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| Precise pivot to spindle distance Quoted from the Vinyl Engine thread on the Hoffman downloadable protractor:"For what it is worth:I recently purchased a new turntable and the distributor aligned the cartridge (on a Michell TecnoArm - a highly modified Rega RB250) with the effecti... | |
| Precise pivot to spindle distance Clabe: Depending on the alignment protocol the cartridge may not end up being square in the headshell. For example, I use a tonearm designed for Stevenson alignment but use Lofgren A. If I used Stevenson, the cartridge would square up in the heads... | |
| Precise pivot to spindle distance I'm not sure if this will help but you can go here:http://www.conradhoffman.com/chsw.htmand download Conrad Hoffman's excellent arc protractor generator. It will allow you to generate a custom protractor for your arm with that exact P to S distanc... | |
| Convert cartridge output voltage to db gain Clarification above: attenuators would be on integrated's CD input. | |
| Convert cartridge output voltage to db gain If you just want to match the output of the CD player to your phono, just use attenuators on the CD player inputs. It will be a lot easier.But it won't address your noise issue on the phono side. Plus a 1.2 mV cartridge with a phono stage deliveri... | |
| Convert cartridge output voltage to db gain Another factor to consider is that the .24 mV cartridge may in fact have an output slightly higher than this. Both of my 103R's, spec'd at .25 mV came with data sheets showing testing on the individual cartridges and outputs higher than .25 mV. Th... | |
| Convert cartridge output voltage to db gain Al: In this case, lowering the cartridge output (or reducing the gain for that matter) would indeed result in John having to run the volume pot higher with phono, but as you point out in your last paragraph that is only an issue if he's running fu... | |
| Convert cartridge output voltage to db gain "Kal, you are right, I looked it up, and the preamp stage in my integrated amp has 11 db more than the gain of my seperate preamp. So more gain may be a bad thing."Bingo. The key thing here. Your system in its new incarnation is amplifying the noi... | |
| Convert cartridge output voltage to db gain Phono preamp gain computer at kabusa.com (click on phono preamps and scroll to the bottom of the page) shows you need 63 db of gain. I'm with Kal above; unless you are running a system with very low overall gain in your actual preamp further up th... | |
| low output mc: noise free listening possible? The Aqvox is one that you should have on your list. Balanced inputs and outputs contribute to a very low noise presentation with fully adjustable gain between 60-75 db for low output MC. It's dead quiet with my Denon 103R. | |
| Dylan live now I've heard clips only from the Christmas album. I'm a pretty big fan but probably wouldn't pop for it, but it's just not very close to Christmas yet either! It's pretty cheesey but hey, it's for a good cause and I think Bob was just having a bit o... | |
| Anti skate and tonearm damping query Mark: I'm interested specifically in what your thoughts are on antiskating as it relates to stylus profile.If I'm reading you correctly, elliptical styli should require less antiskate than spherical and line contact should require more than ellipt... | |
| What is the chain of importance in analog system ? As has been stated above, everything is important.It then, IMO, becomes a question of value for money. As a result of that, it becomes a question of where you focus your money.Once again, IMO of course, it then goes this way.Good turntables are no... | |
| Need Advice: Setting up a basic analog system For around $200 Ortofon 2M Blue and Nagaoka MP150 are two that come to mind. Kind of a loaded question and you'll get lots of opinions.The Nagaoka might be a very good match, though, with that arm and what is probably a heavier headshell than the ... | |
| Need Advice: Setting up a basic analog system Good pick up on that Mofimadness. Never thought to check on a phono stage on that preamp. In looking at it, though, it appears to be MM only (although it is probably an outstanding phono stage). This changes things considerably.So in this case, ju... |