Turn protractor so that you are over area of step outer nullpoint. Once youve decided on your tonearms and cartridges, you can use dr. Download now download now download now download now download now download now tpd documentsprana. This evening, new computer, new os and new cheapo plugin external sound card between the cables from the phone preamp and the laptop and eureka, it works. How many audiophile lovers are familiar with vta, offset, overhang, resonances, wow etc. Discussion in audio hardware started by 500homeruns, jun 5, 2017. Clearaudio azimuth optimizer v fozgometer audiogon. We dont meet global privacy regulations we exceed them. Dr feickert is a very pleasant and friendly person and very helpful his english is better than my german, so dont be afraid to contact him. Adjust provides you with more flexibility and security than any other platform. The software s azimuth adjustment part measures not only crosstalk between.
Unfortunately, i will have to invest in the additional creative labs audio thingy recommended by dr. Which are the fundamental tools for the perfect turntable setting. Adjust the azimuth of your cartridge more precisely than any other tool on the. And this is just one parameter, i gather the tool can do more. No matter what i did one channels phase angle measured very low. Yes, i know, pretty soon you can spend as much on set up devices as you can on. I have helped a few friends with setting up their azimuth on various tables.
Vmps rm30m maple finish perfect sonically very good condition cosmetically. Some dealers provide setting of overhang, offset angle, azimuth, etc. The website is a germanenglish translation and doesnt give me a good feel for how easy this would be to use or how effective it would be. A little bit of theory the general geometrical correlation of a tracking device based on a fixed pivot point are well known since the fundamental publications of baerwald and lofgren back in the first half of the 20th century. The graphs above, generated by the software program, show the phase response upper graph and crosstalk. Turntable setup software steve hoffman music forums. Well, i took the plunge and bought this software and album. As you can see from the pictures i used, i helped a friend of mine mark set up his upgraded mitchell gyrodek. The light blue vertical lines highlight the measurements taken at zero degrees azimuth.
Stay tuned in the weeks to come as we fully explore what the feickert tools have to offer and how to use them to maximize your analog enjoyment. It costs a few hundred dollars and provides you with charts that plot the results as you rotate the arm tube. Both of these are manual settings as the dr feickert protractor doesnt address those two items but his adjust plus software can precisely help you set the azimuth. Every other software maker i do business with has online downloads. Over all it seems like a new trend to not show a lot of info and dumb down everything. Do this if you want to maximize the use of your analog platform, and ensure proper setup. Unless im mistaken i cant see how the dr feickert can make things any easier for me in this regard. Discussion in audio hardware started by wpjs, dec 24, 2015. Plus one day that might decide a cheaper option might work as well and not have to post it. However, the record feickert supplies is not recommended. I am one, but there are others listed on his website. I have both the feickert software and the fozgometer calibrated. I also talked to dr feickert about the program and watched the videos online. The graphs above, generated by the software program, show the phase response upper graph and crosstalk lower graph measurements taken for different azimuth angles shown on the horizontal axes.
Dr feickert adjust plus how many audiophile lovers are. Set angular offset zenith so that the printed line on the protractor and the cantilever of your cartridge fall in. Hi ive using adjust plus on my macbook pro without any trouble, i run the program through wmware and windows 7, the audio interface recommended by dr feickert is inexpensive and approved, however i had a better usb one that i used focusrite. Modern technology comes to the aid of the lp with dr. Comes with the software on usb stick, bubble level, cable, and 7 test record. I think you can download the software but you need the hardware dongle. By using the feickert adjust plus application the cheap version for nor iphone and matching 3150hz record i managed to measure a few tts. That crazy little thing called azimuth part 2 analog. Adjust plus lost probleme, deren existenz wir immer geahnt, aber nie. Sometimes it would jump up into a normal range then go way.
I use the feickert adjust plus to set speed, and it also measures wow and flutter. I was using an oscope program on my laptop and that was cumbersome to connect and all. Azimuth and the fozgometer audiogon discussion forum. Sync raw data to your own bi system or an s3 bucket. Artisan fidelity lenco l75 dchm turntable extras photo. Audioquest columbia rca to rca 2m interconnect pair with 72v dbs. Feickert, as the audio from the pcmac is insufficient from everything i have read. Pricelist dr feickert analogue music2 audio import. Question about how to use feickert protractor audiogon. The adjust plus is very good, especially with sme vs as the only way to adjust the azimuth is fabricate shims and place them under the cart opposite the side that needs adjusting. You will find further informationen on the website. And although the software is relatively straightforward to use, the learning curve, especially system configuration, can be tricky and time consuming.
Listen to a female vocalist center stage try to get her mouth small and tightly focused, so that sound does not smear out sideways. Again, vaguely, feickert recommends a compromise angle which i dont quite understand, but in the end the horizontal stylus angle you choose should be based on what sounds right. Does it work as well or better than the dmm method of azimuth adjustment. Here are screen shots after the upgrade i wish i had thought to take shots of the measurements before the upgrade, but trust me, on that. Today while i was going through mine, it seemed to go wacko. Or you can download feickert s free platterspeed app for your apple or androidbased tablet or cell phone, and combine it with feickert s 7 test record. Being a vinyl addict you have spent a lot of money for your records. Inexpensive upgrade for vpi classic owners steve hoffman. Set angular offset zenith so that the printed line on the protractor and the cantilever of your cartridge fall in line when looking from the front.
I am biased because i have been using the feickert adjust plus pro software ever since it became available and have aligned dozens of systems, all to good effect. I dont want this to venture off topic but i will state that i have been able to get excellent results with either method arc or feickert tool. The foz meter is the quickest, easiest procedure to adjust azimuth. Now it was time to adjust the speed with the sds using the feickert adjust plus software. Vinylly yours virtually many things vinyl you need to know. So ive been looking at the dr feickert alignment protractor to see if there are any advantages over my cheap ortofon protractor when it comes to actually eyeballing the cantilever parallel with the lines at the null points. Besides our own products we show dynavector cartridgesphonoamps as well as active speakers from musikelectronic geithain. Interesting tt setup experience steve hoffman music forums. No doubt you want to listen to them at the best level possible.