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Brian Walsh TT Setup

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Posted on November 12, 2024 at 07:08:40
Batman
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 I just put my new (to me) VPI Classic 3 TT into service with an AT ART-9 cart.

I had Brian come by and set up my TT. For those of yo who aren't familiar with his work, he uses a collection of hardware and software to precisely set VTA, azimuth and tracking force.The whole process takes a little over three hours and Brian is very exacting in his work, As one of my audiophile friends said recently, "he adjusts things we didn't know existed" :-)

My cart is not yet fully broken in but my system already sounds glorious.
I won't use audiophile tropes such as prat, transparency,immediacy, etc but something like that is in there. Gonna spend today rediscovering my record collection.

Highly recommended! You can reach him at his Facebook page.






 

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RE: Brian Walsh TT Setup, posted on November 13, 2024 at 11:33:32
weedeewop
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 An easy recommendation, especially for those in the Northern Illinois/Southern Wisconsin region. Meticulous set-up offered. A true gentleman, and great stories to share. That and his new turntable, and vintage speaker project. He set-up my VPI PRime #D arm with a new Mutech Hayabusa MC cart into my Sutherland Little Loco. Sounds exceptional.

 

RE: Brian Walsh TT Setup, posted on November 13, 2024 at 16:17:12
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 Indeed Brian is true craftsman in his work-let him do his magic on your TT setup-you will be amazed . I believe today he is hosting Mark Döhmann of Helix TT fame-- great minds colluding!.

Des

 

I had Brian set up our TT at AXPONA a few years ago, posted on November 14, 2024 at 11:21:33
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 Its a Technics SL1200G with Hana cartridge. Brain did a great job! Tracks anything I throw at it effortlessly.

 

RE: Brian Walsh TT Setup, posted on November 14, 2024 at 14:42:12
gd
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 Three cheers for Brian. Much respect. He's a gem in audiophile land.

But since this is an audio site my 2 cents, never be afraid to invoke PRAT. It's useful and real. 40 years of audio fiddling has proven it to me.

 

Wish I could still hear well enough to make something like that worth while., posted on November 15, 2024 at 03:30:39
ghost of olddude55
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 On the other hand, hearing loss allows me to check out of any conversations I don't want to be a part of.
Just nod along and smile quietly.



The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

I have hearing loss too., posted on November 15, 2024 at 05:51:54
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 And it had caused me to lose interest in my system. I was skeptical of hearing aids because of their digital nature. Nevertheless last year, I purchased quality over-the-counter hearing aids from a major manufacturer and was surprised how much it improved listening to music. While listening with Brian, I could hear the "air" above the orchestra. The brain has remarkable powers to adjust!

I hear good things about the ones from Sam's and Costco. As an aside, there is a likely link between hearing loss and dementia which can be slowed/eliminated by hearing aids.


 

Have you tried them with headphones?, posted on November 15, 2024 at 06:02:12
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 I use headphones for probably about 99% of my listening. I don't turn them up loud at all. Can still hear Mrs. Ghost calling for me if she needs me.
In fact, loud volume hurts my ears. Loud voices, loud music...Mrs. Ghost always turns the TV up, I always turn it down.
Also, I don't have a problem with normal conversation, just high frequencies.
But thanks for the recommendation. I'll look into them.



The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

Yes, posted on November 15, 2024 at 07:42:40
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 but I found that that was just the same as turning up the volume with speakers...my ears hurt.

I got tired of Batwoman yelling at me because the TV was too loud. Hearing aids = marital bliss :-)

Try them, you'll be surprised, but get good ones. Most of the Facebook/Internet stuff is crap. I got mine from Jabra, they only have 12 channels. My brother got ones from Sam's with 20 channels.


 

Even with hearing loss you can hear when the cartridge is mistracking, posted on November 15, 2024 at 09:41:37
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 When the cartridge mistracks it can damage the groove wall. Proper setup is arguably the biggest weakness of the LP vs digital.

 

Luckily, yes. I can still hear it., posted on November 15, 2024 at 12:45:22
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 And I keep track of stylus hours, replace accordingly at around 500 hours.



The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

What puts me off is..., posted on November 15, 2024 at 12:48:20
ghost of olddude55
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 ...I can't hear high frequencies, so how will a hearing aid enable me to hear them again?
And I'm fine with normal conversation, it's loud sounds that actually hurt my ears.



The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

RE: What puts me off is..., posted on November 15, 2024 at 21:50:06
beach cruiser
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 hearing is completely a process of the mind, what your brain chooses to tell you about sound is your only reality , and the process is completely subjective, as the brain has no ability for self awareness , it's only accuracy is what it thinks

This report may or may not mirror reality even if it did, how would one know, your reality is dependent on whatever the brain decides it might be. if one thinks it sounds good, that is your personal reality. Same with if you decide you are missing information that will effect your sonic happiness. You can tell a little kid their suitcase player sucks, but he won't care, because of the subjectivity of human hearing

 

Yes, posted on November 16, 2024 at 12:12:06
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 Imagine that the response curve of your ear has become rolled off. A hearing aid is exactly like an equalizer with multiple channels. The audiologist will adjust the output of the various channels to match the inverse of your frequency response curve....boosting the high frequencies and attenuating some lower ones. As Beach Cruiser points out, your brain knows ow to process this new information. You'll be amazed!


