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| Is elliptical the best stylus profile mijostynit takes more force to move the stylus of a less compliant (stiffer) cartridge than a more compliant (softer) cartridge.Intuitively, that seems correct - but you can’t be sure sure that it works that way in practice. You’re not accounting... | |
| Looking for a good full range floor stander twoleftears ... there have been more than enough contributions to this thread for the OP to judge for himself who is trying to give disinterested suggestions and advice, and who approaches the whole thing with a bunch of biases.Pretty much eve... | |
| Is elliptical the best stylus profile agrippaSure, tracking *might* be a slight factor, but like mijostyn says above it's hard to find a modern cartridge which doesn't track quite well or better. That depends on what you mean by "doesn't track quite well." If you're stating that m... | |
| The term "High End" needs to die. Long live Hi-Fidelity! mahlman ... wouldn't it be a hoot to get these guys to do double blind testing ...What are you waiting for? Why don't you organize some double-blind testing of your own? | |
| Is elliptical the best stylus profile mijostynIn terms of record wear there are other variables than stylus profile like compliance and tracking force.How could a phono cartridge's compliance have any affect on record wear? I don't see any correlation between the two at all. | |
| Is elliptical the best stylus profile mijostynAny cartridge is going to sound better when it is set up properly.Obviously!Tracking is paramount.Oh no, I couldn't disagree more.I often read user comments here about phono cartridges that proclaim, "excellent tracker!" when, in fact, ... | |
| The term "High End" needs to die. Long live Hi-Fidelity! mahlman Here is a true story of snobbish attitude and the result ... He was distraught because the guys on Audiogon had convinced him he could not have a real system unless he spent 80G or more. I've never read any such advice on Audiogon, so I... | |
| JVC TT101 QL 10 PLINTH ISSUES lewm I would blame the persons who packed the turntable, not UPS, for the damage. How can you assess responsibility without inspecting the package? Even the most carefully packaged shipment can suffer damage that results from a carrier's neglige... | |
| The term "High End" needs to die. Long live Hi-Fidelity! geoffkaitThat’s a Strawman argument that human hearing differences are greater than differences in specifications. First and foremost is humans can often agree on what differences between components or cables or speakers are, so their hearing... | |
| Need to adjust the speed every time I turn on turntable glennewdickone thing to consider is your power going to your house changes a few volts all the time that alone will throw off a turntable with out compensation.No, it won't. Turntables don't rely on AC voltage for speed regulation. The ones th... | |
| Could headphones be used to evaluate speakers? 1extreme Shipping a pair of large floor standing speakers across the country to audition in home and possibly have to return them is not easier.That's also not typically possible, either. That's not the way to buy a large speaker system. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados rvpiano One wonders. Did music really progress after this?Have you heard Chuck Berry? | |
| Looking for a good full range floor stander mijostynMost audio sales people I have known, and I was one once, were rather poorly educated, impressionable, dishonest, mythologists whose sole purpose was to sell whatever stuff they had in stock that had the largest profit margin.Wow, you... | |
| Looking for a good full range floor stander larry5729 audiotroy2, You must be a dealer... I think dealers should not be allowed to participate. They slyly pretend to be consumers only to sell their own stuff. After reading your responses I would imagine many of us feel you should be ... | |
| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong erik_squires The words of a man who has personal experience in a subject is called expertise. Not necessarily. Many an idiot has experience and their observations of it are not necessarily expert.The words of a man who quotes others is called op... |