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| Back To Static! According to Analog Relax simply removing a record from the jacket can generate 3-20000v of static electricity. Dust in the air is attracted to the static and will land on your record.They say there are 2 types of static cause Peeling Electrificat... | |
| Can Yamaha MC-5 and MC-9 cartridges be re-tipped? @yogiboy The MC-9 was a hundred dollar cartridge when new. It had an elliptical shaped stylus. It was most likely made by Audio- Technica. I think you would be better off getting a new cartridge than paying the expense of retipping!!SSSHHHHH - som... | |
| My stereo is haunted!! You should swap your speaker cables left to right ( at speaker end only ).If the problem stays in the right speaker - then either the speaker has issues or it is picking up rf from somewhere. Possible speaker issue could be faulty caps or bad sold... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 @halcro Awesome, well done. | |
| Calling all Sota fans. Personally if you are in the US I think they are a great buy, and very good, much better than any of the VPI's.I had the Vacuum Sota/ET2 combo in the late 80's - and I'd buy another today. Its only really been beaten by my Final Audio VTT1 which w... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 @halcro The Constable cancelled my Licence for 6 months there and then, and proceeded to unscrew the car's plates which were confiscated for 3 months.I asked him if I should further punish the 'guilty' car when I got it back home ...😂He was not am... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 @halcro @frogman Re headshell comparison.Yes.Apart from the qualifier that, for me, MM cartridges are like green eggs and ham.So with my mac air & Air buds circa 2012..With the FR3 shell I can hear the initial rosiny striking of the bow on Ott... | |
| Technics or Kuzma turntable. The Stabi R is not the Kuzma to get. You want the Stabi Ref 2 or the Stabi M.@mijostynWhere did you hear a comaprison of the 3 Kuzma TT's or is this a fantasy in your head like many of your posts.@garkat62In actual fact the Stabi R and the Stabi M... | |
| Classic Ortofon Cartridges: The MC2000 MK II or the MC3000 MK II? @lewm Dover, "Forever"? Really?Yes - check your American-English Merriam-Webster dictionary,its an adverb, see defnition number 2forever adverbfor·ev·er | \ fə-ˈre-vər , fȯ-; Southern often fə-ˈe-və \Definition of forever (Entry 1 of 2)1: for ... | |
| Marantz 8B Conversion to Triode Mode Help @peterf6It seems sacrilege to me to do this conversion.I am curious as to why you are comptemplating this change.The output transformers have been optimised for ultralinear operation. When a designer lays down the design parameters for an output t... | |
| Classic Ortofon Cartridges: The MC2000 MK II or the MC3000 MK II? @lewm If you and Raul believe that an aluminum oxide by itself can qualify as a ceramic after appropriate processing, ok.Thats not what I said. Nowhere did I say "after appropriate processing".I dont know why, but you are forever rephrasing other... | |
| Classic Ortofon Cartridges: The MC2000 MK II or the MC3000 MK II? No one talk of that formal ceramic definition. Actually transition metal oxides such as aluminium oxide are referred to in materials engineering as ceramic.@lewm Ceramic material is an inorganic, non-metallic, often crystalline oxide, nitride, or ... | |
| The Miller Carbon Story millercarbon OP10,409 posts08-07-2021 1:16pmFunny you should mention, this thread is sort of a dual-purpose. For sure the Miller Carbon is a fine table, and should provide years of listening pleasure to whoever buys it. For me it is as you say tim... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 @mijostynYou misunderstand our antipodean humour - @halcro and I have great mutual respect | |
| The Miller Carbon Story @millercarbon There never was any indication this thread was about "how to do it" or "this is the best" the thread is simply a discussion of how this table came to be and got to where it is. Apologies - didn't realise you only wanted to hear from ... |