bpoletti
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| Audio Research SP3-a1 For $3,000 you can get a used Herron VTSP-1a which will blow away the SP-3a. And most $200 phono stages better the early ARC preamps by a long shot. | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp BTW, I find bi-polar transistors acceptable as long as they are medicated. | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp @geoffkait You forgot the law about recycling tube vacuum.No mention about cleaning the vacuum.My personal taste leans toward the use of natural vacuum instead of synthetic vacuum. (I own a tanker car filled with liquified vacuum on a rail siding... | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp @almarg Agreed. The Herron would be better matched to a preamp with a higher input impedance. Keith Herron would be a good source to determine whether changing tubes in a VTPH-2a would overcome a lower input impedance pre. | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp @I listen to Herron Audio equipment and wonder why they are not priced in the $30,000+ range. | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new @chakster Thought I'd mention that cart in the context of your thread. I have heard some DVs that are quite good and some others that are... But that just proves that even in a single model of cart there can be variations in performance. Such ... | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp @chakster And the upgrade cycle will be never-ending. Spending a bit more up front will end future money spend on continuing the mediocre performance of cheap electronics. Using a Herron VTPH-2a will certainly make the AT150MLX sing up to its po... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new @lewm "Raul has." LOL!! | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp Get a Herron Audio VTPH-2a and never have to worry about phono stage performance. It is as good as it gets and can handle high-output and low-output cartridges with equal aginity. And the price for such a stellar performer is competitive with ev... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new @chakster There's a Dynavector Karak Nova 13D in the cartridge section of the 'gon for sale listings. | |
| If You Were A Swine Looking To Choose Between 3 Preamps... Swine - you don't mention price or budget. A used Allnic will probably cost more than a new Herron Audio VTSP-360 and will likely NOT outperform the Herron. | |
| Jelco TK-850L review I can find no info on VTA adjustment. Does this arm have some kind of VTA-on-the-fly adjustability or is it another arm that has frustrating manual stop-everything-and-guess VTA adjustment? | |
| What is the typical resistance across the various terminals of a MC phono cartridge? Pretty much EVERY MC cartridge provides this information in their specs. I recall values ranging from 5 ohms to 40 ohms. But I'm probably erring. | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... @avanti1960 I'm looking hard at it. | |
| Soundsmith Optimized Contour Contact Line Stylus for Rebuild After serious consideration and consultation with those who actually work on cartridges, I have settled on having Soundsmith install a boron cantilever with a line contact stylus on the Clavis DC I sent there a few weeks ago. |