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| Static attack! Time to get the humidifiers going Once cleaned, the only thing I want to touch my records is the stylus. So if there is a visible speck of dust or a skin flake on the record (a new problem since I now have GVHD skin rashes) I use a photographic blower brush (one of the big ones, l... | |
| Moving Iron Adventures And after all that......GOOD NEWS! Don't know who that is, nor if armatures are to be made again, but this is excellent news! | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @lewm I owe you thanks. I tried the same process with the Grado Statement 3 and it has transformed the cartridge from being a boring but honest into a spirited creature that just about beats out the Sussurro. It likes 100Ω best of all. I put the g... | |
| Moving Iron Adventures Having heard the Sussurro MkII transformed by treating it as an MC and playing with the resistive loading, I had to do the same with the Grado Statement 3. This has an output of 1mV, which could be treated as MM or MC. I have used it as an MM, but... | |
| Ultrasonic record cleaners I have modified my practice as a result of reading Neil's thoughts (I must have missed it in the book, if it was there). I now de-gas each morning before cleaning my first disk. And that is not some sordid reference to the bathroom. So far, I can... | |
| Cartridge burn-in The bloody hard thing is to know when to dismiss a cartridge as...err...not what you wanted. I can agree that they continue to change for up to 100 hours. Most of the change will be heard in the first 20 hours. But if there are cartridges that are... | |
| Ultrasonic record cleaners Fer Gawd's sake, don't tell Fremer about jeweller's putty! | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @mijostyn You must have caught Peter L. in his cups to make such damaging admissions! | |
| Ultrasonic record cleaners @chowkwan @pindac I believe you are correct to say that very clean records will prolong stylus life. One my cartridges that have cantilevers (an odd statement to some of you, I suppose) I do use an "ultrasonic" stylus cleaner - it isn't ultrasonic... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @lewm Soundsmith, as you may know, recommend using an MC input with 63dB gain. Loading is to be a minimum of 470Ω, as anything lower results in loss of high frequencies. 470 - 1000Ω is suggested. I have the option of 10, 25, 50, 100, 400, 800, 12... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? If you mean me, @lewm , I think it is at its best at 800Ω. I had previously tried it as an MM input, with the volume cranked up and it didn't matter what the capacitative load was set at. Turns out one should RTFM. Even set as an MC input, with s... | |
| 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... |