In part 1, we laid out a strategy for auditioning multiple tonearms and cartridges on both a Galibier Eiger prototype and our customer’s turntable (from another manufacturer). In this post, we finalize how we adapted the customer’s existing armboard to work correctly with his mis-specified Reed 2A tonearm. Mis-specified tonearm? Strong words, I know.
We’re remounting a Reed 2P tonearm for a good customer of ours. The ‘table is from another manufacturer and the individual who mounted it apparently didn’t understand the Reed’s many quirks which I describe in part-2. I can’t begin to tell you how many $30k to $60K turntable mounts I’ve had to correct – mounts …
I’ve been thinking about our drive system for quite some time – specifically the onboard regulation in our controller boards which is a holdover from the days of battery supplies. I’ve been performing successive tuning of it over the past few months, and last week I asked myself whether it is in fact necessary as …
I had a conversation with a friend in the industry who challenged the premise of Galibier’s on-site setup model.
A three city setup tour and some tonearm setup tricks of the trade … Last week, I finished a setup tour, covering Chicago, Bethesda and Dallas. I played with some very fine systems which included two Durand arms (Telos and Kairos), two Schroeder CBs, and an Abis 1.2. The system shown here is the Dallas …
All too many stylus cleaning solutions do either nothing, or worse yet run the risk of damaging your cantilever assembly. There’s a cleaning technique that’s been in use for nearly a decade (having a good track record), but I still find very few audiophiles using it.
