frogman
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? ****....but I am listening for something else in the music, call it visceral, and for another reason.**** - LewmVisceral, that's it! How does one measure/quantify "visceral"? Can it be done? I don't think so. But, like Lewm, I sure as hell know it... | |
| Solid State for Rock and Tubes for Jazz, Yes or No Wolf said it all. Exactly right. | |
| Harry Pearson HP No Longer at TAS HP, warts and all (he could be pompous and indulgent with his use of language) was, IMO, the most relevant audio reviewer to ever appear in print. Relevant because his reviews (especially in the early days) always related to MUSIC not just sound. ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Acman3, I just picked up a (supposedly) mint copy of "Pictures". I will listen to it with the 412 and report back. I have not mounted the 412 since buying it. A Dejonette recording is as good a reason to do so as any that I think of; my favorite d... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? My feelings about the sound of the Acutex 420 have not changed. I find it to be a very realistically alive sounding cartridge, and refreshing in it's unwillingness to sound "pleasant" at all times. I have never listened to any other Acutex cartrid... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Slaw, I braided (twisted) the wires in pairs; red/green, white/blue. I would not braid all four. | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners ****Once the wife's insulation has melted...."****Cracked myself up. Once my wife's insulation has melted, my iron.... Well, I better stop there :-) | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Slaw, working with AN wire is a delicate process, but with patience and care you can do it. Nandric's suggestion of anchoring the clips (one at a time; of course) on an old cartridge is a good one; you don't want solder "creeping" into the clip's ... | |
| Soundproof material for a dedicated room Most of the above suggestions will help; but only help. In order to truly soundproof a room you have to build a "room inside a room"; IOW, isolate the source of the sound as much as possible. This is what recording studios do, and there is a lot o... | |
| Electronic stylus force gauge question I will give it a shot, even if it's very early and my first cup has not kicked in yet. Any scale, digital or not, reacts to downward force which causes a downward mechanical action. The cartridge sits on a platform and the amount of downward force... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Ipad strikes again! Apology for double post. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nandric,I agree with you. But defensive? Not at all. Merely striving for clarity. Interesting, the parallel between how we each hear differently as well as how we each interpret the written word differently; no? Yes, part of my comment is in ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nandric,I agree with you. But defensive? Not at all. Merely striving for clarity. Interesting, the parallel between how we each hear differently as well as how we each interpret the written word differently; no? Yes, part of my comment is in ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? My comments are about the Acutex 420, in case its not clear. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? What the Acutex does correctly, and better than many other cartridges in my experience, is make sense of the dynamics-related aspects of a musical performance. In my prior comments about this cartridge (in another thread) I did not once make any r... |