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| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? Surely tension/release is a neurological matter rather then one created by a skilled orchestra, a good venue or a fine cartridge? We talk of joyful music, sad music and so on, but we are simply describing the emotions it engenders in our minds, no... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? Sadly, the London Decca Reference cartridge is no longer available. The new owner tells me he hopes to have them back in production, along with a new version by August of this year. Perhaps then there will be no need for a few lone voices in th... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? Maybe, but we might be asking ourselves who is being a bully here? | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? As a child, the record player at home had a ceramic cartridge, and when I bought my first amplifier (in 1976), one could select ceramic or magnetic inputs on it. Excuse my ignorance, but I'm assuming there were separate inputs as they have differi... | |
| Lehmann Audio Black Cube crackling in the acoustics Ah, I meant the power circuit, not the network. If there is a noise when the fans in the bathroom turn on it might be transmitted via the power supply. Some people go as far as to use a separate circuit from the panel to the sockets supplying the ... | |
| Lehmann Audio Black Cube crackling in the acoustics Is this a new problem and things previously worked in that house? If so, not household wiring. If present for phono only, but not other sources, it comes down to table, cartridge, Cube. If other sources, amp should be included in suspects. If pre... | |
| Think I ruined stylus Some of my larger cartridges physically impinge upon the large SME clamp sitting on top of the label, which makes for a rude awakening if the music has soothed my savage breast. I had not thought of that as an advantage, but now I shall try. How'... | |
| Phono preamp with multiple inputs?? Suggestions please!! My table grounds go to the pre-amp, and the phono grounds (SME cables provide both separately) go to the phono stage. Only one table ground from each table is connected to the pre-amp, to avoid ground loops. | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? The best LOMC I have (LP-S) is close to the sound of the London Decca Reference, but the Decca wins. If I had to live forever with just the Sussurro or the MP-500 I would cope just fine. | |
| Phono preamp with multiple inputs?? Suggestions please!! I have a Musical Fidelity NuVista Vinyl which can take up to five inputs, each configured either as MM or MC, with lots of loading options for resistance and capacitance, and remembers all the settings during power off. The funny thing is that I ... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? There isn't a definitive answer to this, Raul. Everything is a trade-off. There is likely an aphorism to be made out of "dynamics, details, low cost - pick any two"! For me, I'm very happy to use my MI cartridges that can go up against more expen... | |
| A GOOD dry record cleaning device If the records have been washed, what you are doing after that is dust removal. I do that bit without touching the disc, firstly removing static with a Furutech Destat III and then, once dust is no longer attracted to the vinyl surface, blow it of... | |
| Vibration Question Meanwhile, I shall enjoy both the music and the (pleasing) distortions. | |
| Vibration Question The chest is old and crudely made, with a very thick top, and seasoned since sometime in the 1600s. But undoubtedly, you are right, @pindac, there must be effects of percussing a drum-like surface like the top of it. Given that the top of the ches... | |
| Vibration Question Done. The pods holding the Grado are silent, as are those holding the Soundsmith. However, if I tap very hard (like percussing a chest, which I suppose I am, in a way) with two fingers I can hear something with the volume turned up to Quad-destruc... |