fleib
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| Entry Level MC Recommendations? None of the above. Send your Virtuoso back to Soundsmith and get the alum cantilever/elliptical stylus for $150. With your arm it will outperform anything you're contemplating. I don't think the Denon 103 series is a good match. I tried an MC-20 -... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Lespier, In the '80s the LP12 got its PRAT by running almost 1% fast. It was rather addictive, making other tables sound dull in comparison. I had one of those but eventually tired of it's changing the pace, and the price of upgrading its elect... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Nandric, If it has a needle you could always hook up the cart and try it on an unimportant record. If you want to test the generator with a meter, only use a digital meter, put it in the appropriate resistance range, and only test it long enoug... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Gentlemen, I'd like to point out that Modjeski's post (which is the one I linked to above) is an indictment of one brand of boutique fuses that don't meet industry standards. It would be illogical to draw any greater conclusions from this, even th... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, Roger says he can build amps that work at any voltage. You should read the first link (above). Current/impedance requirements are also a major consideration. "Here is the run-down on what my direct drive amp can do. It can be made at any outp... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, I didn't say it's ridiculous not to bypass the fuse. It seems ridiculous to go for an OTL and then have a fuse in line with each output tube. These are OTL and not direct drive so you have transformers on the panels? You have Sound Lab spks? ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Lew, "My OTL amplifiers require a fuse on each output tube. In other words, the fuse and fuse-holder are in the signal path, so I have no doubt that there is a rationale for using the best possible."That's one of the most ridiculous things I ev... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Raul, Very interesting. You now have what is essentially a Maestro stylus on a Virtuoso. The tip is a Gyger 2 instead of the microline (microridge). I suspect that gives you the best of both, the good stylus w/o the overdamped body. I say this ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards Raul, What cantilever does your Virtuoso with Gyger 2 have? I was thinking, probably aluminum, but I shouldn't assume.Thanks, | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Greetings Timeltel, What I was eventually working up to is a correlation of electrical parameter relationships. It is often agreed (it seems) that inductance < 450 - 500mH, impedance < 800 - 1K ohm, and yes output < 3.5mV, are indicitave ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, I don't think you can judge a cart by one parameter, unless it's outrageous. If a cart has 1100mH.....Perhaps there's a mechanical factor with HOMC, with the coils connected directly to the cantilever? Some have low tip mass but still aren't ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Lew, In general yes, but an air core coil also has inductance. If you look at speaker x-over coils, an 18GA, 2.5mH air core inductor has around .88 ohms DCR. For the same value of inductance in 14GA, DCR is around .36. With a 16GA iron core ind... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Timeltel, Interesting to read your correlation of response vs impedance. Many people put much more emphasis on inductance. It is the presence of inductance at the output, combined with shunt capacitance, that lowers the high frequency resonance... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hello Timeltel, I'm not sure what you're saying here, please explain."The EPC-U25 has real potential. It can be heard with the SAS but then there's that annoying 12k bump. If you've noticed the same exists at the 8k range with carts having more th... | |
| Does 21g seem high for effective tonearm mass? Dcbingaman, the DL-S1, 304, happen to sound best (to me) in arms of greater mass than their compliance/mass match would imply. Such is not the case with most high cu carts, IMO. Many of them will sound sluggish when the excessive eff mass with hig... |