billstevenson
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| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One Looking back over this thread a couple of things stand out for me. These are my impressions based on my experience and how that differs from some of the impressions that have been expressed here. The first one is related to reliability. My SL12... | |
| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? Interesting, mine is one of the original type and it is clearly Winfeld. Anyway they are terrific. Case in point, back to the subject of this thread, when I compared mine to the original AT1000 it would have come in the lesser of those two in so... | |
| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? Winfeld guys, not Windfield. A wonderful cartridge. | |
| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? Dogberry, I believe you are operating under a false assumption although I can understand why. There are those of us in the colonies who totally understand and respect SME. I do not own an SME V. I do own other SME arms, but that was not my que... | |
| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? Stringreen, The least you can do is get the name right. Ortofon Windfeld. I agree with you it is a very nice cartridge. One of the best. | |
| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? Not my reference point, never was even back in the day when I had tape decks and recorded live bands. For me references are musical instruments, performances, people I am familiar with. I know what a Yamaha C7 sounds like and if in doubt I can l... | |
| Impedance Loading for SS Hyperion Yes with my Consolidated 10:1 it would be 470, with my Bob's devices 5:1 it is 1,880. With no SUT it is 47,0000. My phono stage works any of these. | |
| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? Do you mean to tell me the SME V is not still considered a reference tonearm? I must be seriously out of touch. Please define what you mean by reference. | |
| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? Oh, I forgot to mention the element of subjectivity. One man’s meat is another man’s poison. My absolute favorite mono cartridge is the 2M Mono SE, which is the mono version of the 2M Black. I prefer it to a $2,000 MC that shall go nameless so ... | |
| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? I don't know how to answer this question. Maybe start with measurements. Frequency response, distortion, and channel separation? I believe doing that leads nowhere. To start I compared my Cadenza Black to my ART20. They are both balanced, neut... | |
| Impedance Loading for SS Hyperion I can use a MC input and load it to whatever value I want, or use a MM input which is what I use when I use an SUT. The latter is my most often chosen approach. | |
| Audio Technica AT-ART1000X I had an ART 1000 and a Hyperion and was trying to decide which one to buy. I mounted them in two identical headshells for the comparison using my SL1200GAE. As far as I know the only difference between your arm and mine is that mine is magnesiu... | |
| Impedance Loading for SS Hyperion Actually my Hyperion has been used with 47K since forever. It just sounds better. | |
| Record Cleaning Using Vacuum Machine for Cleaning and Ultrasonic for Final Rinse Leaving the record slightly damp from the Teritol cleaning in the VPI seems to provide the reduction in surface tension in the rinse step in the HumminGuru. Alternatively, the surfactant that is supplied by HumminGuru is also effective. In my op... | |
| Record Storage Problem Interesting feedback. I was first schooled on the problem while a student at the University of Washington. I bought all my records at Standard Record & HiFi, whose owner, Mrs. Smith, was quite firm in advising all clients to do a few things ... |