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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Jcarr, Yes indeed most interesting."Cartridge suspensions should only allow vertical, horizontal and 45-degree flexing modes, but in reality nearly all cartridge suspensions also allow twisting, and if a given suspension doesn't contain a tensi... | |
| VTF Question for dummies Crubio,Set the VTF with anti-skate on zero. Regards, | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Jcarr,My response to this following statement about the 305MC seems controversial and I wanted to comment further:"Comparing the stylus to the cantilever on the Technics suggests that the stylus is v-e-r-y long, and has an ample cross-section (... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew,I guess you have your answer regarding tip suitability. A line contact will tend to be more sensitive to SRA, depending on the minor radius or the width of the side contacting the groove. Micro styli are usually even more sensitive. They often... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew,Have you used your other Ruby on the 505?Compliance should be the same as original, unless Soundsmith also worked on the suspension. Max VTF is 2.0g?Unless specifically told otherwise, I'd increase VTF. Too little can cause loss of bass and mo... | |
| Opinions on Accuphase AC-1 MC cartridge? Like the others, I'm more familiar with the AC-2. The early Accuphase carts were designed by Nakatsuka, who later designed the Monster MCs and now ZYX. Like many other of his carts the internal impedance is 4 ohms and output is 0.2mV. Compliance i... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Jcarr,The Hi Fi news group test looks suspicious. All of the carts have a sharp roll-off at 15KHz ? I think not.A few years ago Werner Ogiers EE, stated the frequency sweep on that record and Analog Productions are inaccurate. I don't know if they... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric,I've read a couple of posts before about carts deviating from published specs. Kiddman mentioned a large premium brand deviating 30% on cart impedance. The implication was, this is a regular occurrence, although he didn't say that in so ma... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, This is a quote:"I quoted your own statements. If I 'mistate' what you have stated you should say so and correct my quotation with your 'real statements'. I stated that your statements are contradictory while your other statements were in... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, Once again you misstate what I say, and in this case respond to part of what I say. Perhaps you don't believe Kiddman or doubt John Curl ever said that about MCs?Well he did, but I'm not going to hunt for the quote. The pertinent part her... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric,In Americia, even when we were young there were such things as public libraries. You didn't have to own a particular book to read it. Moving coils are much more susceptible to large variations in output with a small change in coil size or ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, "However he assumed that I wanted to show off with my collection and was not willing to 'disclose' his own except one single MC cart. From this fact it follows that his judgments about MC carts in general are based on induction and not de... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric,In a word, no. You want to have a pissing contest? Buy a race horse. You seem to equate money invested - accumulated carts with expertise/discernment. If there's any such relationship it tends to be an inverse relationship. I don't collect... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? There's another aspect that makes former rankings absurd. Loading all HO carts at 100K is not only ridiculous, it's stupid. I brought this up before, but some people don't understand the basics. The only reason preamps give you no selection for HO... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew,I doubt Ralph would be upset referring to Dave's phono stage as being built into a preamp. The MP1 appears to be a full function preamp and we're talking about it. I just read the manual and it seems to be made for MCs. The gain isn't stated. ... |