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Postby arnoldc » Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:39 pm

Zyx R50 Bloom H / clearaudio Champion Magnum w/ Tangent arm

Phono stage: Symmetry Phonostage
VTF: 2.15g
VTA: parallel
Antisakate : deadlock
Loading: auto
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Postby KD » Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:20 pm

Grado Green on Revolver tonearm

VTF: 1.5g
VTA: parallel
Antiskate: 1.5g
Loading: 47K (Lehmann Black Cube; MM gain)
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Postby arnoldc » Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:10 pm

Zyx R50 Bloom H / clearaudio Champion Magnum w/ ET 2 tonearm

Phono stage: Symmetry Phonostage Loading: auto
VTF: 2.1g
VTA: parallel
Antisakate : deadlock

Lateral frequency = 9Hz
Vertical frequency = 11Hz (working to get this lower)
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Postby JackD201 » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:42 pm

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Koetsu Jade Platinum into Lamm LP2

Load: 40 Ohms/ Auto

VTF 2.0g
VTA Slightly tail up
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Postby desmo » Tue May 15, 2007 12:33 pm

Zyx Bloom L R50.

VTF: 1.95
VTA: tonearm tube parallel to record surface (mata-mata lang)
Anti skate: deadlock as much as possible

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Postby Raf » Mon May 28, 2007 12:43 pm

Denon DL103R

SME 3012/Orsonic Headshell/Altec Altec 15095 step up/MM Conrad Johnson PV5 built in Phonostage

VTF 2.4G
VTA very slight tail up
Anti-skate lowest setting
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Postby Raf » Mon May 28, 2007 12:47 pm

Zyx Bloom Low Output

SME 3009II/SME Headshell/Beyerdynamics step up/CJ PV5 Built in MM Phonostage

VTF 2.1G
VTA Very Level
Anti-skate Lowest setting
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Postby arnoldc » Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:51 am

clearaudio Talismann / clearaudio Champion Magnum w/ Tangent tonearm

Phono stage: Symmetry Phonostage Loading: auto
VTF: 2.45g
VTA: parallel
Antisakate : deadlock

Lateral frequency = 11Hz
Vertical frequency = 14Hz
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Postby egay » Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:28 pm

Zyx R-100-02
Phonostage: Phonomena+BPSU
load: tried 121, 150, but 100 ohms seems to be the match with the cart & arm combo

Zyx is a light cart compared with a Dynavector, thus a heavy arm is preferred;
my sub-arm now is light compared to my previous one so load combinations were experimented on until i got to the 100 ohm load (which incidentally was the minimum for this cart)

capacitance: 200pF
capacitance supposedly had no effect on MCs, but not on this one

gain: 57.5dB
i tried 50db and 60 dB, but 57.5 seems to be more appropriate for my system; the preamp can handle additional gain, if needed.

arm is perfectly parallel, as defined by the spirit level

VTF: 2.00g, as recommended by Zyx
i have tried the maximum recommendation of 2.50g but SQ wasn't as good as the 2.00g... the arm has a lot to do with the cart's resolution ;-)

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Postby soundpurist » Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:03 pm

zyx airy 3 on Orbe, SME V, trichord diablo ps

VTF - 1.75G
VTA - parallel
Antiskating- 1.75G
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Postby randybarba » Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:17 pm

Clearaudio maestro into jmw 10 on VPI aries 3
Musical Fidelity KW phonostage

VTF: 2.6g (0.1 g higher than max as instructed in the jmw 10 manual)
VTA: parallel
Antiskating: none
Loading: 47 KOhms , 97pF (closest to 100pF I could get on the KW)
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Postby John Martin » Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:35 pm

Clearaudio Concerto into Unify arm on Clearaudio Ambient
Lehmann Black Cube phonostage

Cables:

Arm to Phonostage: Clearaudio Sixstream
Phonostage to Preamp: Purist audio Musaeus

VTF: 2.8g
VTA: parallel
Antiskating: Slightly inward
Loading: 100 Ohms
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Postby pigdog » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:15 am

47 Labs MC Bee
on schroders designed arm mated to Nordic Concept Artiste

phono stage : Hypertriodes 6922 valved phono pre and Ortofon T20 SUT

VTF 2.0
VTA Parallel
Antiskating NEUTRAL
Loading 30k Ohms
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Postby drawde » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:20 pm

Benz Micro Glider L2

Electrical:

Output volatge: 0.4 mV at 3.54 cm/s
Internal Impedance:12 ohms
Frequency Response:20-20kHz +1 dB
Channel Separation: Better than 35dB at 1 kHz
Channel Balance: Better than 0.5 dB

Recommended loading: 100-47k ohms
Recommended tracking force: 1.7 - 2.0 grams
Optimum tracking force: 1.7 -1.8 grams
Recommended tonearm mass: Medium
Optimum working temperature: 23 degree celsius
Break in period: 40 hours

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Postby Audiofreaks » Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:52 pm

Rega Exact into RB-301 on P3 24
Cambridge Audio 640P Phonostage

VTF: 1.8g
VTA: Slightly tail up
Antiskating: 2gms
Loading: 47k Ohms
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Postby JackD201 » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:38 pm

JackD201 wrote:Added:

Koetsu Jade Platinum into Lamm LP2

Load: 40 Ohms/ Auto

VTF 2.0g
VTA Slightly tail up


Edited:

Koetsu Jade into Koetsu Step up into Lamm LP2 MM inputs

Loaded specifically for platinum magnet Koetsus. Jadis ano nga ba?
VTF 1.9
VTA parallel
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Postby jadis » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:07 pm

JackD201 wrote:
JackD201 wrote:Added:

Koetsu Jade Platinum into Lamm LP2

Load: 40 Ohms/ Auto

VTF 2.0g
VTA Slightly tail up


Edited:

Koetsu Jade into Koetsu Step up into Lamm LP2 MM inputs

Loaded specifically for platinum magnet Koetsus. Jadis ano nga ba?


I will have to check on my technical archives as to the numbers but what I can be sure of is that the Koet-SUT has a perfect impedance match for the Koetsu cartidge, and the gain is also designed perfectly for it.

Just found my info sheet. Inasmuch as the KoetSUT is connected to the MM input, the MM stage should be set at the 47K ohm load. That would be the loading.
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Postby jadis » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:13 pm

For my Koetsu Rosewood Signature, I use the ff:

VTF: 1.90g
Load: 100 ohms
VTA: tail down on vocals and acoustic music, parallel on all other types of music.
Anti-skate: technically with the linear arm there is none but I maintain the level of he arm so that a blank record is deadlocked.
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Re: Member's Cartridge Settings Database

Postby pigdog » Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:54 pm

EMT TSD15
VTF 3gm
VTA default no adjustments from the ortofon 929 arm
anti skate, none as this is a heavy cart.
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Re: Member's Cartridge Settings Database

Postby stereophile » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:25 pm

Modded Denon DL-103/103R
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For these, I set VTF at 2.5gms
VTA: Tail slightly up
ANTI-SKATE: less than 2.5
SUT(in order of preference): FRT-3, Altec 4722, Altec 15095
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