fleib
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Comrade Donsky, You already know the answer. Remove the loose collar and reinstall it for a heavy cart. This would have the potential to degrade the sound and no potential to improve it. What if the collar slipped forward or backward? It would cha... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Don,It was the additional weight at the headshell that increased the eff mass. Any weight there increases it close to the amount of additional weight, depending on whether it's in front or behind the cart. Regards, | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Don,Eff mass is a touchy subject around here. How can you run your arm without a counterweight, is it an aux weight? What is the eff mass of the 2.2?Normally, reducing the weight of the counterweight and moving it back to balance the arm, actually... | |
| Armboard for kenwood kd 500 The stock armboard is approx 1" thick. I went to the hardware and bought nylon standoffs 1/2 and 1/4" long. These are 3/8" size. By using standoffs between the bottom of the armboard and the base, you can reduce the armboard thickness to 1/4 or 1/... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Don,Seems that comrade NiKola didn't think too highly of it.AT once made a cart, the AT-150 Ti. It had a titanium coated beryllium/ML. 4mV, 550 ohm. Never saw one or the stylus. The gold coating on AT exotic cantilevers is super thin, not like thi... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Don,That's how a bonded platform looks when viewed from the top, like the head of a nail. Depending on your angle and where the light is coming from, it can almost look like a separate platform on top. In the photos on Asylum it looks like that. I... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric,My agreement was about the PC220 in particular, based on Raul's previous comment. I don't own the cart. As far as AT stylus substitutions in general, IMO they afford an opportunity to dramatically increase performance. Look at the Virtuoso... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Don,It was Timeltel, our absent professor who transplanted a 155LC into a round plug and tried it on a 13Ea. Those old round plug ATs with 1200 ohm impedance seem very listenable with a 1/2 decent stylus, if not having the last degree of resolutio... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Don,Got your PM. I'll try to take care of that in the morning.**I have the SS level 1 currently in the Maestro. The LPGear VL AT95 in the Black Virtuoso, and the Jico Shibata AT95 in the Red Virtuoso. Funny thing is that each of them shine at some... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Don, I thought you knew. All the 3400 series (includes 95E) made by AT are pressure fit. That's another reason I figure even the CA stylus is made by AT. Only the aftermarket ones have the screw. I bought a shibata and HE from TTNeedles and they b... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric,Perhaps your right. Here's what Raul said a couple of months ago, "In the Precept the 220 cartridge body shows different performance with the same 440LC stylus"Watula told us the specs were the same, maybe he meant similar, or maybe Raul m... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Don,My concern about using a 440ML isn't about saturating the coils, it's about voicing. Inductance of the 440 is 490mH, as opposed to 420mH for CA. I think the sound of the TK5Ea might be a better match for that stylus, but I'm not sure. The vivi... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, I think you have to look at inductance relative to output and the amount of gain required to amplify it. It's a moot point with CA, they really didn't design the MM, only the parameters of an AT design, and a wood jacket or top. I have no dou... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Don, Good point. I can't conceive of any other possibility for a two color plug. If anyone else has seen one maybe they'll speak up, but why would a plug be two colors? Rip offs are rife in the audio biz, always have been. This starts with CA and ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Don, **Does this mean Musical Surroundings are doing their own Clearaudio rebuilts, using AT 95e housings and using the pressure fit compliance plug?**Rebuilds? I don't think so. It seems to me they took a 95E stylus, cut off the excess plastic, a... |