Thick Vinyl Records

[marty]

Probably he read the post linked bellow on Lencoheaven and decided that life is too short to adjust VTA by listening before playing any LP ...

https://www.lencoheaven.net/forum/index.php?topic=30673.0

I have played with VTA with the Graham Phantom, that gives us precise, fast and repeatable VTA adjustments and know the difference they can produce.
But after a few experiences I settled on the 92º.

Does anyone check and record the SRA of the stylus in the cantilever every time he gets a cartridge replacement?

Edit - I was keeping this post in the "reflexion period", decided to shorten it after I saw Mike previous one.

I dunno. Seems to me Fremer has tonearms growing on his walls with cartridges hanging around like unused appendages. Surely he can dedicate one damn arm and cartridge to a thicker or thinner LP and still manage to sleep at night by playing everything else on his primary set-up of choice.

 

[microstrip]

I dunno. Seems to me Fremer has tonearms growing on his walls with cartridges hanging around like unused appendages. Surely he can dedicate one damn arm and cartridge to a thicker or thinner LP and still manage to sleep at night by playing everything else on his primary set-up of choice.

Do you see a systematic correlation with VTA settings with LPs pressed before and after the middle 60's in your notes?

 

[PeterA]

The number of records you listen per day will be the same regardless of how many records you own. It will depend on how long you listen, what your OCD level is. For example Mike every time you get up to change a record you switch lights on, mute, then again unmute and switch lights on. Is this 4 clicks times 12000 = 48000? What is another 12000 to it? Incorrect logic though. And if during that period you change cartridge that’s another 12000

Having experienced the improvement of proper cartridge set up on the music presentation and for me better listening experience, I am now trying to come up with a good compromise solution. I want to avoid the hassle of adjusting for each record, but I can’t seem to rid myself of the improvement that comes with adjustments. I guess it is an obsession and a curse. Perhaps a sickness.

I think a good compromise for me is to set up multiple arms, maybe two or three at different heights corresponding with different record thicknesses. I can generally tell if a record is thin, medium or thick. I can then just play that tone arm. This might be the solution for me, but who knows? There is also the joy of slightly different presentations that come with different cartridges. Which has more impact on musical enjoyment? At this point, I’m not really sure. But I do know is that I am no longer going to play all my records with a fixed arm cartridge combination. It’s just too much of a compromise for me.

Admittedly, there may be some digital people who just laugh at us vinyl guys. My response to them is that it is a hobby, and as Mike says, there are no rules. I say enjoy yourself.

 

[microstrip]

Having experienced the improvement of proper cartridge set up on the music presentation and for me better listening experience, I am now trying to come up with a good compromise solution. I want to avoid the hassle of adjusting for each record, but I can’t seem to rid myself of the improvement that comes with adjustments. I guess it is an obsession and a curse. Perhaps a sickness.
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Spend a few hours in forums dedicated to vinyl, where you will find dedicated experts that dissect and study every relevant aspect of the cutting and playback of vinyl. You will discover what is a real obsession. You have just light symptoms of the disease ...

Fortunately your good doctor (DDK) has given you a good dose of his vaccine that prevents you from going in non authorized fields!

 

[tima]

As he does nearly all reissues he reviews. I would just ask one question---does anybody think Fremer pays retail for these reissues? I don't recall seeing the issue of acquisition cost ever mentioned. I assume, but do not know for a fact, that he gets the reissues for free. Do you think that might affect his credibility?

As a reviewer / editor, Fremer is elegible for accommodation pricing on records he reviews for those he wants to keep. However from my experience it does not work that way. For every record I've reviewed I was allowed to keep it without cost. If makes sense that record manufacturers are not interested in the return of a used record.

Frankly I no longer pay any attention to reviewers' comments on sound quality of reissues. I have been burned too many times. I only read reviews to learn about music that I don't already have.

Sure. I commented on the quality of the record itself -- was it flat, any skips, etc. I write about the performer, the performance and the music as a composition, but little comment on sound quality. And I never compared reissue vs original.

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