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| On Step Ups and the Importance of Managing Gain They’ve been around for quite some time Lew. I’ve owned my Aqvox for at least 10 years now and TNT reviewed the Nibiru about 5 years before that. A few others I think as well were around in that time period. Technically I really do not have a clea... | |
| Is tonearm cable the most important cable in the system ? It's an interesting question. All cabling is important obviously, but the tonearm cable is probably the one in my system where the differences in sound quality seem to be more extreme and easier to hear as opposed to speaker cabling, IC's or power... | |
| Turntable getting back to vinyl At the lower price points best to look in the used market for mid 70's to early 80's workhorse tables that can often be had for reasonable prices in decent shape. If you're not confident in looking for yourself, perhaps you could enlist the help o... | |
| Cartridge options for current gain phonostages (47 Labs) Yes, I had a bit of trouble getting my head wrapped around it as well. But there was a notable difference, namely that in parallel, the sound seemed to be rolled off in the highs, slightly muffled and slightly less open/detailed and dynamic than w... | |
| Cartridge options for current gain phonostages (47 Labs) Lew:Yes, you are indeed correct on that. Sorry, a bit of a brain lapse there. Parallel would halve the impedance while doubling the current.I’ve been experimenting recently with both parallel and series strapping to convert stereo cartridges for m... | |
| Cartridge options for current gain phonostages (47 Labs) I am not familiar with and have not had the phonocube but have run a current mode phonostage for about 10 years now, the Aqvox. The Aqvox is a bit more versatile than the phonocube in that it has fully adjustable gain between approximately and 55-... | |
| Can't set rake angle right even lowest VTA (digital microscope checked) If I'm not mistaken this is a Fritz Geiger stylus, so very important to know what you are actually aligning to in terms of SRA. Take a look at the following images to see if they resemble your stylus and then set accordingly. I would expect that t... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation @pryso Yes, I understood that is what you meant. The Ellington Uptown that I was referring to is an original pressing from '52-'53, a Columbia Masterworks six-eye with machine stamped 1A matrices. Of the 200 or so monos that I own, about half are ... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation I don't have any monos dating into the 40's (earliest I own would be a copy of Ellington's "Uptown" from '53, but do have a fair number of '55-'65 monos and even for those my definite preference in terms of styli is a good line contact or microrid... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation Mikepaul: I think you will be quite happy with your purchase. Should be a very good matchup as well with the phono board in your preamp which is something that is very, very important. Just make sure that you are very careful with setup on this ne... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation My experience does not match up with the info on the Hoffman site at all, namely that high frequency info is compromised using a mono cartridge on mono reissues or mono records cut using a stereo cutter, or that mono cartridges sound inferior to s... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation For the OP, the only recommendations in this thread that will really work for him in terms of the gain and his phono preamp, without getting into complications with a step up, are the Ortofon 2M Mono SE (from Thakker on Ebay) or the Denon 102. If ... | |
| I have joined in the ZYX Family No problem at all Chakster. I found it interesting to see that Namiki may be doing this kind of laser mounting on a diamond cantilever. I understand fully that many do not like to re-cantilever when they retip but as someone who has been very happ... | |
| I have joined in the ZYX Family Chakster: Your initial post that I quoted made no reference specifically to this type of construction on boron only and seemed to imply (at least to me) it was not available at all on any type of cantilever which is why I responded; simply to poin... | |
| I have joined in the ZYX Family "I saw Carr’s posts, but it is not what i’m talking about, i have provided the link of very good picture in high resolution https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMCAEMLWAAA2x8G.jpg:large , on that picture anyone can see the part of the tall nude Micro Ridg... |