banquo363
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lewm: I certainly had no such polemical intentions! If, however, you believe all audio reproduction aims at artifice then why do you (seem to) find it insulting to say that you are after an "artificially pleasing result"? As I noted, I'm ambivalen... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? As I understand him, Lharasim is not denying that 3d images of a stage can be rendered by an audio system/component. He denies that this capacity is a virtue, that is, makes the audio system a good one. It is not a virtue, the argument goes, becau... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I believe to achieve mute on the LSA would require that the LED's be off. Since there is no power switch, the LED's are always on if the unit is plugged in.At least that's what I believe I read somewhere. | |
| Did I blow my tube amp? yes: check the fuse(s) | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Peter Bogdanovich once interviewed Orson Welles and asked a question about his great, and greatly ignored, film "Chimes at Midnight". IIRC, Bogdanovich pointed out an anomalous artifact occurring at the corner of the screen in one of the scenes an... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Griffithds:I'd like to remind you of the initial question that launched 'the tape ball affair':My question : How would you proceed! I would perfer [sic] not to embarrass this person even though he has received negative feedback from this forum in ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? At least in regards to eBay purchases, I was told last year (by someone who sells on eBay every day) that an open Paypal dispute results in automatic safe harbor of funds transferred. Funds are released only after adjudication. If that holds true ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Griffithds: don't forget to take pictures. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Griffithds,The same thing happened to me on a shipped Empire 4000d3. The guy put the cart loose in a small coffee tin with a bunch of styrofoam. He didn't put the stylus guard up and surprise, surprise the entire cantilever was sheared off. L... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I was suffering a bit of buyer's remorse, so that's excellent news. Thanks, Raul. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nandric: Perhaps you'll appreciate the following. I had a personal rule that had prohibited me from acquiring another cartridge, and it 'worked' for a year or so. The night before though, I went to sleep after having read the TAS's review of ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I have been enjoying the Shure ml140he for not more than 5 hours when the flavor of the month (sort of) pops up on my screen. Why am I so fickle? Hopefully, a mf 300 cartridge with mf 200 stylus is as good as the flavor of the month. I read somewh... | |
| Mint Best Tractor still in business? Email him from another account or else have another board member who has successfully contacted him recently forward your message. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Lewm:You might want to contact Jim at Applied Fidelity. He's in Reno I believe. I plan on sending him my tonearm for a rewire and possibly changing the bearings. A few years back, he uploaded pics on audio asylum of his work on a damaged epa ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The manual for my Technics epa 100 mk2 says to set anti-skate to same number as vtf. For my mm carts that's between 1-1.4 grams. Is this crazy?I can't hear a repeatable difference between .5g and 1.5g. For this, I'm more worried about record and s... |