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| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Plinko,I wouldn't make too much of that. Look at the mean frequency. You got a better test record, that's most of it. This app is useless for sorting the great from the pack. Still, an excellent performance from your WTT.Regards, | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Griff,Even though these vivid and shibata have the same tip dimensions (6/75um), the shibata still has that different facet, front to back. The vivid should sound more like a fine line or LC without the curved contact area. It's been my experienc... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Griff,I believe that sweetness has to do with phase. The shibata tip has a different facet on the back as on the front. That makes the contact area curved as the record spins. Ortofon has been using the shibata for a long time to voice their cart... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Ottoman,Interesting manual of the MF100. I notice on page 6 inductance is 90mH - remarkably low. Reminiscent of the Signet TK9/10 series of 85mH, but quite different design. Thanks for posting it.Regards, | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Some months ago I bought a Signet MR5.0 ML I really bought it for the beryllium/ML stylus, hoping it still has life. The MR5.0 series has a 490mH generator similar to a 440/120 or a 155, 160 etc. I lucked out on that one. The stylus sounds go... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game The Miyajima Zero is a scary cart. My mono reissues (many Japanese) are irreplaceable. That cart tracks at 3.5g (4g max) with a spherical tip and will tear up a stereo groove. Seems like a bad idea. Wonder how many hours till the tip wears out.... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Two carts for sale: http://www.ebay.com/itm/231749676413?rmvSB=true&afsrc=1&rmvSB=truehttp://www.topclassaudio.com/web/eng/used_product_details.jsp?gid=7825 | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game If a cart has vertical compliance it is not tracking only horizontally. The question is, the how and why of vertical rejection. Does the cart actually avoid the pitfalls of a stereo cart + mono switch as described in their literature? They repeate... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game A true mono cart is one with no vertical compliance. Such carts usually track at more than 3g. Tip size is another factor. A 1 mil tip can be used on a stereo record, but I wouldn't want one tracking with excessive weight. For a discussion of this... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Lew,I tried the test again, with a Victor Z-1E cart going into the Mitsu. I cleaned the Mozart again and it wasn't nearly as noisy. Maybe the stylus mucked out the groove? Results were not as dramatic. The mono switch took care of most clicks/pops... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Lew,I'll try the mono switch again. It did help, but not like a mono cart. Something to consider - there is always a difference between channels with a stereo cart. Any small azimuth difference will contribute, as will skating. There is no perfect... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game The mono switch on most preamps will function with any source, not just phono. In one of those links they were talking about some separate phono stages which include a mono switch. If you try to duplicate this with Y adaptors there are impedance/l... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Lew, I suspect a mono MM/MI does not have better vertical rejection than a mono MC. This is due to relying on the magnetic field for determining cantilever direction, but this is a guess. How they work is confusing and that's why I tried to descri... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Lewm,I wasn't quoting you. I was quoting Johnny, and that was about the construction of a mono microgroove. However, your contention that a modern mono cartridge is a stereo cart with the channels bridged, is incorrect.I can see how you might thin... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Whoa, I lost track of this thread and there's some misinformation here.*Modern mono pressings are pressed like stereo pressings--horizontal modulations for one channel, vertical modulations for the other channel.* Modern mono pressings are microgr... |