fsonicsmith
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| Stylus Microscope The largest hurdle is a good gooseneck style stand/clamp that will facilitate your set up. For example, my two vintage decks are on huge plinths that take up all the real estate on my two Symposium racks. The best digital scope in the world is of ... | |
| A question of loading... I still maintain-righty or wrongly-that two things are at play with loading. One can argue that they are interrelated. One is preventing ringing/overload and another is changing the magnetically induced behavior of the cantilever. My own misstatem... | |
| MM Phono Input impedance change 47k to 100k ohms Making sense of loading confusion, I think is helped (Ralph or Lewm, feel free to chime in/correct me) by understanding that the resistor is going from signal to ground. The higher the resistor value, the less "shorting" of the circuit there is. S... | |
| A question of loading... @lewm Not angry at all-in fact Lewm-you are among a handful of regulars on this Board that I rely upon on all analog matters and respect as having greater grasp of technical issues than I do. I previously acknowledged to Dover that he was correct ... | |
| A question of loading... Actually 47K is the standard input impedance for all phono sections, MM or LOMC. Perhaps Ralph is referring to "industry standards" which are like the biological artifacts of teets on boars and tailbones on humans. Or better yet, like the sill... | |
| A question of loading... You are showing your ignorance Dover. 47K is not standard for a MC and not standard with the Etna Lambda, which I am listening to as I type this. 47K is the standard for MM. Not for MC.Actually 47K is the standard input impedance for all phono sec... | |
| Which VTF Scale are you using? Riverstone. It is worth the cost, which is reasonable compared to some others. Brian Walsh of TTsetup only uses the Riverstone. He just left my house. minutes ago btw. My Lyra Etna Lambda is signing | |
| A question of loading... For my Etna, it is 50k" - 50 kohms is unloading, its higher than the standard 47k.You are showing your ignorance Dover. 47K is not standard for a MC and not standard with the Etna Lambda, which I am listening to as I type this. 47K is the standar... | |
| Disappointment with Pass Labs - I'm looking for something else I gravitate to this Board because it is active and I like the graphics/format. But there is so much utter crap to be had!!! You can not and should not listen to people's recommendations as they only recommend what they have. Does homer-ism transla... | |
| For ARC lovers, Problems? VTL should be in the mix too. Just my humble. | |
| For ARC lovers, Problems? I too have a Ref 6 and love it. I bought it new from an authorized dealer. Same with my Ref 150SE. I have owned ARC gear for over 12 years with a VS110 prior to the new amp and preamp. No such problems. The VS110 was known for blowing resistors bu... | |
| A question of loading... I do rue your gas, Raul. There is nothing in Daveyf's posts to indicate he is using an Etna Lambda or a Manley phono stage. You seem to be confusing me with him. Second, there is nothing in your link that even remotely addresses the issue. Are you... | |
| A question of loading... As I posted elsewhere recently, with my Lyra Etna Lamda and Manley Steelhead, unloading to 25 does produce a very euphonic lively sound with more "space" in all directions. But I can hear distortion-the type of distortion one hears when there is t... | |
| Low power- transparency, dimension, dynamics and bass, or... You can get good soundstage depth and width and imaging with the O/93's if you have 1) a good front end, 2) good electronics, preferably tubed, 3) Auditorium 23 speaker cable (there is no substitute) and 4) move the Orangutans out into the room an... | |
| Pivot to Spindle distance Mark,IMO, when the manufacture designed a tonearm, they calculated and set the P2S distance and all the geometry of the tonearm to get the best out of the cartridge with the least of distortion possible. When you changed the P2S distance, it wil... |