Now given that, the cables inside the tone-arm also burns in. In addition, my phono pre (CA640p) had at best 10 hours on it. I can see the sonics gradually improving. Actually it is so much evident that my son and wife also agree to this change.
Regards.
PS: Sorry folks, I do not want any arguments over this burn-in or break-in business. If you do not agree with my opinions or observations, please take it as an aberration on my part.
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