Re: [ARSCLIST] Mostly for laughs

["Steven C. Barr(x)" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> "From: "phillip holmes" <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > > Absolutely.  And I totally agree that actually building a listening room
> > > can be prohibitively expensive.  Improvements are easily made with small
> > > adjustments.  Too many people find some formula to use, set their
> > > listening room up and never listen to the results.  I've had epiphanies
> > > from moving the speakers a few inches.
>
> Hey..I had an epiphany that cost me five cents. A 2.0 mil Truncated Elliptical
> stylus from Expert that I got a couple of years ago had never given me
joy..loose
> fit, too much chatter, variable results, but as a last resort I tried it this
week
> on a difficult disc, and added a five cent piece to the tone arm (the Stanton
> styli won't take that much extra weight). It played gorgeously. I ended up
> re-doing two projects this weekend because of the improvement.
>
You might recall my "coin(s) of the realm" solution to the fidelity
of my vintage RCA "78 deck"...

...stevenc