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    Mechanical Transmission of Noise via Headbands

    I don't know what I did with my Sound Tech test set, but I did find my Potomac Industry test gear. I suspect I had ground loops or something going...
    Post by: k3oxkjo, May 4, 2020 in forum: Audio Science
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    Mechanical Transmission of Noise via Headbands

    I believe the gentleman's name is Keith Howard. He has been around a long time and he does have a good reputation. But that doesn't mean he isn't...
    Post by: k3oxkjo, May 3, 2020 in forum: Audio Science
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    Mechanical Transmission of Noise via Headbands

    I have a 10 foot piece of twin shielded cable, that is each side has its own shield. With the shields connected at the source end and the signal...
    Post by: k3oxkjo, May 3, 2020 in forum: Audio Science
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    For the turntable curious; The Korf Blog

    You are exactly right and I have felt this way for a long time. I bought an Infinity Black Widow years ago because of its very low effective mass...
    Post by: k3oxkjo, May 3, 2020 in forum: Vinyl Nutjob World: Turntable and Related Gear
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    Mechanical Transmission of Noise via Headbands

    Just for fun, I took a 5 foot piece of shielded, twisted pair like you might find on a cheap headphone and put a signal generator on one end...
    Post by: k3oxkjo, May 3, 2020 in forum: Audio Science
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    For the turntable curious; The Korf Blog

    Maybe you should be upset with Denon for not making standard compliance specs available :). But whatever the Denon's compliance at 10 hz is,...
    Post by: k3oxkjo, May 3, 2020 in forum: Vinyl Nutjob World: Turntable and Related Gear
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    For the turntable curious; The Korf Blog

    Actually, Korf agrees with you in the case of accurate factory cartridge alignment. Assuming this accuracy and that the tonearm's headshell...
    Post by: k3oxkjo, May 3, 2020 in forum: Vinyl Nutjob World: Turntable and Related Gear
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    For the turntable curious; The Korf Blog

    I think the point that he was making was not that the graphs he drew using the specified cartridge's compliance were gospel, but that the DL-103...
    Post by: k3oxkjo, May 3, 2020 in forum: Vinyl Nutjob World: Turntable and Related Gear
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    For the turntable curious; The Korf Blog

    Azimuth adjustment summery. The best way to adjust azimuth is so that the stylus is perpendicular to the plane of the record. Measuring...
    Post by: k3oxkjo, May 2, 2020 in forum: Vinyl Nutjob World: Turntable and Related Gear
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    Life after Yggdrasil: Watering the Ash

    I am trying to parse this out, but my assumption is that the "they" is Bricasti. I don't know either Mr Psalmanazar or Mr. Torq, but reading the...
    Post by: k3oxkjo, Apr 30, 2020 in forum: Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers
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    For the turntable curious; The Korf Blog

    Mr. Korf just posted a summery of the latest conclusions about tonearm/cartridge relationships. According to Korf: 1 Carlson's formula of a low...
    Post by: k3oxkjo, Apr 30, 2020 in forum: Vinyl Nutjob World: Turntable and Related Gear
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    For the turntable curious; The Korf Blog

    I would like to recommend this to anyone who wants to expand their turntable/tonearm/cartridge consciousness: http://korfaudio.com/blog You have...
    Thread by: k3oxkjo, Apr 28, 2020, 11 replies, in forum: Vinyl Nutjob World: Turntable and Related Gear
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    Audio-Note AN-E?

    FWIW, here is a review I did of one of the AN-E speakers a while ago, complete with the original clams from my dislike of editing:...
    Post by: k3oxkjo, Apr 5, 2020 in forum: Speakers
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    Speaker porn

    If these look familiar, that's no surprise. This is a pair of Carver Amazing Platinums. These were a pretty good system as supplied from the...
    Post by: k3oxkjo, Dec 14, 2016 in forum: Speakers