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| Best Rock Album in 2012 Beach House fans might also try their earlier "Teen Dream." Great that Freedy Johnson is back. | |
| Help with Modified Audible Illusions Modulus 3 The replacement caps appear to be Russian K40Y9 PIO and Russian green ones whose nomenclature escapes my memory. The NOS Russians are generally good caps, but may or may not be better than the factory originals. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, As the Technics EPC-300 has an elliptical stylus(albeit on a titanium cantilever), I figured that a used example would be an interesting candidate a line contact retip by Axel. Perhaps this will take it to "better than new" performance ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Thanks, Frogman, I'll give it a try. I only asked for its resistance over length to get a general sense of whether such fine filament wire makes sense for a long run. Obviously typical phono applications enlist tonearm wire for the short run from ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Frogman, I have been thinking of trying that AN tonearm wire. Do you use it in a long uninterrupted run from cartridge to phono stage, or in a short run to a connector block on the tonearm? The AN wire is lighter gauge than the screened silver wir... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Frogman/Dover, I wonder if this is about adding a small and constant skating force to help propel the carriage toward the spindle in a more controlled manner. Similarly, when leveling the carriage, optimal set-up may call for a very slight tilt of... | |
| Linear tracking vs. Pivoted tracking tone arms. Davide256, That's an interesting point, however it may also be that an air barrier has the unique advantage of decoupling earth borne vibration and plinth/motor noise from the arm wand. Whether in a linear or radial tonearm, the vibration flow is ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hello Harold, my M320 is still in the shop, so no comparison to M420 available as yet. It's been a long time since mounting the AT20SS. Unfortunately I didn't take notes and thus need to revisit it. I don't recall that my example sounded peaky(I u... | |
| Linear tracking vs. Pivoted tracking tone arms. Lew, I asked John Ellison to incorporate .5mm error into his model, since .5mm is about as close as I can get the Trans-Fi to perfect zenith on a clear day(i.e. allowing for the tolerance of measurement tools and small changes in overhang that acc... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, you and I are in similar situations, insofar as we have separate phono stages for high- and low-output cartridges. Like you, I have a modified Atma MP-1 with a hybrid cascode for low output cartridges like most MC and the rare low output MM l... | |
| Linear tracking vs. Pivoted tracking tone arms. Steve, one of the nice things about a linear tracker is that for test purposes you can induce constant tracking error in a controlled and calculable manner through a small change in overhang. With my tangent arm I can clearly hear the difference o... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Slaw, That's a good idea. A bond between similar materials couldn't hurt. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? In the case of an M320 stylus, identification of a NOS example should be straight-forward: the plastic stylus holder is stamped "320 STR." | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nandric, I steered clear of Blues Bros's advertised M320 stylus after reading a poster who had bought one remark that despite assurances from BB he received a generic conical stylus. BB did the same thing to me with an Empire stylus. My 320 i... | |
| Jerry Garcia, A Legacy? I recall debating Garcia's playing ability with a fellow deadhead over a bong hit circa '74. My friend about summed it up: "He keeps it going." Dead on. |