dertonarm
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| An easier way to set VTF/VTA/SRA? Perhaps.... Regarding SRA and the adjustment to meet the cutting angle of a given record. ...This was widely done in the late 1980ies first among the initial collectors of the audiophile quality early stereo records (DECCA SXL, Mercury SR, RCA LSC, EMI ......... | |
| MC Load Resistance Atmasphere - in general I do have respect for your work and the components you have brought to the public. Your designs are well executed and do have the sonic trademark of a designer who listens and has a clear concept. That is much more than I w... | |
| MC Load Resistance Guess it was a modern day american philosopher who stated that persistence was the only true omnipotence force in human existence (if not in the universe...).If you had been grown up with german language in the 1960ies and 1979ies - before marketi... | |
| An easier way to set VTF/VTA/SRA? Perhaps.... Nsgarch, while I agree with you regarding the vast majority of custom MCs and their behavior, let me briefly add, that the 3 MC mentioned by me are quite different in their mechanical parameters.The Ortofon is indeed asking for 3.5 + grams VTF, bu... | |
| An easier way to set VTF/VTA/SRA? Perhaps.... Nsgarch, there are indeed only very few cartridge featuring a suspension which does need little to no time at all to "settle" or "break in".To name the very few:EMT, Fidelity Research FR-7, broadcast version of Ortofon SPU.All these do have in com... | |
| MC Load Resistance Lewm, Nandric, my wife saw the thread and my last post and........... smiled.See - that's why I love LOMCs and a very special blonde I am married to ...... demanding, but rewarding. | |
| MC Load Resistance Axel, MMs do ease things and they smooth them too - thats why many SS gear do sound "better" when feed by a top class MM.And sorry, - its not blonde versus brunette (I had many experiences with both....) - its a smart, sophisticated, highly educat... | |
| MC Load Resistance Dear Nandric, plainly spoken: - "we, the people" do prefer the more demanding (complex, problem ridden...) above the simplified because of better performance on the large scale.Would MMs really be that good, no one would mess with MC - especially ... | |
| MC Load Resistance Lewm, please do not get me wrong. A hybrid casode phono input stage is favored by many and for good reason. Technically seen it looks like the best of both worlds and addresses many important technical aspects and solutions in a very smart and tem... | |
| An easier way to set VTF/VTA/SRA? Perhaps.... Well, the cartridge manufacturers do already provide the parameter to set the VTF right: - their recommendation of the range the VTF have to be set in.We will get no more and there is good reason why. Aside that there is no monetary reason for the... | |
| Bent Cant, Can't get azimuth right. Does it matter If the run-out groove is smooth-ended, you won't have any trouble.In any case, every cartridge worth the name has to survive any run-out groove without any damage at all.However due to lack of modulation, the run-out groove doesn't help at all to ... | |
| MC Load Resistance Lewm, I am very familiar with hybrid cascoded phono-inputs.Getting gain galore in teh 1st stage is always tempting. I am currently using a full balanced differential all triode phono stage with split passive RIAA. I have experimented with a hybrid... | |
| An easier way to set VTF/VTA/SRA? Perhaps.... Hi Tom, the big problem is, that this will not work with a cartridge not fully broken in yet.......Unless the cartridges suspension hasn't adapt to ambient conditions and hasn't reach its full velocity yet, the idea of the "WCA" won't give the rig... | |
| Bent Cant, Can't get azimuth right. Does it matter Hi Mike, in general: in the very first 1-20 hours of a new modern cartridge you will notice that the sounds does change literally if not by the minute, but by the hour. The suspension velocity needs to adapt to the ambient conditions and needs the... | |
| MC Load Resistance Lewm, as you are one of the true audiophiles who do NOT settle with what the industry put in the package they bought (you have (have had) parts custom upgraded and modified the amplifiers you use), let me suggest you give it a try with your modifi... |