dimitry
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul,MK2 sounds excellent. I would seek it, but that would require a new table and I am really out of space.We seem to agree that one can get excellent results with and without tonearm damping. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul,I looked up the EPA tonearms and they are clearly well-engineered 70s-80s designs with typical Technics approach.They have Titanium Nitride shaft, which is very stiff and light, ruby ball bearings and variable low frequency damping. That is v... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Chakster,I am at point where only front loading tables work, space-wise. These Sonys and FL77s with Biotracer tangent arms are very compact and very good. They cost about $200-$300.My primary tables (other than Rega P9), are two FL77s sandwiched b... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thank you for good advice!Are there published specifications for this model?It seems very appealing...it will be plugged into the same preamp as Soundsmith Boheme, which is MI...both in the same Sony tables. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Finally, an important question for the group. I "cleverly" found space for an eighth turntable in my main system. Given the following current needles used, which should i consider for addition?Technics EPC-P205Cmk3Technics EPS-310MCKoetsu Rosewood... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul,Your first response to my post on stiffness/damping is confusing.Your second response seizes on a single phrase ("holy grail") and attempts to use it to prove that you are right. Its a bad rhetorical habbit.By stiff/damped, i don't mean a cle... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? In a mass limited system, such as a tonearm, one has to decide how to use the available mass. One option is put it all toward rigidity, which makes the resonant modes as high in frequency as possible. An alternative is to put a portion of the mass... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Let me try to put this damped/undamped debate to rest. I am an MIT trained aerospace engineer with over 30 years experience in R&D.Undamped systems have higher amplitude ringing (high Q), but very narrow power bandwidth. Damped systems exhibit... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thank you, Raul.My interest in having different tables and cartridges is to experience differences in sound, as opposed to "seeking the best." After 30+ years in this hobby, i seek a range of expression. Hence i decided i need a great vintage AT m... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? What an impressively massive conversation! It took me a month to just scan it.My interest in vintage cartridges is based on availability of advanced technologies in the 80s that are not really available today as well as excellent prices you can of... | |
| Phono cable and preamp for soundsmith Carmen mk2 For tonearm DIN connector, LPGear makes several well priced low cap cables. For RCA output jacks, Blue Jean cable (their standard offering) is as low cap as one can get in reasonable size. | |
| FM antennas.............Does ANBODY still make them? For indoor or attic use, Godar line of antennas are pretty much the best, short of seruous motorized installations. I am a dedicated raduo enthusiast - 4 FM tuners, HD, XM, SW and use that line excusively. | |
| Exact Power EP-15A Operational Question In my case, the subs are actually not big power hogs - these are class D amps type units and used "passively" to fill in the very low frequencies below what the Quads can do - at moderate listening levels - I think they take something like 60W per... | |
| Exact Power EP-15A Operational Question Thanks, I am going to hook an amp per side to see if I like that configuration better. Perhaps the best solution is to have three units - one each for the amps/subs per side and a third for front end components. If I see a new silver one coming up... | |
| Modifications on ASL Hurricane 200 DT ? Sounds like you have great plans !The modifications on my amplifiers were all coupling caps (front and side, so to speak) to MIT RTX and silver wire to from the jacks to the front end. I don't think he did anything else. I replaced the binding pos... |