dgarretson
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| MG1 air- bearing tone-arm Suggest you read Arthur Salvatore's text-- particularly regarding MG-1 bearing noise-- athttp://www.high-endaudio.com/RC-Tonearm.htmlAny air pulsing will adversely affect stylus. While this arm is cheap, the recommended pump is not. Then check out... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Bryon, your constructs are interesting, and in conclusion testament that "what we observe is not nature herself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning." Heisenberg | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? For anyone who wants to take on a project, here is a post I made today regarding continuously variable cartridge loading using optocouplers. I posted it to AA as photos are more easily added there. I would be glad to share a parts list if desired.... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, may I add to your remarks. IMO once the rest of the system "arrives" at a certain level of refinement, it is possible to enjoy a relatively wide range of cartridges without much preoccupation as to which is best. Put another way, top systems... | |
| SHOW attendees: please post speaker reports here Bob, The uber-Hansens were spectacular with Tenor amps. However, their looks necessitate having a wife very large on top and of small bottom to achieve balance. | |
| BAT at CES? jeez louise bstefano, the look is at least timeless in the manner of Lamm and other top tube equipment. If you must have industrial design, then go SS with JRDG or Krell. Fact is this was one of the top sounds at CES/THE Show. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I spent a half day bedding in a Helikon with Soundsmith's optimized line-contact stylus re-tip on original Lyra boron cantilever. This replaces an Empire 888X-EX with fresh NOS .2 x.7 mil stylus that has been happily singing on Trans-Fi linear air... | |
| BAT at CES? At CES the REX monoblocks were very transparent, fast, and linear top-to-bottom, with improved frequency extension and bass control. REX has none of the slowness and over-ripe plushness and toobie sweetness of the -SE version. I have heard Shashas... | |
| Sundsmith rebuild. Hi Bicycleman, I received my OLC-retipped Helikon several days after my above post, followed by an email from Peter. I will shortly mount up for a listen. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Raul, You mention above that you are not adding any capacitance to your phono stage anymore. Would you suggest that I take the same approach with my combo of balanced ARC PH-2 and Hovland Music Groove IC? At input of PH-2 there is one fixed 220... | |
| anyone know John Doe and the Sadies? One of the most interesting albums of the year-- particularly on the songs where Doe fuses surf and blues reverb guitar with C&W. Excellent SQ on vinyl. This and Fogerty "Rides Again" were the best country rock of the year. | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Learsfool, as one progressively raises the bar in the hobby through a process of acquiring or hearing successively improved components, what is the nature of the "reinforcement of preference" that you propose is occuring? Assuming that break-throu... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Such descriptions of personal experiences regarding coloration and neutrality as related to specific components, may serve as helpful illustrations of abstractions explored elsewhere in the thread. My personal preference (and also my perception of... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Kijanki, Warmth that lacks correct pitch definition is yet one more example of an undesirable coloration-- often indicative of weaknesses in rectification, power supply, or coupling caps. IME it is one of the most difficult problems to eliminate i... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? This weekend I turned up a circuit that allows continuously variable cartridge loading using Silonex light dependent resistors(LDR). In my balanced phono stage, the LDR works in parallel with Caddock TF020 high-value fixed resistors. In a single-e... |