dogberry
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| A Second Tonearm on an SME Model 10 Why, thank you, Raul! | |
| Why don't we tire of music? @mulveling There's a plausible reason to suggest that most of the regulars on sites like this have never had to worry about losing their virginity.... | |
| Anti skating SME V On all four arms? | |
| A Second Tonearm on an SME Model 10 Second table done today: Not so much a matter of heroics, but being cheap. I see SME now sell a dual arm version of the Model 12, for £15k, so a pair would be $29.6k CDN after tax. These cost me nearly nothing as I already had the tonearm panel... | |
| 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. |