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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Jcarr,**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 (at least 0.12mm by 0.12mm by the looks of it), both of which will add to tip mass. I would expect inferior ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Jcarr, That's very interesting stuff and the DL-1000A cantilever is a remarkable example of precision manufacturing. However, it appears to be quite different from Technics' boron tube cantilevers and would seem to support the notion that there... | |
| Technics headshell weight/ Audio Technica 440mla c Boofer, Weight and eff mass are not the same thing. If you google eff mass you'll see that computations are complex.3.5g arm tube weight seems light for the Ortofon 110, but I really don't know. I would think the headshell connector and collet wou... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Jcarr, Thanks for your reply. Boron tube cantilevers were used on some of the Monster carts, and some had sapphire tubes. They had microridge styli and that's why I assumed Namiki. Maybe they were sourced from Matsushita. Some Technics carts ha... | |
| Technics headshell weight/ Audio Technica 440mla c Hi Boofer, Effect mass without headshell might be a meaningless concept, depending on what you're trying to calculate. I guess you could look at it that way as long as you're using standard SME style headshells, but your results for E mass will be... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Accuphase AC-2 designed by Nakatsuka with tubular sapphire cantilever:http://www.accuphase.com/cat/ac-2en.pdfRegards, | |
| New $35K pivoting tonearm I started this thread 5 months ago thinking someone might be familiar with, or has heard this arm. I'm a little surprised it doesn't already have a glowing endorsement from Tone magazine, the marketing queen of the industry. The Durand arms, while... | |
| Technics headshell weight/ Audio Technica 440mla c Hi, The headshell weighs about 7.5g with wires and I would guess from what you say, 5.67g without.AT 440 compliance is 10 @ 100Hz = 18 @ 10Hz. Calculations for resonant frequency use 10Hz figures.Lots of people use 440s on the 1200. It should be a... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Jcarr, I've been wondering about tubular boron cantilevers and why no one is using them. I assume they were made by Namiki because Nakatsuka used them in the '80s with the microridge. I don't think he currently uses them with ZYX, although I belie... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, I'm not a circuit designer, EE, or even a tech for that matter. My comments about ARC and CJ amps come from seeing models with serious reliability problems. This was years ago. My experience with Music Reference is with a preamp, also years a... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Lew, That explains a lot. It's amazing what the high end consumer will put up with in pursuit of perfection. These half-assed designers do their R & D on the customers dime and then get nominated for sainthood by the press. Not Modjeski spe... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Square waves indicate much more than initial rise time which is indicative of speed. How about the ability to stop, another aspect of speed. Fast and clean is the description. Wouldn't a cart with "superior" transient ability also tend to have les... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew,No apology necessary. I was trying to point out Raul's apparent lack of understanding without stating it again, and I didn't intend to label you as such.The function of preamp inverse RIAA EQ is to playback a record with flat response, as if t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? *My overall impression was a very grain free and pure sound, but from what I heard I did not get an impression that these had the speed of say a Decca, Ikeda or top flight MC..*Interesting comment, or impression as the case may be. I haven't heard... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? It's a shame we don't get test reports anymore. The subjective crap we get today is no better than reading an advertisement or a manufactures' glowing description of their product. Remember the days when reviewers were often given the test samples... |