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| List of most high end analog active crossovers ever made. I used a Marchand XM44 when I had Castle Winchester speakers and bi-amped them. Perfectly satisfactory, at least until I discovered ESLs! | |
| Anti skating SME V These SME arms have the usual set-up for spring-loaded anti-skate: turn a dial until it is set to a number corresponding to the VTF in grams. My issue is that doing this appears to be inaccurate—the stylus touches down and skates inwards into the ... | |
| Review: Aidas Mammoth Gold mk2 MC cartridge I’m sure it sounds wonderful. But I’m not at all sure the materials science would support equivalence between freshly butchered elephant ivory and frozen-in-permafrost for 30,000 years mammoth ivory. That rather brings a new perspective to "cryo t... | |
| Anti skating SME V Got a reply from SME: Dear Chris, Thank you for your email to Elaine. The anti skate spring can only be fitted / calibrated here at the factory due to unique tooling and measurement equipment used. If you would like to send the arms for check... | |
| Anti skating SME V Normally I rather laugh at people who re-awaken zombie threads, but this was the first hit on a search for "SME V IV anti-skate"! I searched because I have been finding it awkward to set the anti-skate of late, so to be a bit more scientific about... | |
| Review: Aidas Mammoth Gold mk2 MC cartridge Given that mammoth ivory has hardly been extensively studied for its sonic properties, I assume a cartridge body made from it is made for the same reasons I have three custom straight razors scaled with it: it looks pretty and it confers bragging ... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms @pindac Your comments not only accord with my experience of the SME V and IV, but they also fit the official story: the Series V came out first, and had selected parts. The Series IV came out later, and had off the line parts that might not quite ... | |
| Lowest priced MC thats better than a Premium MM? Why do people choose a cheap MC over a good MM/MI? I don't think there is a benefit by doing so. In my experience a 1k MM/MI is about the level of a 5k LOMC, and no worry about buying an SUT or a phono stage that copes with LOMC. Is moving coil s... | |
| Best investment; cartridge or line stage? Mmmm. OP wondered about cartridge or (not line but corrected) phono stage. And now he is looking for a new tonearm. Who shall take responsibility if the advice does not work? Maybe you are all correct, but if it were your cash on the line? | |
| Crackle and hiss on some albums A record can never be too clean. | |
| Some cartridge recommendations I have an SUT over $1k in cost, and MC cartridges costing many times more than that. I'd say a Nagaoka MP-500 is the best and cheapest way to get where you want to go. | |
| Turntable Cartridge upgrade question. Whatever you end up doing, I hope it suits you well. I happen to disagree with this: The answer is: pretty much any good brand and quality MC outperforms good quality MM. - as I have some MI cartridges that will give any MC a run for their mon... | |
| Cartridge Change Overhang Difference-Fixed Headshell Perhaps I'm being thick, but if there is a difference in stylus placement once the two cartridges are mounted on your SME arm, don't you deal with that by sliding the arm in its base? The protractor used simply means you end up with the same geome... | |
| Humminguru record cleaner Moonwatcher, to your post of 2/13, please re-read my post about “ultrasonic “ STYLUS cleaners. They are not ultrasonic. They operate at around 500 Hz. Of course, US cleaners for LPs are ultrasonic. That’s all I was saying. @lewm Though just to ... | |
| Any Vertere Acoustics owners out there that could provide feedback on the Super Grove? "Super Grove" - Sir Charles? When I was a student I had him as a patient at UCH after a heart attack. |