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Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Timeltel,I've heard that the Black Widow with the original (ridiculously high compliance)ADC XLM 1/supra is sublime: assuming the vtf can be set accurately (and, of course, the sun is at the equinox.) 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Hi Raul/John_gordon,I just has another quick thought on the materials and sympathetic resonances issue.I've tried a host of clamps and mats on different tt's and spent much time experimenting with these. It turns out that I can get the best perfor... 
Review: Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood Cartridge
Apologies,Last post is on the wrong thread. 
Review: Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood Cartridge
Hi Raul/John_gordon,I just has another quick thought on the materials and sympathetic resonances issue.I've tried a host of clamps and mats on different tt's and spent much time experimenting with these. It turns out that I can get the best perfor... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Hi John_gordon,We all seem to agree that its not so much what you've got as how you use it! I'm not really affected by the armboard debate as I'm now using an independent arm tower but it does make for interesting discussion.Thanks for your though... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Hi Raul,When I actually think about it, my question need not really apply to armboards as it is difficult to say that one size fits all here or that a secured wooden armboard has to produce any more colourations than a metalic one. My own experien... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Just a quick tip for anyone using the Moerch DP6. The best protractor is the cheap and cheerful Geodisc. You can then fine check with the DB Protractor - assuming a square sided cartridge (for the latter). This really brings the best out of the to... 
A Copernican View of the Turntable System
Stands, cables, cartridge clips, headshells, acoustic treatment/sound proofing, fuses... Regards? 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Hi Raul,"Arm board build material resonances has an influence in what we heard/hear in any audio system but due to the multiple inter-relationship between so many different factros with influence in the quality performance of TT/tonearm/cartidge i... 
Review: Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood Cartridge
Raul,I am really looking forward to hearing the Clear Audio. I say this on the back of a prolonged listening session with my Technics 100Mk4 (VdH/Alex upgraded) cartidge in the Morch DP6 red point precion tonearm. As a key part of this, I played P... 
A Copernican View of the Turntable System
Tutntables, armpods/towers,Speakers, amplilfiers? 
A Copernican View of the Turntable System
Hi Lewm,Yes, I'm referring to the same tt on the Symposium and other products. For me it was a clear improvement: despite my initial (and over enthusiastically voiced!) suspicions concerning air-borne interference with a pneumatic approach. 
A Copernican View of the Turntable System
Hi Ct0517,I tried to send this before but it seemed to fail. If I therefore repeat my self here I can only apologize.My experience with the AT616's beneath a nude Technics SP10 Mk2 found improved performance, particularly in the areas of timbre an... 
Review: Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood Cartridge
Hi Griffithds,Many thanks for responding on this. I've got my fingers crossed that someone has done the comparison and lets us know or that Raul has an opportunity to compare the both and feed back.Fremer and all the other commentators to date hav... 
Review: Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood Cartridge
Raul/Griffithds,I really would appreciate any response on the comparison between the wood and metal versions of the Clearaudio's.Any suggestions appreciated.