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| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Dover,Your "rules" apply to belt drive tables and seem inappropriate here. How is a DD motor mounted on a separate platform? Using a plinth or subchassis does not necessarily maintain mounting distance better than separate pods.Regards, | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Lewm,There's another side of this coin. A rigid coupling of the arm pivot and main bearing, has greater potential to degrade. DD motor vibrations will be more easily transmitted to the arm. A strict relationship between arm and platter can be main... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Thuchan,Contemplating a DD non-suspended table, I disagree with Dover. In this case mass/weight is used to insure the platter is not a moving target, and the mounting surface for both arm pod and platter is potentially a superior "closed loop" sys... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? If the table has a suspension it's necessary to have the arm move with the platter.If there is no suspension the advantage of a subchassis (structure that connects arm pod to the main bearing) is convenience. The disadvantage is, vibrations are us... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Griff,I'm also not a big fan of line stages. Your solution for gain is certainly novel. The BAT has built-in SUT's for additional gain, consequently you're running a head amp + SUT + phono stage? Regards, | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timeltel,Although interrelated, I suspect it's really a problem of too little gain, rather than sensitivity. Sensitivity is the amount of voltage required for full output. Voltage varies with velocity, but assuming a high quality stage, if you had... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Prof,Distant? An unexpected description. Loading issue is doubtful, more likely a worn tip, especially if you're using the same stylus for both. I guess it's possible the magnets could be weakening, but less likely.The elliptical tip has the sm... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Prof,You can pretty much tell what it is from the output. The old 4-ch carts were 2.7mV, approx. - 350mH and 500 DC. The desirable 15/20 family were all 2.7mV, but inductance ranged from 350 to 450mH. The 20SS was actually 450 (according to Dlalou... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Halcro,I didn't suggest you were attacking Raul's rights. I merely stated that he addressed the Signet TK7_ etc. Your inclusion of the TK3Ea made your post an easy target. Perhaps I went too far in mentioning that, but it was accurate. The 490mH g... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Professor,Not quite: TK7LCa - 550mH, 800 DC beryllium/LCTK5Ea - 550mH, 800 DC tapered/.2 x .7TK3Ea - 490mH, 780 DC straight/.3 x .7 (nude) The 20SS is lower inductance. All the 4-ch carts were low inductance, like the 12S and 14S. I don't remember... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Halcro, Not sure how you established I never heard a TK7LCa, but the notion is erroneous. I chose the TK10MLII over any TK7 because of theoretical reasons, and it was TOTL. I sold Signet, we had it on demo and a friend had a 7LC, so I heard it man... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Halcro,In fairness to Raul, I seem to remember specific criticism, why the TK7LCa was not recommended. While the 5Ea, 7Ea, 7SU, and 7LCa share the same body and your opinion may differ with stylus substitution, none of those other relatively high ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks Griff. I thought there might be more discussion/opinions. Awhile back, Luckydog posted on Karma that strapping a cart in series rather than parallel, will give true mono output.Can't say I understand this, but I thought I'd test it. I'll ha... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Haven't heard anything more about the JVC MM's. Griff loaned me an X1 for awhile and I found it most interesting. I haven't tried the Z1/SAS. It seems, there's much love for this combo. Nothing to say?neo/fleib | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Lew,The record/platter interface seems to have so many different factors, experimentation is required, but then we have to take into account things like the sound of a particular cartridge. Assumptions can also be a problem. What works for one rec... |