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Technical Support
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Manuals & "How To"
Galibier Assembly Manual - Photos coming soon ...
Schroeder Tonearm Manuals (pdf format):
Unpacking Your Schroeder and preparing for mounting
Reference
DPS
Model-2
Model-1
Schroeder Main Page
Artemis Labs - Manuals and Literature (pdf format):
LA-1 Line Stage
PH-1 Phono Stage
PL-1 Phono Stage
SP-1 Power Amplifier - coming soon.
Accessories (pdf format):
Durascale 100 Digital Scale - The Durascale 100,
with its .01 gram accuracy will soon be provided with our Gavia and Stelvio turntables, and will also be sold separately.
Splicing Magnetic Tape - Stephen Robinson put together a nice
description of how to splice tape without the use of a splicing block.
Music Technology Tape Splicing Guide
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Wally Tools - Wally produces the most precise setup and alignment tools we know of -
the laser etched, mirror surfaced Wally Tractor, VTA gauge, Wally Scale,and more.
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Turntable Basics - Purveyors of a reasonably priced cartridge alignment protractor.
We prefer mirrored surfaced protractors like this one which allow you to precisely view the cantilever,
aligning it rather than the the cartridge body. Order the standard spindle hole size (.282) version
for Galibier turntables.
Cartridge Retipping
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Soundsmith - Hopefully, you'll need their services later rather than sooner, but we've heard both Peter Ledderman's strain
cartridge as well as his incredible rework of a Benz LP, and we give his work our highest recommendation.
Tape Splicing Resources ...
Tape Splicing Blocks:
While we are advocates of using as wide and stiff a belt as your turntable will
accommodate, we realize that some who are reading this page have a drive system which
is only capable of using an audio cassette width belt or at a maximum, one which can
handle 1/4" wide tape.
We understand that the Radio Shack splicing block (for cassette and 3/8" wide tape)
has been discontinued. Individual stores may still have some in stock (part #44-224).
To splice wider tapes, up to and including 1/2" VCR tape, the link to the following
sites:
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Marker Tek - a search on "splicing" will bring up part number
TS-77 and the replacement pack of splicing tabs (p/n ST-90).
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BG Sales - the TAC Video Tape Splicer (p/n TAC), splicing tab
refill kit (p/n TAC-REFILL), and spare blades (p/n TAC-BLADES).
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US Recording - for the Editall splicing block.
- The Tape Center - an inexpensive
option to the Editall
(a conventional splicing block) as well as a source for
splicing tape.
- MVI - another inexpensive
option to the Editall.
Comes with an initial supply of splicing tabs.
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Fulldiscount.com - for the Editall splicing block. Great prices
on an industry standard tool (Editall is now made by Xedit).
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Advance Recording Products - San Diego (800) 854-1061.
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Tape Warehouse
For an interesting story on the use of the EditAll by one of the masters - Harold Lawrence
(of Mercury Living Presence fame) - link to a segment of his biography in the
Journal of Recorded Music.
Belt Materials:
There are two options:
- VCR tape - face the shiny side toward the platter - YES ... the shiny side !!
- Mylar tape - functionally equivalent to VCR tape, but prettier. We have found one variety which is slightly superior
to the others (as well as to VCR tape).
Note that the holographic variety is a bit stiffer as well as being slightly wider
than 1/2". This presents some problems for splicers like the TAC. The Marker-Tek
splicer will work with this wide, stiff tape by using it like a manual
splicing block - substituting a single-edged razor for the built in cutter.
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McCormick's Enterprises.
Click the search dialog and key in "Mylar Streamers"
On the resulting page, order item number: 6033665 - 1/2" x 100' Holographic Mylar
- Earl C. Benson "Silver Holographic
Mylar" (Non-adhesive - 1/2" x 100 foot roll).
- Style Plus (wholesale only)
Part #SHMT - Silver Holographic Mylar (Non-adhesive - 1/2" x 100 foot roll).
Uniforms West, Denver, CO (303) 433.8980
Arm and Cartridge Setup
Note: There is a wealth of useful setup information in the links below.
Our articulated armboards simplify the most tedious part
of the cartridge setup task - getting the overhang correct.
Reference our
Assembly Manual along with our
Triplanar Tonearm Mounting and
Triplanar Setup Guide
for an ever expanding wealth of tips on how to set up a tonearm. Much of the information on the
Triplanar pages applies to the majority of tonearms.
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A spreadsheet to calculate the
cartridge loading with moving coil step-up transformers.
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Cartridge loading theory and
how to do it by John Chapman of Bent Audio.
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More on
Cartridge loading theory by Jim Hagerman of Hagerman Technology.
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A spreadsheet to calculate the
resonant frequency of an arm and cartridge combination.
If your browser doesn't display the sheet, return to this page and "right-click" on the above link.
Select "Save Target As..." or it's equivalent.
Note that Column E is a protected column. Protection has been turned on for the entire
spreadsheet to prevent accidental erasure of the equation in column E. To add more rows using cut and
paste, first turn protection off.
For this sample spreadsheet, a Moerch arm was used with one row for each of the 4 arm tube
masses offered (from 3.8 to 13.1 gms). Most of the fixed mass arms in current production have an
effective mass in the range of 10 grams.
The object is to place the arm cartridge resonant frequency in the 10-12 Hz range. Realize that
cartridges, like any other manufactured device have sample to sample variance. The published
compliance figures should be used as a point of departure. Use a record like the Hi Fi News and
Record Review setup disk to empirically measure the resonance. If your resonant frequency ends up
being too high, this is an opportunity to increase the mass of the system by adding the damping
compound of choice under the headshell.
The equation applied is:
Resonant Frequency = 1 / [ 2 * pi * sqrt(M * C) ]
where:
M = the sum of the effective mass of the tonearm and the weight of the cartridge
C = the compliance of the cartridge.
- An analysis of
linear tracking tonearm geometry and setup.
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The
Cartridge Database - great resource.
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Turntable System Setup - Laura Dearborn.
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Beginner's Guide to Cartridge Setup - Andrew Chasin.
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Setting Up Your FIRST Cartridge - by Thorsten Loesch.
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Tweaking your Record-Player - J. Gordon Holt, July 1990. Never in his
wildest dreams could he imagine how many choices there would be in analog a decade after
this article was published.
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Understanding The Issues Behind Cartridge Alignment - Gary Markowitz.
Other Stuff
Sources for stands and shelves
from our Stands and Shelves FAQ.
Sources for
Batteries - from our motor drive page.
Free
Strobe Disk - from Sheldon Stokes (PDF file).
Free Stuff from
Enjoy the Music - cartridge protractor, and a spreadsheet to
calculate both Baerwald and Löfgren "B" alignment for pivoting tonearms.
Projects
Coming soon - photos of turntable stands, sandboxes by Pappas Construction & Design, and more ...
Miscellaneous Links
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