On-site Setup and Mentoring
This is a two-day long, analog focused setup and mentoring session. In many instances (beginning with COVID), we developed a remote setup model, delivering many of the features in this section (depending on your equipmnt). Here's one example of a remote setup.
We embrace the “teach a person to fish” philosophy, and our time together will be action-packed with analog setup activities.
During the second half of a two day session, we will put you to work to solidify your learning.
Learn by doing.
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Planning
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Your Session
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Pricing
Deliverables
Your turntable set up with up to two tonearms and cartridges.
A completed mentoring session (2-day sessions only).
A 70-80 page setup report which includes:
- Approximately 30 pages of general setup guidelines, tips, and tricks.
- A complete write-up of your installation, including specific actions taken to set your turntable up.
- Photos of you stylus and cantilever taken with our USB microscope scope during SRA/VTA calibration.
- Graphical output of your azimuth setting.
- A wow & flutter report for your turntable. Note that with new Galibier turntables, a wow & flutter report is delivered after the QC process and prior to the turntable's delivery. In all other cases, we'll take a reading on site.
- An Appendix which includes a tool guide.
This is an action-packed two days, and any "equipment surprises" or other distractions will compromise the above deliverables.
We’re not furniture movers and we're not here to set your listening room up, although we're happy to help with minor adjustments (as as time permits).
Please read the planning tab to get a full understanding and to prepare for the process. We can't overemphasize how busy these two days will be.
What they say
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We spent half a day on the Stelvio II, sharing a bit of the grunt work (hefting the base) and then Thom doing the real “heavy lifting” by assembling the ‘table, mounting the arm, and aligning the cartridge, each with a ridiculously high level of precision.
The sound quality immediately revealed what a huge upgrade the Stelvio II is from the Gavia 1.5 — wow!
M. Steinberg
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Buying a Stelvio includes a setup support visit from Thom himself. This by itself is well worth the price of admission.
He arrived Monday for a two day support visit and we wasted no time going over the setup. I had already assembled the turntable and had my Abis 1.2 with Benz cartridge playing as the secondary arm.
My tuning sounded good to me but after working with Thom I realized I was only on the putting green, a good five yards from the hole.
Luis P.
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There is little doubt in my mind that this result could have been accomplished as completely and seamlessly without YOU.
Your set up has proven to be immaculate.
I really did not expect it to sound as so completely involving and addictive. As it turns out everything you have recommended and the direction you steered me was exactly what I was trying to accomplish.
Josh W.
July, 2023
