chakster
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| Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance. The primary functions of the turntable are consistently turning the platter at 33-1/3 rpm (stable accuracy) and doing so with little noise. It is the most critical component in the analog chain. Right. All high-end Direct Drive turntables are the... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry A proper alignment required for all cartridges and tonearms, this fact is not the reason to buy an inferior MC or MM with Conical or Elliptical profiles with very short life span, just because some think that they are easier in adjustment/alignmen... | |
| Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance. The turntable can make a large difference. I just upgraded from my old Rega Planar 2 to a Technics SL1210GR. I’ve kept the same cartridge and everything else is the same also. So much less surface noise and overall cleaner sound. Right, because R... | |
| Looking for tonearm inspiration Something definitely wrong with one of our member: When I said "stay away from SAECs " I'm not saying is a bad arm but against the 250 seems to me looks as an inferior performer.Knife-edge tonearm bearing is the exeption and ask you why the 99% o... | |
| Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance. If you want to use your cartridge on some other turntable:The most important is cartridge + tonearm combination. In my opinion you have to get rid of that entry level mmf 5.1 turntable but you can keep using your good Ortofon cartridge. Look for $... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry @cd318 there are many vintage MM and MI with fixed stylus holder assembly: Denon DL-107, ADC TRX series, Technics EPS100 and P100 series, SONY XL-50 ... There is a screw to tighten up removable stylus to the cartridge body. Audio-Technica cartridg... | |
| Path of signal from turn table to speaker The first class-D amplifier based integrated circuit was released by Tripath in 1996, and it saw widespread use. Class T was a registered trademark for a switching (class-D) audio amplifier, used for Tripath’s amplifier technologies (patent filed... | |
| Looking for tonearm inspiration @rpeluso Knife edge bearing system is not the best and SAEC geometry is strange. SAEC tonearms looks nice and the price is low for 308 but you can find better vintage tonearms. Regarding SAEC you can search an old thread on audiogon where everyth... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry I’m sure we all do but some are easier than others. The times I used to wish my decks had a detachable headshell like my first Rega 3 did. Of course they didn’t because we were told detachable was very bad. But was it really?No, they are not bette... | |
| Looking for tonearm inspiration I would avoid vintage tonearms unless they are extremely inexpensive. Basically they are inexpensive, for example Technis EPA-100 cost under $1200-1700. There is no reason to avoid vintage tonearms if you know which one is really good, only peo... | |
| Rebuild or new cartridge with my zeta tonearm never buy refurbished cartridges, save your time and money | |
| Path of signal from turn table to speaker I thought that last part would necessitate processing through the amps DAC as the final step before stereo output. It has nothing to to with turntable and analog signal. If you're listening to digital source then you need a DAC.For analog sour... | |
| Path of signal from turn table to speaker Hi all, if you could humor a fledgling "audiophile" still learning... can anyone specify how a signal get from a turntable to the speakers? My understanding is that pure analog circuits are for many reasons not common. This means that the signal m... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry Everyone who has many different cartridges and tonearms know very well what is more important (if tonearm and cartridge are matched together). And I assume we know how to align and adjust a cartridge/tonearm. Enough said. | |
| ???Cartridge break in??? A good cartridges sounds good from the start after everything aligned properly, well maybe 2-3 days to make sure, after one week of listening do not expect much if you don’t like the sound (if there is no issue with wrong tonearm or weak phono sta... |