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| What is it about spinning vinyl? @mijostyn,Zappa may well have suspected that the idea of linear progression is an illusion as well as a mentality that has wreaked havoc on the planet. But what do I know?Ben Watson, the British scholar who wrote 'The Negative Dialectics of Poodle... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Unfortunately I don't have the playback tools and/or the golden ears of dover and frogman to make a valid judgment call on these audio files. But it's nice that others acknowledge the merits of the FR-3 headshell. For some reason it has a bad rep ... | |
| What is it about spinning vinyl? Interesting variation on ’Everything from Abba to Zappa’, I guess you don’t like Abba? Anyway, it make me put on Trout Mask (on vinyl of course)😎The ritual of putting on a record seems like some sort of magical act, with or without a Magic Band. I... | |
| Benz Micro Glider SL or Acoustical Systems Fidelis Cartridge Just for the record, the Glider is a low output MC with 0,4 mV output, while the Fidelis is a high output MC, delivering 5,5 mV output according to their website. Apart from a similar price these are likely to be very different systems with differ... | |
| Classic Ortofon Cartridges: The MC2000 MK II or the MC3000 MK II? @neonknight playing around with SUT's can be a worthwhile endeavour as an alternative to an active phono amp. In my experience there's no way to predict if a given cartridge will 'like' the phono stage or SUT better, so it's fun every time you 'hi... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 Dear Halcro, as you know we agree on many things, but a 'ban on boron'? I haven't heard any of the ones you mention, but this is rather too categorical. Van den Hul Colibri, Transfiguration Orpheus & Proteus and Ortofon A95 all have boron cant... | |
| Classic Ortofon Cartridges: The MC2000 MK II or the MC3000 MK II? @neonknight the manual of MC5000 says it uses the unique aluminium oxide housing material originally introduced in MC3000. It continues: "Aluminium oxide can be formed into a ceramic substance by sintering at a temperature of 1600 Celsius to becom... | |
| Classic Ortofon Cartridges: The MC2000 MK II or the MC3000 MK II? @neonknight a word of caution about that ’for the fun of it’ attitude, as this has a tendency to get out of control. I’ve got over 40 now and have been telling myself at least 20 times this will be the final one. Of course it’s ridiculous, as my w... | |
| Classic Ortofon Cartridges: The MC2000 MK II or the MC3000 MK II? Ortofon offers an interesting comparison to answer ’to have a body or not, that’s the question’: the A95 versus MC Anna. A95 has a titanium skeleton, while Anna has a voluptuous titanium body of more than twice the weight. Both (no)bodies were mad... | |
| Classic Ortofon Cartridges: The MC2000 MK II or the MC3000 MK II? Raul, it’s true that Ortofon always had a somewhat mundane reputation, at least here in the West. The book released for their 100th Anniversary describes in detail their professional heritage and they did their business accordingly. No brand mysti... | |
| Classic Ortofon Cartridges: The MC2000 MK II or the MC3000 MK II? The MC30 was Ortofon's highest achievement before the arrival of MC2000, introducing some important innovations as mentioned by Raul. It was a real statement product that initially came in a luxury leather attaché case, complete with test record. ... | |
| Zappa Recommendations ? @stuartk There are many reasons to hold FZ in high regard as a musical force, but his complete disregard and rejection of the high culture/low culture divide is certainly one of them. These cultural categories are associated with class, status and... | |
| Classic Ortofon Cartridges: The MC2000 MK II or the MC3000 MK II? @neonknight You are correct about Mutech. The RM-Kanda has the same body as Transfiguration Orpheus. Both brands aim for a combination of highest possible output and lowest possible impedance and seem to share some design principles as well. Coinc... | |
| Classic Ortofon Cartridges: The MC2000 MK II or the MC3000 MK II? Lewm, I was exaggerating as well in order to make the distinction. The MC7500 is every bit as neutral as MC2000, but the stylus profile demands more attention to bring it out. It's thrown out of neutral more easily so to speak. What gives it a (po... | |
| Classic Ortofon Cartridges: The MC2000 MK II or the MC3000 MK II? I also have the Rohmann and it's interesting to compare it to MC7500. Same cantilever and stylus, but different coils and different body material. While the Rohmann is a really nice cartridge, the MC7500 is in another league. It confirms that cant... |