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Originally Posted by Wakefield Turntables
Main system : VPI Scout 1.1 / JMW 9T / 2M Black / Croft 25R+ / Croft 7 / Heco Celan GT 702
Second System : Goldring Lenco GL75 / AT95EX / Pioneer SX590 / Spendor SP2
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all you need is (according to korf) some sort of instrument or software that can measure total harmonic distortion (THD) and plot accumulated spectral traces.
so you have 2 experts stating the opposite to each other lol
ok so as your ears are the final arbiter id say try both and pick what sound best.
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My azimuth set up is delivering spectacular sonics this evening so I am certainly not going to mess with it.
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Second System : Goldring Lenco GL75 / AT95EX / Pioneer SX590 / Spendor SP2
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ah but just 1 more tweek might just be the ONE!
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There's always one more tweak.ah but just 1 more tweek might just be the ONE!
At the moment I am feeling if it aint broke why try and fix it?
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Whatever sounds best, how hard can this hobby be?
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This is where the technical/measurements philosophy to hifi can get in the way of "real world" listening and how you perceive the sound from any change you make to a cartridge set up, turntable isolation, valves, room set up, equipment change, cables etc etc.
Does knowing something is technically perfect automatically mean it sounds perfect? No. Amplifiers can have high levels of distortion but still sound great. The VTA of your cartridge may not achieve 92 degrees but still sound great. Speakers can be positioned in numerous ways and can sound great to your own ears.
I suppose the theoretical perfect set up of anything is a good place to start but I have found my own listening preferences have often over ridden the ideal set up of many aspects of my system.
As you say Andy "Whatever sounds best " should be the mantra by which we put anything together or set anything up. I think our own individual hearing is definitely the best final arbiter.
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Something is only theoretically perfect until it's proven otherwise, how can an imperfect science of setting up a hi-fi be perfect?
This hobby just goes round in circles, hence my very un-science based opinion of "whatever sounds best".
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PRE Croft Epoch(Modded) AMP Sondex S100 (Modded) SPEAKERS Tannoy 15"MG+RFC Warwick cabs+ Ref XO + Batpure supertweeters DECK Garrard 301 Mat Teunto Bearings 401(Bastin) Plinth Bamboo Arms 3009/3012 PSU Eagle+Tachometer MC Ag Meister II/FGS + Ortofon SPU MONO CABLES Arm Yannis 420.5 Litz+ SpeakerPC Tripple C+WBT-0681 Ag IC Oyaide FTVS-510 AgWBT 0110Ag Phonostages Paradise(4 Box Mega-Modded) / Croft Musicmaker
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I assume you meant the SRA, and not the VTA?
Otherwise I largely agree with your approach.
Barry
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