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| Best caps for updating my VTL 225 mono's ? As mentioned by Jallen, be careful with PIO caps in a hot tube amp chassis. Most PIOs are rated to 65C(and some optimistically so), as compared to 85C or above for dry constructions. ClarityCap MR has a dry construction and is treated with encapsu... | |
| Review: Audio-Technica USA AUDIO TECHNICA AT-20SS. Cartridge From what I've read on the forums, you are right that the distinction between these two was QA or the like. The main difference is that the AT20SS stylus has a more refined & open treble consistent with a great cartridge. Through break-in the ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, With just several hours break-in after mounting the AT15SS body, the AT20SS stylus sounds so much better than the(identical in appearance) AT15SS stylus, that I question whether my eBay-purchased AT15SS could have been NOS as advertised. The ... | |
| Review: Audio-Technica USA AUDIO TECHNICA AT-20SS. Cartridge Hi Raul, I've now spent five hours with NOS AT20SS stylus and can confirm the impressive improvement of AT20SS stylus over AT15SS stylus on AT15SS body. While waiting for AT20SS stylus I've been circling through several quite decent MCs, including... | |
| CD vs. Vinyl Shadorne I've got one of those together with a pile of steel needles and shellacs of Amos & Andy and Princeton fight songs. I assure you the Victrola is over-rated outside of Antiques Road Show. | |
| New favorite VINYL Album? Koegz sure got it right with "The Suburbs". Best of the year so far. I don't hear the gross compression that some have criticised. More like a slight softness from the vintage tube multitracking. Rich, dense, detailed mix with warm bottom end. Deb... | |
| Review: Audio-Technica USA AUDIO TECHNICA AT-20SS. Cartridge Hi Raul, I have been using only the 150pf capacitance of my phono IC. Pending arrival of AT20SS replacement stylus, today I interrupted AT15SS to retry Azden YM-P50VL-- this time with uninterrupted wiring and a prototype light arm wand made of car... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Silvio, fascinating observations to the effect that some classic high-compliance MM/MI designs were ahead of their time in terms of then-available tonearms, and may not play well on even top current tone arms conceived principally for MC. This ele... | |
| How to accomodate a balanced only phono stage ? There is a long thread with digressions on this topic athttp://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1172373006&read&keyw&balanced&&st50Gain is not lost in single-ended vs. balanced wiring of cartridge, as the voltage outp... | |
| STUPIDLY high resolution pure silver interconnects Another option is soldered termination employing a solder alloy approaching pure silver. I have had conversations with a new cable manufacturer that is taking this approach with a hybrid of precious metals conductors and Oyaide connectors. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Silvio, It would certainly be interesting to revisit those old TAS reviews. As best I can determine, little to none of that archive material is accessible now and is perhaps more difficult to locate than the cartridges themselves.Whatever one... | |
| How to accomodate a balanced only phono stage ? To simplify, the two-pin cartridge coil is inherently a balanced signal generator. On one channel map cartridge Red to XLR pin 2 and cartridge Green to XLR pin 3. On the other channel, map cartridge White to XLR pin 2 and cartridge Blue to XLR pin... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Wayne, for awhile now on my Trans-Fi linear arm I have been lightening parts to reduce horizontal and vertical mass. The effect on high-compliance MM/MI cartridges has always be favorable, and the arm now has what I believe to be the lightest movi... | |
| Review: Audio-Technica USA AUDIO TECHNICA AT-20SS. Cartridge Hi Raul, as break-in of a similar NOS AT15SS continues on my TT I am falling into line with your opinion of these top vintage AT models-- particularly your observation about full-bodied performance. The trade-off between LF & midrange warmth a... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Wayne,Did you find the following discussion, particularly the remarks of the original designer nfalbert (Neil)? He clears up several mysteries regarding 881S and similar Pickering XSV3000. It might be worth contacting him directly with your questi... |