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| Luxman releasing a MC cart in Japan There's not much info, but it seems LMC-1 and LMC-2 were interesting cartridges. At the time LMC stood for Linear Magnetic-field Coil and not for Luxman Moving Coil as would be the more obvious assumption. Both were low output / low impedance as w... | |
| EMT 75th Anniversary series... TSD75 SFL ... and a bit of history. Thanks Chak, interesting information. I really had no idea there were so many variations. It appears that the new owners of the brand have taken more than a hint from Ortofon with the introduction of all these Anniversary and 'special' editions. A... | |
| Is going from a Ortofon Candenza Black to a Ortofon Winfield a lateral move? Hi, the Replicant 100 stylus has a longer history than you think. I'm not sure, but I believe it was introduced with the MC 3000 mk2, back in the early 90's. It's a rather complex profile not unlike the Gyger FG1 (and vdHul S1) and usually reserve... | |
| EMT 75th Anniversary series... TSD75 SFL ... and a bit of history. Well yes, sort of. My Boulder 1008 has the facility to tailor the load impedance to any required value up to 1000 ohms, but unfortunately it offers just one gain level (70dB for MC). This is well suited to (very) low output systems and even the Or... | |
| what are some of best tonearms you own or experience with. @OP: as a ’one arm’ solution I would include Audiocraft AC-3300/4400 on your list. It offers a wide choice of interchangeable armpipes (including ones specifically dedicated to EMT and SPU ’A’ types), various counterweights as well as adjustable o... | |
| EMT 75th Anniversary series... TSD75 SFL ... and a bit of history. @chakster I’ve used EMT XSD 15 SFL (SME bajonet) and Thorens MCH I retipped with vdH stylus (EMT bajonet with Ortofon adapter). They’re archetypical systems and the basic design platform for many well regarded MC designers, like vdHul and Benz in ... | |
| Copper, silver, or gold MC cartridge coils? @rauliruegas vdHul used platinum wire for the coils in a short lived series of the Colibri (discontinued as consistent high quality platinum wire apparently was no longer available). As for Koetsu and Lyra, I always understood that they use(d) pl... | |
| Copper, silver, or gold MC cartridge coils? The closest I got to comparing coil materials in a more or less level playing field was hearing three different vdHul Colibri’s in the same arm (Reed 3P 12" Cocobolo) in immediate succession: XCP (copper coils, plastic body) XGW (gold coils, wood ... | |
| Another review of a tweaked Denon DL-103R ??? Oh no! Boring? Surely not! Please read it! The general opinion appears to be that the Denon DL103 ’motor’ is good enough to use as a foundation for cartridges with ’higher aspirations’. Its basic performance is held back by an old fashioned aluminum cantilever / conical stylus arrangement ... | |
| Looking for tonearm inspiration Chak, as I understand it the Pro version of the FR64/66fx is simply one that comes without the anti-skating device. A bit of a mystery actually, ’cause why should a pro user go without it and us regular folks supposedly need it and cartridge manuf... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms I don’t know the source of Dover’s piece of information, but Ikeda San’s recommendations should always be taken seriously. Indeed, for my silver wired FR64S I get great results with Kimber KS-1216 copper tonearm cable into Ortofon T-3000 silver wi... | |
| JBL 43xx va Harbeth 40.x @crustycoot, interesting observation. There's definitely a similarity in the sonic presentation (which you so aptly described) of old 'new england' speakers (like AR) and certain new 'old england' speakers (like Harbeth). I would say Maggies are a... | |
| Proteus compared to MSL ultra eminent ex The Benz has a low 1 ohm internal impedance, but at the cost of the output, which according to the specs is only 0.1 mV, half that of the Proteus. Considering your noise issues this might be a risky choice.It seems I’ve been accused of misinformat... | |
| Proteus compared to MSL ultra eminent ex FYI, the Air Tight and MSL cartridges are both designed by Matsudeira (if that is the correct spelling), as was the aforementioned Audiocraft AC-03 and even earlier models like the Entré EC-30. Based on my own personal experience with the last two... | |
| Proteus compared to MSL ultra eminent ex I've read reports that Transfiguration has folded, so the Proteus is now out of production. But it seems there's still some stock floating about, so grab em while you can! |