daveyf
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| A question of loading... + 1 Atmasphere.OTOH, do tubes have a distinct advantage?? I would say that they do when it comes to overall SQ, plus the decreased likelihood of overload, BUT they are never 100% quiet...at least IME. There is always some minimal hiss..and this le... | |
| A question of loading... @rauliruegas Thanks for your post and the link. I did read the link. Seems like FM believes that 20-500 ohms works best for MC cartridges. While this may be true with their preamp, it was not true with my older CAT as it sounded best loaded to 7... | |
| A question of loading... @dover Thanks. I was certainly quite surprised at the nice increase in SQ due to 'unloading' the cartridge ( even if maybe the load is as you say, at around 3500 ohms!) . Oddly, when I was using the older style CAT phono stage without the low ga... | |
| A question of loading... Loading is at the phono stage, but it absolutely has an effect on the sound of the cartridge. There is some belief that loading effects a MM cartridge more than a MC, but I am not totally sure this is the case. The loading would seem to be depende... | |
| whats the very best sounding cables for realistic money At the price point that the OP is inquiring about, IMO the Black Cat Coppertone's are probably impossible to beat. | |
| A question of loading... @dover At the moment, i am presuming that since I am not loading the cartridge at all, it is seeing 47K. This is what surprises me a little, as previously with the older tube phono stage sans the SUT, a straight in with no load was definitely inf... | |
| All New Magico A5 Loudspeakers // Biggest "BANG" For Your BUCK On The Market ?! @erik_squires Careful, you might get posters like mheinze to ruffle his feathers up, lol! | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony Some NOS tubes I have seen have clearly been used in some kind of electronics for decades. If you look at the tube pins, they are not only corroded, but also generally not that straight! The only 'New' thing about them will be the new owner who ac... | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony To add to my post...I do suggest that taking advice from tube re-sellers as to what is best sounding is probably not the best idea. Many of these folk have some experience ( if we are being kind here) with listening to a tube in their own gear, wh... | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony Interesting thread. I am in the middle of listening to a number of different NOS and not NOS tubes in my preamp. They range from Telefunken to Valvo's to Siemens to Amperex to Brimar's, etc. The question I always wonder is what does NOS mean to fo... | |
| Anything SS sounds better than D'Agostino ? @kijanki +1 | |
| Anything SS sounds better than D'Agostino ? If you have heard D’Ag gear, it is good, but it is also one of the products that is designed for the a’phile who uses his eyes possibly more than his ears alone. There are a number of competing ss products that are, depending on your system make-u... | |
| Any Linn LP12 owners in So Cal get the Karousel bearing upgrade? @tzh21y I think ever since Linn did away with their US distributor, they have been somewhat struggling. IMO, they seem to underestimate the size and expanse of the US. My local fettler is an excellent Linn set up guy, yet they will not allow him t... | |
| Any Linn LP12 owners in So Cal get the Karousel bearing upgrade? @dover What you just described tells me you were not an authorized Linn turntable dealer. Linn are very concerned ( rightly or wrongly) about protecting their Linn turntable specialists/stockists.. from their general Linn dealerships. | |
| Any Linn LP12 owners in So Cal get the Karousel bearing upgrade? @dover So, what happened? |