billstevenson
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| Mono Cartridge Question Lewm, I have owned many preamps with mono switches and of course many cartridges, both mono and stereo over the years. In my experience a mono cartridge always sounds better. With that said, a mono switch used with a high grade stereo cartri... | |
| TechDAS Reliability vs SME If I were in the market now I would look very hard at the new SME 60. In terms of reliability, though, which was your original question, I have not heard of any problems with any of them. | |
| Mono Cartridge Question Mono cartridges simply work better on mono records. Quieter, more presence. The Miyajima is a true mono and would be the best choice of those you are considering. | |
| SUT - electrical theory and practical experience R, If you are sincere, I commend DSD to your attention. Otherwise, I think you are on a quest that is analogous to slaying windmills. I will stand by my advice to make yourself happy, play what pleases your ears and when it comes to analog, esp... | |
| SUT - electrical theory and practical experience An interesting discussion for sure. I have to laugh concerning the argument that transformers insert distortions, whereas active circuits using transitors somehow do not. We are talking about playing vinyl records people. Everything has distort... | |
| Generally speaking, are MC cartridges more delicate than MMs? Setting aside the notion that MC cartridges are always superior to MM cartridges, which is patently absurd anyway, and accepting the notion that it is possible to obtain perfectly acceptable performance from either type, your special circumstance ... | |
| Blue Note Tone Poet Series tablejockey, 'I play a big ol' Jazz box like Joe Pass. Being a LP devotee, I will always default to the record. BUT, having heard high level of both LP/digital I say BOTH can be breathtaking" We are in agreement. That does not address my wonder... | |
| Direct Drive There is nothing wrong with the set up you are thinking about. It will reliably play records and last for years. The difficulty for you will be that it will sound inferior to just about and cd player you might listen to so you are kind of settin... | |
| One turntable with two arms, or two turntables with one each - which would you prefer? I have two tables set up at the moment and a couple more that...well anyway. One of mine is stereo and the other is mono, which if you have room for it and the need is the most convenient option IMHO. Two arms on one TT is awkward for me to use ... | |
| Luxman D-10X Follow up All wires are from the Canadian company Audio Sensibility. All Silver as far as I can remember, it has been a while. Picking wires with this company is a process. To get started a big box showed up with several different wires representing grada... | |
| VPI Fatboys versus others in its' tonearm weight class. Slaw, You are correct, my principal cartridge on the HW40 these days is a Hyperion. Sorry. Bill | |
| Luxman D-10X Follow up Thank you for the kind words jafant. Oddly enough I don't consider myself much of an audiophile. I do enjoy listening to music and consider myself a music collector and jazz lover first. The system is one that has evolved over time and it is go... | |
| VPI Fatboys versus others in its' tonearm weight class. Mike, Congratulations, may you derive great joy from your new arm and cartridge. Please keep us posted once you are up and running. Bill | |
| Luxman D-10X Follow up denon, During the first 2-3 weeks I just let the D-10X play on repeat without listening to it critically at all so I can't really help you. All I can say is that when I first turned it on it sounded just a bit on edge. After 2 or 3 weeks of con... | |
| Luxman D-10X Follow up System brief: The new Luxman D-10X. Conrad Johnson ART150 amp, GAT 2 pre, and TEA 1/III phono with Conolidated Silver SUT (a couple of other SUTs). VPI HW40 TT, SoundSmith Experion. Technics SL1200 GAE, VAS Mono, among a half dozen other cartri... |