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| Problem with turntable/cartridge? Your Benz Micro H2 has 2.5mv output and is designed to run into a MM input. Loading should be 47k.The other thing to check is the VTA, from memory my friends Benz Glider on a Rega required either a 1.5mm or 2mm spacer under the arm pillar to get t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? According to AJ Conti changing to a heavier counterweight closer to the pivot point will lower the effective mass - it is counterintuitive. To increase EM you need to split the counterweight into multiples and distribute some weight further back b... | |
| Tonearm suggestions The RB1000 is much better built than the Audiomods, but is more difficult to do VTA as it requires spacers under the arm base. For your deck I think the RB1000 will give better performance. I've heard both arms and would consider the RB1000 to be ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lewm, I think you've highlighted the folly of fashion - wooden arms and tonearm's hanging on a string. These are literally TONE arms, as in tone controls, providing little rigidity to ensure the stylus is measuring the groove modulations accuratel... | |
| Speaker recommendations for JRDG Model 6 + BPS-6 Hi, yes I can understand the aesthetics issue. If I had the funds I would buy the Canterbury's and then go and get new cabinets made with the same internal volume/port configuration but with a narrower front panel and deeper profile in a modern st... | |
| Goldfinger Statement, Lyra Atlas or Ortofon Anna? You might want to consider your cabling rather than cartridge. No matter how much drive your preamp has once you go beyond 2-3 metres you are running into signal loss or attenuation of the high frequencies at least. I would suggest MIT Oracle inte... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? And of course the most rigid joint, between headshell and tonearm, is that where none exists, ceteris paribus. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Integrated headshells - storm in a teacup.Advantages - eliminates one mechanical connection if using a detachable headshell tonearm.Disadvantages - can only align correctly if you are using the intended matching tonearm and alignment preferences. ... | |
| Speaker recommendations for JRDG Model 6 + BPS-6 Friend of mine had some Model 6's with BPS, Synergy II, Meridian 800 CD, ran them with Tannoy 15" GRF's, effortless, smooth, detailed and superbly musical.Try some Canterbury's if they are in your range. | |
| Cartridge Upgrade for Rega P-25 Table For $1350 plus your Rega P25 you should have enough to buy a VPI Classic - new TT and better arm or Scout II.Alternately the cheapest upgrade for the P25 would be Rega power supply and groovetracer bearing/platter which would yield significant imp... | |
| Tube Preamp Paired with Tube Phono Stage? Actusreus, As far as I know the input impedance of an amplifier will have ramifications in the first gain stage with regard to bandwidth, gain etc. Therefore the chosen input impedances provided by any particular phono stage may have as much to do... | |
| Worlds best DAC And further to the above, the other digital system which I can listen to uses a power amp similar in architecture to the Devialet D-Premier which is supposedly the first product to feature a new form of amplification called ADH® (Analogue/Digital ... | |
| Worlds best DAC Other than the non oversampling school such as Zanden, check out the Orpheus Heritage, built by Anagram Technologies, uses their most advanced chip sets which are not available to any other manufacturers.Unfortunately no digital will ever sound an... | |
| Tube Preamp Paired with Tube Phono Stage? My experience is as per Lewm's and Syntax. I run MC's into 47k tube preamp, Marantz 7 modded, which although it is only 60db TOTAL gain, can easily handle MC's 0.3mv up with no noise. I also had a Klyne 7 which seems to emulate tube pre's in that ... | |
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