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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Since when are increased detail retrieval and volume or harmonics, mutually exclusive?Do these overly detailed MCs exceed the detail on the record? Is the goal to interpret the record in such a way as to make it sound less than what was recorded, ... | |
| WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE LINN K 9 CARTRIDGE? **Price point should tell you something about the relative quality of that product.**Not really. AT uses that body to custom manufacture carts as an OEM. It's the same body used for the Clearaudio Maestro. How's that for a price point? I'm not fam... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lawrence, **Please have a good read this is very important and what i have been trying to say www.audioasylumwe need to get back to the music people enough with the audiophile BS**The argument makes two assumptions which are not a given.1) The goa... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? David, **It completely and compellingly demonstrates that the issue is NOT inadequate microphones, but rather inadequate miking technique and methods of reproduction.**Although I don't think the perfect microphone exists, point well taken. I was t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? There's nothing more frustrating than hearing a great performance recorded with a microphone(s) out of absolute phase. It's not all that common, in my experience, and it's an extreme example of skewered phase relationships in our everyday fare. In... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Phase linearity as in phase vs amplitude, is the biggest factor in imaging capability in a phono cart. Generally, the higher the primary high frequency resonance, the better phase linearity and imaging. This obviously isn't about the recording. It... | |
| Capacitance loading for AT 150 mlx cart Blue Jeans Cables has interconnects that are 12.2 pF/ft. They might make you a set with DIN plug, or you could buy a set and incorporate them. They are relatively inexpensive, but many people report excellent, good-sounding results.Some people als... | |
| Jelco 750D and Denon Cartridge Compatability? The damper on your 20g eff mass 750D allows you to use carts that wouldn't ordinarily be recommended. Changing to a lighter or heavier headshell will effect mass, but not quite as a direct addition or subtraction. Only the change at, or further fo... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nikola, I don't understand your answer. You still hear no difference between cantilevers? This isn't a legal matter - no need to give an evasive answer. The anecdote about a highly publicized defectively glued stylus is meaningless, but amusing. I... | |
| Arm / Cart compatibility Hi, 9.5g eff mass is not a super light arm. There are a wide range of carts that will work with the arm as far as compliance is concerned. A resonance estimator, allowing 2g for screws, gives a resonance of 9.05Hz - perfectly acceptable.http://www... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Timeltel, The only Stanton I ever owned is the 980LZ that I currently have. In the mid '80s I had a Pickering XSV-4000 (I think it was) that I didn't keep very long. **Stanton was (according to others) also involved in aerospace metallurgy, wha... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, didn't you have 2 Virtuosos re-tipped, 1 with aluminum and 1 with boron? If I remember correctly you said that they sounded similar. Any updates on that?FWIW on another forum a fellow who makes carts, Blue Angel, said that he has bags ful... | |
| My system's high frequencies hurt my ears Twist together 1 resistor and 1 capacitor and connect them as you described. This is similar to part of a crossover that goes to ground, only external. It won't short out your speakers, but there's no guarantee it will be a cure. If it's a harsh s... | |
| My system's high frequencies hurt my ears If the speakers are rated at 6 ohms, it's a little tricky figuring out the individual driver impedance. The tweeter could be either 6 or 8 ohms. Maybe Mirage could supply this information. I suggest trying an 10 ohm resistor in case the tweeter is... | |
| My system's high frequencies hurt my ears I'm not exactly sure what the problem is, but it might be ultrasonic noise making the high frequencies sound bad. This is a more common problem than realized, especially with electronics that have wide bandwidth. I don't know if this will be a fix... |