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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Dover, that sounds reasonable to me. I think much of it depends on the materials and execution. **At any junction or join some energy will transmit through and some will reflect backwards towards the cartridge. Therefore no join ensures no back... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Effective mass and moment of inertia seem to be expressions of the same thing. Using a heavier counterweight closer to the pivot will reduce eff mass. Calculating MOI includes distance.Lew, can't say I completely understand it or can do the math. ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Lew, all those points could be valid depending on the individual design. I think wood would tend to dampen and not efficiently transmit. On the other hand a single connection between a headshell plate and arm, could be beneficial for energy dis... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi David and folk, Thanks for your posts David. Re: have your cake and eat it too. If you get a resonance at 250Hz or close, that implies a less than rigid headshell/armtube. "Good" arms are designed to dissipate energy. Vibrations travel down the... | |
| Digital microscope recommendations Hi Lew, **In another set they used 200X to get a very close up view of the working surface of the stylus tip. This tells me that anything more is superfluous. Does anyone disagree?**I used to examine styli professionally with an Audio Technica mic... | |
| Cartridge Compliance **Hi, there's no simple method for converting 100Hz compliance (cu) to standard 10Hz cu**Compliance is a measure of springiness. Dyne is a unit of force. The 2 different expressions are identical, it's the test frequency that's different. http://w... | |
| Cartridge Compliance Hi, there's no simple method for converting 100Hz compliance (cu) to standard 10Hz cu. The conversion is a sliding scale. 100Hz cu of 6.5 = 15cu @ 10Hz. 10cu @ 100Hz = 18cu @ 10Hz. So 7cu @100Hz is around 16cu @ 10Hz. In general 15cu (10Hz) and be... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? It might be the DL-S1Regards, | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nandric, The problem with your argument is, I'm not looking for justice. I'm looking to be informed about honest or dishonest sellers. You must admit that the myriad stories on that thread are compelling. The fact is, a private transaction ca... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? One of the problems with buying items off sites like this, is reliability of feedback. It's often unreliable. Ripped off buyers don't leave neg feedback for a variety of reasons. If you leave neg feedback it diminishes the chances that you'll get ... | |
| How do you tame a Denon DL-S1? The DL-S1 is an unusual cart with an extremely low output and a relatively high impedance. J Carr posted previously (on another thread) that this is because it has a non-permeable core. The stridency or exaggerated overtones can be due to capacita... | |
| Top jazz trios piano, bass, drums on vinyl? Scads-Tete Montoilu trio w/NHOP, Tootie Heath on Steeplechase - there's like 4 of them that are amazing. *****Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, and Acoustic Band LPs. *****Oscar Peterson made bunches of trio albums - can't go wrong. Same fo... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Yes, 980 cu is 30. VTF is .75 to 1.5There is some stuff called Re Grip. It's made for pinch rollers and such. Not recommended for carts. It could make the cu even higher or ruin the suspension. Even very old carts use synthetic rubber that normall... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I don't know if this applies to all LOMCs, but some will sound super dynamic - larger than life, if loaded at 47K/high gain. Detail and focus suffer somewhat until that load is brought down to a lower value. For awhile the reviewers at TAS were us... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? If tracking is responsible for more detail, then a great tracking MM would be superior in that respect to a MC. My intent here isn't to tout one or the other, rather to point out inconsistencies in generalizations. I have no doubt about what was h... |