billstevenson
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| Need suggestions for a MC Cart for my VPI Prime Ortofon Cadenza Bronze. It will really make your Tannoy speakers sing. | |
| Audiophiles are not alone There is absolutely no question about variations instrument to instrument, particularly for percussion instruments like pianos or even simple cymbals. Two brothers, last name Zildjian, both keepers of their family's great secret formula for the ... | |
| When is it time to consider adding a SUT? Thank you for your answer although I must confess that it is not entirely clear to me what you are saying in all particulars. So I will not respond to the parts where I do not fully comprehend your answer. We can agree that everyone of us has u... | |
| When is it time to consider adding a SUT? I passed the ball to you with my very open ended and reasonable questions. There are no trick questions or traps in them. You are free to answer them or not, and you are free to state any assumptions you wish in your reply. I do not intend to ... | |
| When is it time to consider adding a SUT? Raul,Since English seems to be a secondary language to you, perhaps you do not understand my point. If that is so, please look up the word "polemic" and you will at least understand my objection to your approach. If you already do understand my ... | |
| When is it time to consider adding a SUT? Raul,Answering my questions with your own questions is a polemic exercise. If we are to have a meaningful conversation this is not the way to start. I provided a frame of reference that offers a clear starting point. Please answer my questions. | |
| Looking for a Phono pre around 1K In that price range I would consider the following brands: Graham Slee, Creek, Rothwell, Lehmann, Pro-Ject. | |
| When is it time to consider adding a SUT? rauliruegas,Please provide facts to back up your claims. What phono stage are you referring to? What tube phono stages have you compared it with? What is your criteria for deciding what phono stage "outperforms" others? Try and stick to facts.... | |
| 2nd pivot for VPI 3D It is easier to visualize what is happening when you have the kit in your hands and no matter how articulate our words are, they fall short. I will try. Visualize a tripod, that is a platform with three feet. The first foot is the unipivot of t... | |
| When is it time to consider adding a SUT? There is only one problem with your analysis: "the bipolar full SS phono stage" that sounds better than even a mid-level tube phono stage is unobtainium. Nice try though. | |
| 2nd pivot for VPI 3D It is easy to back the second pivot screw out just enough to lift it off of the glide plate. Doing so is identical to removing the kit. This makes it very easy to compare the effect with and without the second pivot. The instructions suggest st... | |
| When is it time to consider adding a SUT? I agree with taxmandme, my phone stage is a Conrad Johnson TEA2MAX, which has 55 db of gain. This is a very high quality tube phono stage. Although it can handle a range of cartridges from 0.3 mV to 5.0 mV, for any of my low output MC cartridges... | |
| 2nd pivot for VPI 3D That is a good point. My cartridge upon which these comments are made was an Ortofon 2M Mono SE, which is based on the 2M Black. Lateral compliance is 22 micro meters/mN. The arm is a metal VPI JMW 10, Series 3. I have another kit on order for ... | |
| 2nd pivot for VPI 3D It took 15 minutes to install, but about 3 hours of playing with it, essentially to satisfy myself that it was optimized. I am amazed at the difference this simple modification makes. I am not one to exaggerate, but here I go. The bass is bette... | |
| Cartridge for Technics SL-1200GAE All of the following cartridges sound just fine on my GAE: Ortofon: Per Windfeld, Cadenza Black, 2M Black, 2M Mono SE; Audio Technica: AT150ANV, AT 33 Mono ANV; Stanton 881. The arm is a medium mass arm, very similar the MK2 arm it replaced, ~9 g... |