eldartford
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| MM to MC back to MM Jmaldonado...I bought the service manual, so I have the schematic. | |
| Equilizer to reduce surface noise on bad records? An equalizer is a "brute force" solution. Preamps once had "scratch filters" that basically rolled of response around 6000 Hz. This will help with the continuous surface noise, but won't help pops and clicks. Various electronic devices were develo... | |
| MM to MC back to MM Jmaldonado...As I said in a prior comment, at least one such preamp exists (Tandberg 3008A). There are just 2 gain stages and only a couple of resistors differ between the MC and the MM circuits so as to adjust gain. (Of course the inputs have loa... | |
| MM to MC back to MM Rauliruegas....What can you say about the other cartridge technologies.Ceramic (Piezoelectric)..Using this technology very cheap cartridges could be made, but a few true High Fidelity ones were also made. Capacitive...Tracked at one gram when othe... | |
| MM to MC back to MM Ctm_cra...For clarification...the Tandberg preamp has two complete phono preamps built in. I don't think this is common, although there may be others. One approach is the have an additional booster stage that the MC goes through before the MM circ... | |
| Vinyl Outselling CD Nrostov...perhaps you didn't notice, but I was agreeing with you. | |
| Earth Lift Resistor If you are worried plug your system into a ground fault interrupter outlet. A GFI outlet detects if the current in the return wire is different from current in the hot wire. If so, power is going to ground through an unintended path (like your arm... | |
| Vinyl Outselling CD Nrostov...ALL technology (including vinyl). I imagine that today's buggy whips are much improved. | |
| Vinyl Outselling CD The fact that vinyl techonolgy has been around much longer than digital does not mean that it is more mature. The PACE of technology advancement has greatly increased, so that a period of ten years today is equivalent to 50 or more a hundred years... | |
| MM to MC back to MM Ctm_cra...Regarding the use of different phono preamps...I have a Tandberg preamp that has two completely separate phono stages in it which you choose using the input selector switch. The two phono stages are, except for a few resistors that set g... | |
| MM to MC back to MM Once upon a time I had an Ortofon MC, and then I had several Signet cartridges. Every time I needed a stylus replacement I found out that my model was no longer supported, but they would make me this real good deal on a new one that only cost, (be... | |
| 1A fuse instead of 1/2A fuse: any problem? Fuses DON'T blow at their rating. The rating is the current they will carry forever (almost). As current increases over the rating, the time until the fuse blows decreases. A half amp fuse will, depending on type, blow quite quickly at one amp, wh... | |
| Chicago’s Apollo Chorus records Handel’s Messiah I must admit that my favorite Messiah is the Beecham recording from 1959. The LP issue is stereo but was cut at too low a level, and was noisy, but the CD reissue is greatly improved, and responds well to 3-channel or multichannel playback. Someti... | |
| 30 Years, 5 Cities, Many Storms - Not One Failure Thefalls1117..."Hits to his house". Really? Not just a surge/spike on the line? If so insurance might cover damage. It did when a tree about 30 feet from my house was hit. Although no audio equipment was damaged, TV sets, VCR, control module on re... | |
| 30 Years, 5 Cities, Many Storms - Not One Failure I am also skeptical of all the hype about "conditioning" the AC power. Maybe I am just lucky to live in a rural area, and have audio equipment with good power supplies, but I have been unable to hear any degradation as a result of noise on the ac ... |