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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
Hi, George First off all I have to mention that I use Max 282 as my “second” arm. I mean my best stereo cartridge I use with 3012 as I feel that it has more interesting lover bass and upper bass then 282. The 282 has slightly hollow and slightly bor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: MAX-282 Anti-skating and arm tubes by Gibraltar on 2010-08-14 
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I recently picked up a MAX-282 tone arm and when setting it up with my test record I'm getting buzzing in the right channel during the bias test tracks. Changing the anti-skating setting has no audible effect. On other arms I have if I set the VTF to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Max 282 with extra 1.5g anti-skating by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-03 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions by George on 2005-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
Hello Romy,I have been using the Max 282 with a Koetsu Urushi Platinum .2mV the last 6 months with excellent results to my ears. I have a few mundane questions that I could use some help with.I am using the fixed headshell "pipe." Have you found any ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Micro Seiki MAX 282 User Manual by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-16 
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Since I posted at “My playback” that I’m using Micro Seiki MAX 282 tonearm I begun to receive emails asking about it’s User Manual. I sent out 5 of 6 of them to whoever asked - I do not know why people need it but if it was what they wanted. The funn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: More Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions by George on 2005-11-02 
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What a lovely picture.Hi Romy,Many thanks for the valuable information. By fingerlift I mean that piece of metal sticking out about 1" (1/8" wide) at the extreme left end of the pipe. It is attached by two screws to the pipe. It looks easily removabl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Second Sound from Daily Arm? Why? by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-27 
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After more than 10 years of using the Micro Seiki MAX-282 tonearm I realized that if it is my second stereo arm then why I presume it shall have Second Sound? I have properly performing mono and stereo arms and I have a dally arm. The Daily arm is a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: MAX-282 Anti-skating and arm tubes by Gibraltar on 2010-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
I recently picked up a MAX-282 tone arm and when setting it up with my test record I'm getting buzzing in the right channel during the bias test tracks. Changing the anti-skating setting has no audible effect. On other arms I have if I set the VTF to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: I have fixed my second tonearm/cartridge, guess how? by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chasing utopian better phono interconnect. in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
Yep, I fixed it. If does sound very good now, exactly how it has to be. It turns out that my suspicion were correct: my Micro’s fat cable has died on me.  I absolutely assure you that no one would believe that a regular phono cable able to introd...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
Hi, George First off all I have to mention that I use Max 282 as my “second” arm. I mean my best stereo cartridge I use with 3012 as I feel that it has more interesting lover bass and upper bass then 282. The 282 has slightly hollow and slightly bor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Micro's tonarm. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-15 
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[quote user="Gibraltar"]I recently picked up a MAX-282 tone arm and when setting it up with my test record I'm getting buzzing in the right channel during the bias test tracks. Changing the anti-skating setting has no audible effect. On other arm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: An absolutely ridicules "fix". by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Second stereo arm problem in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
I today was abusing my damn Second arm, trying to get my bass back from it. It was not that it had no bass but it was very shallow and very different bass. It had a feeling that it was not from there, it was almost as some kind of time delay in b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Micro Seiki MAX 282 User Manual by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-16 
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Since I posted at “My playback” that I’m using Micro Seiki MAX 282 tonearm I begun to receive emails asking about it’s User Manual. I sent out 5 of 6 of them to whoever asked - I do not know why people need it but if it was what they wanted. The funn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: I kind of wonder why? by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why second tonearm/cartridge does not sound like first one? in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
What really pisses me off is that my second arm/cartridge has a very strange effect that I did not see neither in this arm (Micro 282) not in this cartridge (Ortofon SPU Classic). I am taking about dynamic compression. In fact it is very seldom you c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions by George on 2005-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
Hello Romy,I have been using the Max 282 with a Koetsu Urushi Platinum .2mV the last 6 months with excellent results to my ears. I have a few mundane questions that I could use some help with.I am using the fixed headshell "pipe." Have you found any ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Re: Perhabs it's the impedance matching by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
I use my SPU Mono in 282 Micro’s arm with AU wand that was specifically made for the SPU cartridges. I run it 3g, not-oil-damped into SU2,so, the SPU sees ~60Ohn. I tend a slightly overload the typical MC cartridges and run them at 60R-75R of thier “...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: 78: I’m a clueless Cat by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eq for 78's in Analog Playback  5 Replies 
Guy, I do not know. In my past I made an adapter to my Micro motor to play 78s and used contemporary 78 cartridge and 282 arm and off the shelf phonocorector. I would not call this setup as something that was good  but it gave me some opportuni...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Second stereo arm problem by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-21 
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I have a mystery – my Second stereo arm stopped to sound right. My Second stereo arm is Micro MAX 282. I have been using it for years and I know it very well. It is not the “phenomenal arm”, it loose to my best arm and I know how, but it is an OK arm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: That is for sure. by Romy the Cat on 2013-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Trading cable elevators for spare space. in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]Oh I think it is very much a recursive arc but not in terms of audio fidelity etc as much as life history. … And how interesting that the big rig no longer a sweet spot but instead has a sweat spot.[/quote] Yes, you are very m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: S2 with plastic surround. by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]If you use the plastic surround S2's from 500-5KHz won't you still have the bulge that concerned you at around 1.2K? I thought you suggested that the metal suspension units didn't have this bulge.Otherwise it seems a nice i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Epoxy the azimuth adjustment. by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
[quote user="George"] By fingerlift I mean that piece of metal sticking out about 1" (1/8" wide) at the extreme left end of the pipe. It is attached by two screws to the pipe. It looks easily removable but I have not tried it. I imagine it is possibl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #299: The LP setup in the new home. by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Since Sound in new home is mostly set I kind lost interest to do anything “project-wise”. I play my music and I gradually tune ingredients to get the sonic mixture that I accustom to. Last two week I was slowly playing with my analog setup. Since...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges. in Analog Playback  52 Replies 
What they say:Every audiophile music lover knows of the legendary sound of Koetsu phono cartridges from decades past. Those old enough to have experienced Sugano's Koetsus retain the memory of a musical experience unequaled. Few were privilegedd to o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: About my horn skeleton. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Here I would like to share some basic ideas about the skeleton of the horn. This is just a view from 50.000 feet but it will give some illustration what is brewing in my mind. The one side of the triangular horn will be flat and will sit at le...
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