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| Has anyone listened to the soundsmith Paua cart Hey,The low output SS carts can use a SUT, you just need to be aware of the 1000 ohm maximum load. Assuming the 47K input impedance of a phono stage this limits you to a 1:7 step up ratio (I'd look at 1:5). The other option is of course to yank th... | |
| 47 Labs RS-A1 tonearm, how to adjust VTA ? Assuming your VTF is correct and you have the arm positioned properly (stylus 1CM from center pivot) then the next thing I would check is the tightness of the headhell rotating bearing. I find if that is too loose things can get a bit aggressive. ... | |
| 47 Labs RS-A1 tonearm, how to adjust VTA ? Hey,you can get away with a small amount of adjustment on the 'pillar' but the rotating plate really should be level. If gross VTA adjustment is needed your only option is to shim the front or the back of the cartridge body.dave | |
| Which Mono Cartridge at around $1,300.00? For anyone in the Dallas area, the LSAF is this weekend and I'll have a shilabe and a premium Be mounted up for some fun stereo vs. mono comparisons in a zero pressure tequilla fueled cinco de mayo environment. (will be there on siete de mayo too)... | |
| Active or passive preamp Hey,John still sells the naked units and OEM's them to Experience Music, Purity Audio and a few other high end manufacturers have proprietary versions. Artemis Labs, Aprilsound and Thomas Mayer all use a version of the autoformers in their top lev... | |
| Active or passive preamp Hey,The Z-out is a function of three things. Source impedance driving the inductive volume control, step down ratio and DCR of the coils.In the case of an autoformer with a 50 ohm DCR the Zout is as follows. (numbers quickly read of a log graph so... | |
| what is the proper loading This makes it simple.Listen to the two extremes (17 & 220) and determine what you like and dislike about each.hopefully the likes and dislikes will be apparent at which point try the 69 for a bit which puts you in the middle and see if you get... | |
| Einstein TTC phono - Making Loading Plugs Help To me your results suggest an unloaded input impedance of 470 ohms (By chance does it use a 1:10 SUT?)In any case the numbers work out close enough and you just need ot find the resistor to use in parallel with 470 ohms to get your desired load. T... | |
| Tube amps known to have a low damping factor? ralph noted...a *lot* depends on the speaker and the designer's intent!AMEN. Look backwards from any driver after a crossover and let me know exactly how high (or low) DF can be a meaningful figure of merit.dave | |
| Ideal SUT for Lyra Olympos cartridge? The ideal SUT for the Olympos? - that was the initial question, wasn't it?Simple and straight answer: a SUT with a primary matching the inductance of the Olympos' coil source inductance.Further look out for maximum bandwidth (= lowest phase shift)... | |
| Why no remote controlled discrete resistor volume? John Chapman does a number of resistive based remote units using logic and high quality relays to do the switching.http://www.bentaudio.com/remotes/oem.htmldave | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea The Triplanar uses a bearing that is harder than either of the arms in this discussion. The schroder arm uses a magnetic bearing that doesn't show wear in the traditional sense and furthermore any "wear" that "may" show up can easily be corrected ... | |
| 2010 RMAF Analog Reports + Meet and Greet I'm not sure and they were not giving out any free info. I did realize that this happened on a trip to the LSAF and not CES and I actually pulled a Genrad 1203 out of a bag and carried it on in Dallas when I exceeded 50 pounds for a bag on my way ... | |
| 2010 RMAF Analog Reports + Meet and Greet In the past month, people have called me asking about flying with benign things like tonearms, tubes and transformers. I usually carry on all kinds of valuable yet odd looking things and check the obscene. I occasionally get the second check but i... | |
| Why mono? Hey,It is done externally with a jumper.Leave the Red wire connected as is, Move the green headshell lead to the blue cartridge pin and place a jumper from green to white. and use only the right channel of your phono pre. This will sum any lateral... |