Nope - I'm not that anal! I adjust for an average thickness record, which works fine for them all (but being careful that the cartridge doesn't bottom out on the thickest vinyl).Originally Posted by Vinyleyes
Nope - I'm not that anal! I adjust for an average thickness record, which works fine for them all (but being careful that the cartridge doesn't bottom out on the thickest vinyl).
My picture sequence of the Base Plate installation is hereabouts, will have to search for it.
Ah, here we are:
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showp...8&postcount=60
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oops wrong topic....made a new thread.....see cd-mats
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Interesting thread - well, the bits about the Achromat.
I've just ordered a "1200" mat from Analogue Seduction - my Pioneer DD tt has a Techie-like platter lip - AS accept returns if it doesn't impress. Although I suspect it will.
There could well be a Herbie mat up for sale soon.
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Jerry - the Achromat works very well provided you bond it to the platter. It's imperative that you do that. I use Vaseline to great effect, which you may find extreme, but others have used thin double-sided tape.
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Hmmm ... yes, I saw your posts about the Vaseline.
But how am I going to explain the purchase to my wife?
Perhaps I'll start with double-sided tape .....
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That could be tricky!Hmmm ... yes, I saw your posts about the Vaseline.
But how am I going to explain the purchase to my wife?
Perhaps I'll start with double-sided tape .....But given all the other parcels that must arrive at Jerry Towers, does she even check any more?
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You could try good quality silicon grease, the type that is used in Laboratories to seal the glass stoppers in reaction flasks. This works very well for me.
But then again your good wife may think you have gone kinky!!
Using tape is possible but I do not htink you wil get as good a result.
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One small problem that I haven't been able to get around is that I can't seem to get my CD player to play even one analog recording of the many I have. I guess I'm just stuck with it, not that I mind terribly. BTW, I use an old Oracle mat and think that with it my music is appreciably a little better sounding than the mat my Nottingham came with.Yeah, the CD sounds closer to the source recording. The vinyl ADDS "NICE" COLOURATION which can charm the ears - FACT!!! If you don't believe me, fair do's. At least you have speakers with some bass welly Marco. So many domestic horrors have boom instead
Maybe you need to upgrade your DAC, Marco
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