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| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 You sure the Decca works well at 15k? Some say 33k, or 47k. But what about 1meg? You may be surprised.With the Halcro DM-10 PhonoStage, I have infinitely adjustable Loading from 15K Ohms to 60K Ohms and infinitely adjustable Capacitance from 0pF t... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 'Love Letters' by Ketty Lester recorded in 1961 is from the 1945 movie of the same name.If you have the Ketty Lester version....forget all the others 😎Many audiophiles have heard the reverential tones used to describe the London Decca Reference Ca... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Wonderful insights once again Frogman....🤗At the end of this exercise, I think I'll ask YOU to rate my cartridges for me......✊Interesting also to compare your thoughts with those of Noromance....Audio is a very personal experience and that's prob... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Hi Harold,All Amplification operating in ‘Balanced’ mode and all cartridges operating in ‘Balanced’ mode with XLRs except for LOMCs when played on the Raven AC-2 as they go through the Kondo KSL SUT which has only RCAs in and out.LOMCs from the TT... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Cut to the quick by Frogman's scorn and derision at my last demonstration using recorded 'piano'.....I hurriedly rummaged through my collection for one which might gain his approval....🙏🏽Keeping the JMAS-MIT 1 as a 'control'.....I substituted a vi... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Thank you again Frogman....A fascinating dissection (which is why I love to read your comments) full of details that again seem to escape my attention 🤯I must admit that I agree with you and Noromance that the MIT-1 is the clear winner here...Bein... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 OK...time for some piano 🎹🎼Most audiophiles seem to agree that realistic piano reproduction is the most difficult thing to achieve via domestic hifi systems.The complexity of the piano in being a stringed and percussion instrument at the same time... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 You need a good DD table-LOL👍 | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 I think noromance’s description of MM/MC’s was in reference to the three cartridges in question only and not a generalization. Of course it was.....😎 I have to 'proof-read' more thoroughly. What I have in my 'mind' often doesn't translate into th... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Interesting Frogman....I again agree with you in your descriptions of the two SPUs but your summary of the Signet is a little surprising....🤔 as the metal sleigh bells at the beginning sound just as shimmery and 'ringing' in realtime in my room...... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Where does one find an SAS stylus for the Victor Z-1 ?Good question......It used to be easy....just go to the Jico Website, look up the cartridge you're interested in (Victor Z1) and see all the Jico replacement styli available for it.One of them ... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Just returned from a short trip expecting to read Frogman's promised impressions of the SPUs and Signet......Where are they....??!!Frogman......where are you?I need your spot-on analysis to show me what to listen for......🎶😎Regards | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 The truth is that a great table and arm will make inexpensive cartridges sing. 👍 | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 I listened to the track on Tidal and the tweets are NOT there. I think it's his phone!Bingo Noromance.......It IS the phone...😛👍Sorry I couldn't organise it to ring at the same place with the other cartridges Frogman.....🤗RegardsHenry | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Time to hear the belt-drive Raven AC-2.....A classic vintage Ortofon SPU AE Gold with elliptical stylus (sorry Chakster) against the current SPU Silver Meister compared to a vintage Signet TK-7LCa MM cartridge with nude square shank Line Contact S... |