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| Moving Iron Carts or stick with LOMC Last week i have finally mounted my (MI) Joe Grado Signature XTZ again after a long break. Maybe it's because of the room treatment i've done this year, but i love the Grado as never before against the best LOMC. The combination is actually Grado ... | |
| High output MC cartridges I think there is only one reason people buying HOMC cartridges, the reason is the phono stage that can’t handle LOMC. But if they got a decent MM phono stage to handle MI then a decent SUT (or headamp) will help to handle some decent LOMC with the... | |
| Phono stage for my system? Actually there are so many phono stages available on the market, and we have some new every year. It is hard to imagine that any of us can try them all to compare. The questions like this makes no sense, we always end up with a list of different p... | |
| High output MC cartridges It makes no sense to replace MI with any HOMC, only if you want to downgrade with your cartridge sound quality. Even LOMC has much higher moving mass than any MI, but with HOMC everything is worst. Watch SoundSmith lecture, he will explain why (af... | |
| Budget? Cartridge recommendations The MMT has a mass of 20 grams. Make sure the cartridge you use is a lower compliance type. You can calculate the arm and cartridge compatibility using this chart!http://www.mh-audio.nl/Calculators/RF.html Lighter headshell and lighter cartridg... | |
| Budget? Cartridge recommendations If your SUMIKO tonearm is moderate mass then you can't go wrong with JVC Victor cartridges. Your suggested budget is more than enough for any of these. Two of them are direct coupled LOMC (AT ART1000 inspired by this technology, watch it), but one... | |
| Record weight for Garrard 301 Garrard 301 dealers are using some huge and heavy record weights on it, look at Audio Grail. But I think this one is great and so elegant. | |
| Upgrade from Sumiko Blue Point #2 German ClearAudio generator is nothing but a cheap Japanese Audio-Technica, it’s been said in MM thread years ago.A real Audio-Technica top models from the past are superior and even cheaper than modern ClearAudio. | |
| Phono stage for my system? @nandric Dear chakster, I called you ’’our second Raul’’ but had no ideahow right I was. You both don’t need any advise whatever sothe question is what you ask this one? I’ve heard this advice from you at least 5 times before, but i just want to m... | |
| Phono stage for my system? Dear chakster, the English saying ’’I am not rich to buy cheap things’’my look curious but does apply for phono-pres. What you need isKlyne 7PX 3.5 RIAA phono-pre. 4 x amplifying stages , ’’endless’’impedance possibilities, high frequency correcti... | |
| Phono stage for my system? JLTI ships from Australia for about $1,000 U.S., with power supply upgrade about $340 more. The dealer’s description includes the following comments. Not sure if there is a U.S. dealer with a return policy that would allow me to demo the unit bef... | |
| static Issues...anybody know why? Carbon fiber brush and anti static sleeves work well for me. Had a Zerostat back in the day. It worked. Exactly, been using carbon fibre brush for 23 years and zerostat gun for 15 years, never had an issue with static on many turntables with ... | |
| static Issues...anybody know why? Just buy Zerostat gun and say f*ck off to staticthe rest in this thread is bla-bla-bla | |
| Phono stage for my system? JLTI is cheaper and absolutely amazing at its price for MM or MCI have both Gold Note PH-10 and JLTI, the last one is best buy in my opinion! I do not recommend any tube phono stage, you can stuck with tube rolling forever and nice NOS tubes are e... | |
| Turntable and pre-amp advice sought I’m mostly looking at a budget of $750 give or take and for something new. why do you what a new one if none of them can compete even with SP20 Direct Drive from 1976 at this price point ? What a beautiful turntable. This is a simplified version ... |