Quick review of Michael Fremer's Turntable Set-up DVD

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I just invested $30 and ~3hrs of my time on Michael Fremer's TT set-up guide on DVD.
First of all, I found Fremer fun and engaging, it would have been very easy to make this DVD paralazingly boring, but he kept it going.
The rather lenghty interview with the vinyl mastering engineer was a bit slow but informative. Watching the Neumann (spelling?) record-cutting lathe in action was interesting and made me appreciate the huge amount of work and minuscule tolerances that go into making vinyl even more.
I learned a few set-up tricks that I did not know (e.g. using toothpicks to make sure you don't tighten the cartridge cable clips too much when they are loose).
Watching Fremer use some of the Wally set-up contraptions for VTA and antiskate setting was fun and informative.
Three consecutive turntables set-ups might seem a bit much and there was a lot of repetition but I did not mind having some key concepts reinforced through repetition.
While watching him set-up the Pro-Ject and the Rega did not make me want to abandon my vintage Thorens, I must admit that watching him set-up a VPI SuperScout with that unipivot tonearm made me, a hard-core vintage TT fan, develop a craving for that fine piece of machinery. Perhaps I should keep a foot in the 20th century and one in the 21st.
Overall, I am happy I invested the money and time I did on this DVD. I am going to go over my set-ups with some of the things I've learned and I am sure I'll find some areas for improvement.
The only drawback is that I've developed a craving for that VPI Super ScoutMaster, and that might end-up costing me a fortune :-).

Alberto

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Topic - Quick review of Michael Fremer's Turntable Set-up DVD - albertoderoma 08:10:56 09/09/06 (1)

Maybe start with the ScoutMaster and upgrade as you go - artemus 16:21:11 09/09/06 (0)

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