dogberry
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| 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... | |
| 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... |