There’s a shim installed on my TT. By visual inspection the VTA looks good but I’m open to suggestions.
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I was told Rega arms needs to be raised 4mm with 2M. I do not have Rega myself.
Given the flat FR at least up to 10khz, could one assume alignment and VTA are good?
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I am not an expert ,,,,, but your left and right channel is very similar/ parallel , a sign of a good set up I think
I'm right there with you on the first comment, and was thinking the same about the second. My results are pretty close to what lowbeats got, so I'm going to assume they know what they are doing and I got lucky.
These Ortofons usually like lower R.
I have the choice of 47k and 100k on my pre. Is there a way to get lower than that?
Using your pre you would need some loading plugs. A 82 kOhm resistor in a splitter would give you 30k, using the 47 kOhm setting of the pre.
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Thank you. I thought I saw you comment about that before with that link, but somehow missed it when I went looking again.Using your pre you would need some loading plugs. A 82 kOhm resistor in a splitter would give you 30k, using the 47 kOhm setting of the pre.
Cartridge loading plugs
From time to time there is interest in varying the loading of various cartridges. As a reference...www.hifisystemcomponents.com
Quite nice match with the JICO. Did you try with 40k?
I can't tell from that. May be better to look from the top to see how close the facets are at the apex.
Shure M91 oem stylus vs old mij generic vs current black diamond
oem-
80's mij "the generic stylus"
evg branded nude black diamond
-Shure M91 with various styli
-Technics slq2
-art djpre
-320pf total. pre at 200pf, table wiring at 120pf
-i dont know how interesting this is for people, but i still really enjoy the shure m91. i have a table set up with the m91 and the art djpre on the 200pf setting for my albums that ive had since i was a kid that for the most part pretty beat up. i also use this for the initial listen to any thrift store or dollar bin albums.
- i have an oem stylus that shows some wear, but isnt completely spent yet. i picked up a handful of old mij "the generic stylus" in the blue packages off of ebay. they have the tie wire and the same cantilever length as the original stylus. i also picked up a couple black diamond nude styli back in 2020 when they first started coming out. one is evg branded the other came from rivertone. both are the same. no tie wire and longer cantilever than stock.
-before getting the script to work, i settled on the mij generic as my go to. what i enjoyed about these generics was that they didnt change the character of the cart and seemed to track about as well as the original stylus. i picked up a similar era generic in the same packaging for a shure v15 type iii and it was incredibly bright. the old generics were all 20 bucks a pop and the black diamonds were 30 so i thought they were all a pretty good deal for what i wanted from this cart.
oem-
80's mij "the generic stylus"
evg branded nude black diamond
-Shure M91 with various styli
-Technics slq2
-art djpre
-320pf total. pre at 200pf, table wiring at 120pf
-i dont know how interesting this is for people, but i still really enjoy the shure m91. i have a table set up with the m91 and the art djpre on the 200pf setting for my albums that ive had since i was a kid that for the most part pretty beat up. i also use this for the initial listen to any thrift store or dollar bin albums.
- i have an oem stylus that shows some wear, but isnt completely spent yet. i picked up a handful of old mij "the generic stylus" in the blue packages off of ebay. they have the tie wire and the same cantilever length as the original stylus. i also picked up a couple black diamond nude styli back in 2020 when they first started coming out. one is evg branded the other came from rivertone. both are the same. no tie wire and longer cantilever than stock.
-before getting the script to work, i settled on the mij generic as my go to. what i enjoyed about these generics was that they didnt change the character of the cart and seemed to track about as well as the original stylus. i picked up a similar era generic in the same packaging for a shure v15 type iii and it was incredibly bright. the old generics were all 20 bucks a pop and the black diamonds were 30 so i thought they were all a pretty good deal for what i wanted from this cart.
That's nice.
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WOW, Seems like I have to buy a III too… but maybe you can show what IV and V does too? I have a Jico SAS/B for my IV but not yet had the time to try it.
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My measurment of Shure V15 V with Jico SAS/B: #658
Love that folks are able to get this to work. Hope to have time over the winter to get a GUI and self-contained runtime sorted to make it even easier.
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