dgarretson
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| 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... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul,I ordered one this morning from LP Gear. Do you think that is a "secure source" for NOS 20SS?http://www.lpgear.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=LG&Product_Code=ATSAT0020SSThanks,Dave | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil A low-TCR resistor like TX2575 sounds detailed, clear & quiet in the manner of a good coupling cap. However it is tricky to compare the effect of a resistor swap to a cap swap, as there are more resistors in path(at least in electronics) and t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Raul, That's two thumbs up. I concur with 1.4g VTF. From what I can gather, AT20SS may be the same as my AT15SS except for QC and hand calibration. At 15 hrs. I am starting to hear the fine qualities of which you speak. VTA is still quite posit... |