dogberry
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| Ultrasonic record cleaners I find proper record cleaning is just about the biggest upgrade I’ve ever experienced. What good is a decent table and a lovely cartridge if the record is dirty? I am constantly surprised at how quiet—often silent—a record can be despite age and h... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @dover Agreed. The Sussurro MkII sounds best in the MC input with loading set to 800Ω. Even then, it isn't in the running for World's Best. Writing this I wonder if I should have tried that trick with the Grado Statement 3. Its 1mV output is rathe... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? The top four members of Soundsmith's range are all low output (0.4mV) despite being MI like the rest of the range. They are recommended for use with an MC input or SUT. | |
| Moving Iron Adventures A DD TT with an AC motor being rather awkward. Some people have tried shielding the motor with mu-metal. Oddly, I have never heard any hum with my Deccas, but they are of the newer type, with proper bodies and four pins. They don't seem to mind m... | |
| Moving Iron Adventures I'm no expert on the older Deccas, but there is as much or more information than anyone might need in this 290 page thread: | |
| Moving Iron Adventures The older Deccas often required some special voodoo to tame or obviate their hum. Some of it was related to the common ground of the three-pin versions, some because of the thin pressed metal shell. So trying various ground configurations and doin... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? Even if I had a dealer nearby, I think I would prefer to learn to install them and adjust them myself (as I have). If you rely on the dealer you aren't going to be able to swap cartridges on a whim when you want to compare them. | |
| Moving Iron Adventures Markus, This is what I wrote about it: I spent three hours today looking over the shoulder of a skillful repairman as he dissected a Quad 2905. It takes about 20 minutes to get the speaker stripped down to the point where you can see and test t... | |
| Moving Iron Adventures I understand the Statement 3 belonged to the lower tier of Grado cartridges, but they felt it was sounding good enough to be promoted to the Lineage series along with the Epoch 3 and the Aeon 3. I'm very pleased to hear that the Epoch 3 does so mu... | |
| Moving Iron Adventures Thank you for your kind thoughts! It's hard to remember now exactly why I bought the Kontrapunkt C. I had gone from a Shure V15VxMR on a Rega P3, to the SME 10 initially with an M10 arm, then a Series V arm, then a Benz Micro Wood H2 and then the ... | |
| Moving Iron Adventures It probably doesn't belong here, but my involvement in the weed thing was entirely accidental (yes, your Honour, it was an accident, I swear...) A funny story and one I'm happy to relate elsewhere. Believe it or not, I have never touched the stuff... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? Ah. After three or four days with the Grado Statement 3 on one table, I now have gone back for one album on the other table, with a London Reference (I don't know the reduced VTF made a massive difference) on it. Supertramp's Indelibly Stamped. Fo... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? Will do. Maybe it will last a bit longer with the lower VTF. Edit: gone from 1.9g down to 1.67g according to my scale. We'll see. It's utterly unfair to people floundering around wondering what's best when they can't hear this! | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @noromance Sorry, I need to correct my senility-infused confusion. Should read "tail slightly up." Much better highs and leading edge snap. I’m delighted with my Reference (or Jubilee) with the rear end very slightly down, as judged by the li... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? I second that. There's good information on this forum, but it is often hidden behind a smokescreen of verbiage from a prolix few. I started here in 2007, but was unable re-activate my old account. Things haven't changed much. |