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| Blue Note Tone Poet Series Nitewulf,We seem to be in agreement on this issue. One of the things that has been discussed and explained, but that I just can't grasp is why or how it is that a digital master or CD can be used to make a vinyl record and almost invariably the v... | |
| How Long Did It Take You To Build Your Dream Setup? If memory serves my first component system was purchased in 1961 or 1962 and I am still chasing the dream in December 2020. But I actually started listening to jazz on my grandmother's wind up Victrola way before that. | |
| Any truth to my feeling that MM carts are possibly better than MC on rock recordings? There are trade-offs of course. I have both MM and MC and go back and forth all the time. If your really want to know the truth, though, both are easily eclipsed by MI. Try to listen to either a SoundSmith or a Grado or if you can find one a NO... | |
| Blue Note Tone Poet Series Nitewulf,A case can be made for WaxTime, sound quality is similar the basic Blue Note re-issues. Records are well made, 180 gram vinyl, clean, quiet surfaces, with centered spindle holes! Packaging includes poly-lined dust covers and nice artwor... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? Lewm, Your point about the complexity of a musical wave form is well taken, which is why it is important to follow up by listening to music as Raul has explained. This is a very enlightening discussion because it underlines the importance of keep... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? Raul,While you seem satisfied with you methodology, I encourage you to try and borrow an "O"scope because I am sure you would like it. When the arm and cartridge are optimally set up and playing a high velocity groove on a test record right on th... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? Oh I guess I should have stated that an "O"scope was used in all my tests. Really this tool is essential for these kinds of tests to be useful and repeatable. | |
| Solid State Phono Preamp Suggestions $3k-$4k In addition to Fremer's very positive review, the PS Audio Stellar just received a Product of the Year award at Stereophile. Plus PS Audio lets you return it if you don't like it after a 30 day trial. Read the review and John Atkinson's measurem... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? Raul,Congratulations for picking another fascinating and controversial topic for discussion. I intended to sit it out because there is no single solution to your puzzle, but decided to chime in with my opinion based on some measurements and exper... | |
| Tung Sol KT 170 Wow! This is new to me. FWIW I traded my cj ARTsa, which used (8) KT 120 for a new cj ART150 which uses (4) KT 150 and the new one offers a worthwhile improvement in every respect. It is more stable, too. In fact in over a year of daily use I ... | |
| Blue Note Tone Poet Series To my ears the Tone Poet series sound even better than the Music Matters series because they benefit from the new vinyl formulation that did not exist before. This manifests itself as quieter surfaces, hence greater dynamic range, more obvious on... | |
| Mono Cartridge Mike,You make good points and I agree that mistracking is worse than heavy tracking, but I can't get comfortable with 3.5 grams either. Is your experience at that tracking force with a spherical stylus?Bill | |
| Mono Cartridge For those of you with knowledge of Miyajima, why are they requiring such high VTF? I would buy one otherwise. | |
| Mono Cartridge I have an SL1200 GAE and it is my primary mono TT, which is the same as your G except for cosmetics. Currently I have the following mono cartridges for it: VAS Nova, really good, you can order it with a 1.0 mil stylus I believe. Ortofon 2M SE, ... | |
| Enjoying Vinyl Once Again Here is a link to an excellent article on cleaning records without the need to spend a lot of money for fancy machines. Vinyl Record Manual Cleaning Process - PAC-Vinyl-Records_2020-05-19.pdf |