 

Just yesterday I had my hearing aids adjusted at Costco, as I was losing, posted on November 16, 2024 at 14:17:23
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 comprehension. I was basically scolded for not wearing my hearing aids full time, and was told I won't recover what has been lost. However, being careful to use the aids full time from now on would greatly slow down or stop further loss of comprehension. Previously, I had to sit or stand right in front of the person talking in order to understand what they were saying.

I was not wearing my hearing aids while working outside for fear that I would lose those tiny objects. I was also not wearing them as soon as I got up in the morning. Some days I simply forgot to use them.

The one disappointment with hearing aids is that all the ones I researched were limited to a maximum of 8000Hz for adjustments. Twenty years ago, I discovered that I could not hear frequencies somewhere between 10KHz and 12KHz. I would like those and higher frequencies back, but . . .
I am sure that I have lost frequencies even lower than that since then.

Costco also told me that I needed to return once a year to have adjustments. I agree, as the losses I discovered yesterday were the result of no adjustments for 4 years!

 

RE: Just yesterday I had my hearing aids adjusted at Costco, as I was losing, posted on November 17, 2024 at 00:56:23
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 I Question how continuous amplification will prevent process degradation. admittedly, I am not a professional working in the field, but a real medical hearing test is not a "do you hear this" yes or no deal.

the fact that the mind will report sounds that are not there as reality must be incorporated into the hearing assessment. that is why hearing test are correctly structured to identify a range considered normal or not, to account for the phantom reports of sounds heard that were not generated. there are no objectively accurate tests, like you identified 98 out of 100 test tones. heading tests can only be subjective.

not to knock the undoubtably useful service Costco provides, just trying to hopefully provide some interesting food for thought , that most audiophiles should be acquainted with. I'm sure the info would save more than a fe people from buying very expensive equipment or wires, because of what someone thought they heard.

of course, the interesting part is that what one thinks they heard is their only reality, what you think is heard becomes one's reality . much the same as the first impression of an optical illusion.

 

What I don't understand is..., posted on November 17, 2024 at 03:58:42
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 ...if my ears lost high frequencies due to nerve damage, how will hearing aids undo the nerve damage? Even if the hearing aids boost high frequencies, how will that help if my ears are incapable of hearing those frequencies?
And I don't need sounds to be louder. I can hear better when there's less noise. When I'm out on my bicycle and I come to a road crossing, I can easily hear approaching traffic, for example. I'm not just hearing engines either, I can hear tires on pavement and the car disturbing the air it's moving through.



The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

Guess I gotta pony up for a Costco membership?, posted on November 17, 2024 at 04:46:58
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 Dang.



The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

RE: Guess I gotta pony up for a Costco membership?, posted on November 17, 2024 at 10:19:39
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 Hey- you can get a huge pumpkin pie for $5.99! Can't beat that anywhere.
I live in Bend, OR. Try finding a quiet restaurant in this town. Few restaurants have carpets or acoustical tiles and at times, it impossible for me, at least to hear what the other person is saying. To me, it feels like the whole place is vibrating. It seems the new standard is all hard surfaces. Makes cleaning up easier. And apparently some of the younger people like noisy places.

 

Ain't that something?, posted on November 17, 2024 at 11:46:20
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 Why some of those place have to crank the music so loud is beyond me, and I noticed it long before my ears retired.




The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

RE: Ain't that something?, posted on November 17, 2024 at 11:59:57
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 Even without the music, the din of voices alone makes hearing difficult. Unless of course you're already deaf and can read lips.

 

Even if I liked the music..., posted on November 17, 2024 at 12:41:32
ghost of olddude55
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 ...it's still too damned loud.
Here's the weird part...I have a hard time with high frequencies and can't always hear the sibilant part of an "S."
Mrs. Ghost wears a partial, and has a difficult time annunciating the "S" sound.
At least we didn't screw up two marriages.



The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

If some of those high frequency hairs in the middle ear are completely sawed off,, posted on November 17, 2024 at 15:36:52
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 a person will never recover those frequencies. The hearing tests show the frequencies that are barely heard and amplifies those in the hearing aid just like an audio equalizer. Hearing research has also shown that the brain will forever lose frequencies if those frequencies have not been processed in a long time. So boosting those frequencies with a hearing aid will not help.

 

Just be sure, posted on November 18, 2024 at 08:33:31
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 That whatever hearing aid you select is compatible with your phone's Bluetooth. I had to get a new phone.

And BTW despite their claims, hearing aids don't really help with restaurant noise :-(




 

My recent experience at the Costco hearing aid center is the opposite, posted on November 18, 2024 at 09:13:16
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 of yours concerning restaurant background noise. The Costco technician showed me the noise cancellation capabilities of my hearing aids, and it was very effective. Costco is noisy, but the noise was gone when the tech pushed a button on my hearing aid. The tech's voice was very clear with all that noise gone.

 

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