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| 2nd tonearm on HRX Dear Raul, thanks for your reply, I read many of your posts, you are an inspiration. Yes I know I should probably change TT, one day I'll do it, but that day is not today, sigh. Long time ago I had an Acoustic Signature Analog 1 Mk2 that I sold, n... | |
| 2nd tonearm on HRX Hi Downunder, the HRX plinth is a sanwich of acrylic-aluminium-acrylic, do you think it's possible to drill holes without damaging it?More precisely, I would need to drill holes on the acrylic in order to bolt an armboard to the aluminium center l... | |
| 2nd tonearm on HRX Done that, no reply yet, tried again this morning, we'll see. Thanks anyway. | |
| cartridge output level Hi Gregm, ok now I understand, it totally makes sense, it's those 7 dB that make me turn the volume so high.Hi Undertow, let's see, my triangles are 93 dB and my amps are 50 watts, I think those 8 dB difference on speakers outweight the 30 watt di... | |
| cartridge output level Thanks Piedpiper, nice system btw. | |
| cartridge output level Hi Thekong, yes since your first post I've been checking out VdH website and I saw what you're talking about, a trade-in would be very well worth considering.Rlawry, I think I'm gonna be pretty busy for the months to come to explore all the option... | |
| cartridge output level Hi Larryi, I agree it's not going to be easy to find a suitable alternative to the Colibri, i read something about Decca London and I don't think it's for me, at this time I'm curious to hear about the Clearaudio Titanium (0.8 mv), suggestions are... | |
| cartridge output level Hi Viridian, yes I thought about that, looks like I cannot contact VdH directly as I did with Hovland, the way to go is through the italian importer, I can send the cart back for "retuning" and in the meantime submit this request, it's gonna take ... | |
| cartridge output level Hi guys, thanks for all the inputs, I'm really learning a lot from all of you. Yesterday evening I got a phone call from Alex Crespi, VP Hovland company (WOW, he called me overseas, we're not used to that kind of customer care here), he very patie... | |
| cartridge output level Rlawry, that formula made me think a lot, for example, based on that, if the SUTs were out of the circuit the total gain would be 60 dB (77-17), and the max preamp output 0.45 volts, so am I correct in ruling out this option? I don't know the gain... | |
| cartridge output level Rlawry, thank you, I think I understand your point, but I have to do some more homework to fully grasp the overall gain concept.I now realize anyway, that I didn't previously make clear that the total gain of the unit is 77 dB, phono 63 dB, line 1... | |
| cartridge output level Hi Viridian, whoa, the SUT NOT in the circuit? That doesn't sound good!!!I just opened the Hovland, the input phonos on the rear panel are directly plugged into a metal box with a writing that says "HOVLAND MC7 high gain phono stage", from there a... | |
| cartridge output level Hi Hdm, the Hovland MC stage has a fixed impedance loading of approximately 530 ohm due to the built-in step-up transformers, as per instruction manual, with a "provision for reduced loading" by inserting resistors inside, but being the Colibri re... | |
| cartridge output level Hi Marty, Rlawry, thanks for your prompt reply.There's something I don't understand, I checked that computer and looks like the optimum gain for my cart is 57db, my hovland phono stage has a total gain of 63db (46 of the phono + 17 of the built-in... |