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In Service to Vinyl Playback: A 28 Hour Trip to Greece
Following the conclusion of the 2024 High End Munich Audio Show I took a quick 28 hour trip to Thessaloniki, Greece to spend time wetting...
WallyTools | WAM Engineering
May 30, 20247 min read


SRA Versus VTA???
In our video series The 7 Alignment Targets for Vinyl Playback Optimization, we discuss the difference between and the details of Stylus...
WallyTools | WAM Engineering
Apr 30, 20243 min read


Skating and Anti-Skating Force Myths
There are many different, and even contradictory, commonly held beliefs about skating force and anti-skating force that remain held close...
WallyTools | WAM Engineering
May 15, 20238 min read


High End Cartridge Industry – The Current State of Affairs
For those of you following our work at WAM Engineering / WallyTools, you know that we offer a popular - and one of a kind - service of analyzing cartridges for their optimal playback alignment parameters. This service includes the creation of an optional customized corrective shim that the cartridge owner can use to very quickly, accurately and easily attain two of the otherwise tough-to-get alignment targets (SRA/VTA and azimuth). Because we have now analyzed a few hundred c
WallyTools | WAM Engineering
Mar 6, 20236 min read


Zenith Error - The Final Alignment Frontier
At WAM Engineering, we have decided to dig deep in order to learn how a misaligned stylus travels through a modulated groove. To that...
WallyTools | WAM Engineering
Nov 22, 20214 min read
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