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| Clearaudio Virtuoso Ebony Wood Cartridge Feeler Hello Mad_chemist, Even though Clearaudio would like you to send it in for re-tip, it's quite easy to DIY or send it to a retipper for an inexpensive upgrade. It's Soundsmith level 1, or equivalent that's preferred. If you look at LpGear and styli... | |
| Is tonearm bias a compromise, maybe a myth? Quite a few romantic and interesting views of AS, carts, and arms here, but they are quite confusing and some, just plain wrong. Virtually all carts, both MM and MC with a conventional cantilever, have a rubber suspension damper. This is for obvio... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Apparently there were 3 versions of the G800, the 800E and the G800 Super E.http://www.saturn-sound.com/images%20-%20reviews/review%20-%20goldring%20g800%20super%20e%20-%20hi-fi%20news%20-%20may%201969%20-%20pt%201.jpghttp://www.saturn-sound.com/i... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Tubed1, With a statically balanced arm and pivot above the plane of the record, an under-slung counterweight gives a mechanical advantage when tracking warps. As a needle tracks the up side of a warp VTF is reduced. Needle is accelerating upwar... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Nandric, I must admit I fail to see your point. Lyra carts are designed by Carr but made in Japan. I'd think they can buy cantilevers/tips from anyone they want. I got the impression that he would use something else if he wanted, and that boron... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Nandric, It's still difficult to make generalizations. A shorter alum cantilever could be more rigid than a longer exotic. It might make sense to use alum to optimise dynamics. For a given length it is less rigid than an exotic and might exhibi... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Nandric, You speak in generalizations about different carts, as if this is universal. Didn't we read about the ruby/LC seemingly changing the nature of the Virtuoso? You have a boron and alum, but with different tips, still not a direct compari... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Bigerik, The Monster 1000 and 2000 are identical except for the gold coils. Even the impedance is the same. I owned a 500, 1000, and 1000 improved, as they came out. I didn't get the 2000 because I didn't like it as much. It's slower, rounder and ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, I was surprised when I read your post that Axel fitted an aluminum/shibata without consulting you. That seems like a far cry from tubular boron/micro ridge. Maybe he felt that it needed to be toned down or romanticised, but response is ve... | |
| Is tonearm bias a compromise, maybe a myth? Amount of AS is necessarily a compromise, but with a pivot type arm there's going to be skating. Amount of skating depends on more than just VTF. It increases with stylus velocity and steeper offset angle. It is caused by offset angle - the plane ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Lew, **I tend to side with Raul; if the cartridge is capable of an extended frequency response, why knowingly attenuate it unless the extended response is per se a resonant peak? Can't that peak be tamed with capacitance, Timel?**Sometimes a ca... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? In the past there were problems with US ebay sellers not getting paid on some European transactions. I thought ebay fixed this, but I really don't know. Also, European buyers often ask sellers to lie on customs forms. This can result in product be... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards J Carr, Concerning MC carts with non-permeable cores, can you tell me how the magnetic field is configured w/air core?Specifically, does the DLS1 have a field magnet? Assuming there is no piezo element or electrostatic generation, isn't so... | |
| Tonearm Noise **I did change the cartridge clips to JA Michell premiums before I packed the Nott when I moved to a new place.**Who soldered those clips? Maybe a ground came loose or something like that. Hopefully it's not inside the arm. Perhaps you should star... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Raul, My memory was faulty concerning the AC2. As I mentioned, I never owned one. Sapphire tube + line contact it is, thanks to Lespier. The Genesis 1000 is diamond coated boron tube + Microridge. Nakatsuka developed cartridges using what he th... |