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| Stylus Drag I do agree with Dover......that the better your TT becomes at maintaining accurate and constant speed under heavily modulated passages.....the more you tend to hear the imperfections of the record pressings such as off-centre holes?For every solut... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Here is an interesting memory from the man who 'bank-rolled' the Garrot Bros. it contains some insights into the properties of styli and cantilevers:- elroyvomlacheren -- Sat, 12/18/2010 - 06:01The missing linkI stumbled over some posts about the ... | |
| Stylus Drag Where is the feedback mechanism in a Raven turntable? | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Certainly your fellow countrymen, the Garrot Brothers, were of the view that MC's go with tubes, MM's go with solid state. I visited John and Brian Garrott on several occasions and spoke with them on the phone many times and they conveyed no such... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The Kebschull preamp uses internal MC transformers for the MC input, and does not represent a high gain tube phono preamp. Hmmm....I've got it here right in front of me.Can't see anything that looks like MC transformers? Can you post a schematic?M... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Shane,You complain of not achieving the great performance traits with your MMs ....that others on this Forum appear to be accomplishing?Without attacking any of your associated equipment.....I try to explain perhaps a reason for this that is easil... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Shane,I lived with the Kebschull valve preamp with full valve phono stage......6 valves in total.......for 20 years.I think I have a handle on valve beauty?Measuring ruler flat is not necessarily a recipe for greatness?I've heard cartridges, pr... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I have noticed in the last two years or so.....that almost all the new high-end phono stages which have been introduced.....feature adjustable impedance and adjustable capacitance as well as MC and MM inputs?And even some of the new mid-range phon... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Shane,I would like to think that the choice of electronics was not the defining characteristic in extracting the worth of either cartridge technology.......but I'm not sure that it may be of some influence?Having said that however.......I have ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Another excellent post from Banquo.How refreshing to hear qualitative descriptions which actually contain a modicum of sensibility?Compare these subjective/objective analyses to the cliched, meaningless jargon usually proffered by the erstwhile au... | |
| Top 5 favorite MM cartridges currently available Dear Nikola,I know your penchant for quotation marks......however, as a lawyer......I would expect your reading to be more thorough?If you re-read my posting......I think you will find that I described the Empire 1000ZE/X as sounding 'euphoric'? P... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Ha ha! | |
| Stylus Drag Good question my friend.J Carr would certainly have an answer if he was lurking? | |
| Stylus Drag Regarding the greater stylus drag with low compliance MC cartridges......I suspect it is also related to the higher tracking forces generally required with those over the MMs? | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew,I believe one can obtain a legal prescription if glaucoma is your complaint?I suspect Peter Tosh was instrumental in this amendment to the Laws of the State? |