In my experience you can fiddle quite a bit with azimuth to. Very critical on
linear trackers.
Which linear tracker are you using there Lagonda? Are you using a Fozgometer to set?
In my experience you can fiddle quite a bit with azimuth to. Very critical on
linear trackers.
A Maplenoll arm, basically a ET 1 arm with silicon trough in front of the cartridge, a la Townshend Excalibur. I set by ear !Which linear tracker are you using there Lagonda? Are you using a Fozgometer to set?
Marc - I will show you in detail what to look out for on the classical side when you dial in VTA next time we meet.
If you aren’t that experienced listening to classical, vocals can be a very handy initial VTA setup metric - in very simple terms when the back end (of arm) is running too high, the vocals can tend to cause sibilants and as the rear starts to get lower, these sibilants will start to diminish to nothing. Riding too low at the rear can make the sound too slow and overly smoothed over.
I use a lot of instrument tone on violins and cellos as well as sound staging to know when I am optimised. Full orchestral layering is a helpful metric too as well as tympani speed. Anyway - I can go on and on so best just to demonstrate.
I am a beginner at this. This is my thought.
Believe it or not the vta adjustment is a path for me to audio enlightment. I am not only talking about the sonic benefit of it but the learning process of adjusting vta also led me to see how other things down the chain could mask my sound and misguided me to other fixes and patches. A good setup vinyl front can lead you to musical truth of a recording and also a simple much more cost effective system.
Anyway, What you said about the effect of lowering or raising the rear is not quite universal to all carts. One cart of mine on AS2000 right now works in opposite direction. Initially I was given guidance in adjusting vta with some pieces of classical music. But now I like to tune my vta with vocals first. Vocal leads me to the starting point of having a musical "presence." Then I use woody instruments with strings and piano to get the bite and nuance that help fake you real. In the end it is about strinking that right balance of weight, density and transient response imo. The tone comes from the cart itself I cant really do anything about it. I could add some tweaks to color the sound down the line but then I wouldnt be hearing the actual recording and the cart itself.
It would be very lovely to hear your Atlantis Bill.
Kindest regards,
Tang
I am a beginner at this. This is my thought.
Believe it or not the vta adjustment is a path for me to audio enlightment. I am not only talking about the sonic benefit of it but the learning process of adjusting vta also led me to see how other things down the chain could mask my sound and misguided me to other fixes and patches. A good setup vinyl front can lead you to musical truth of a recording and also a simple much more cost effective system.
Anyway, What you said about the effect of lowering or raising the rear is not quite universal to all carts. One cart of mine on AS2000 right now works in opposite direction. Initially I was given guidance in adjusting vta with some pieces of classical music. But now I like to tune my vta with vocals first. Vocal leads me to the starting point of having a musical "presence." Then I use woody instruments with strings and piano to get the bite and nuance that help fake you real. In the end it is about strinking that right balance of weight, density and transient response imo. The tone comes from the cart itself I cant really do anything about it. I could add some tweaks to color the sound down the line but then I wouldnt be hearing the actual recording and the cart itself.
It would be very lovely to hear your Atlantis Bill.
Kindest regards,
Tang
Very interesting Tang. Are you experimenting and learning for each cartridge/3012R combination to maximize that for some particular LPs or are you discovering that you can continue to adjust one particular combination for different LPs in your collection? Are you finding that the 3012R is easy enough to adjust for this purpose?
Also, have you revisited the Axiom and SAT arms given your growing understanding that "vta adjustment is a path for me to audio enlightenment."?
I admire your willingness to explore and experiment and learn. You seem to be really enjoying your vinyl laboratory.
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