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| RE: set up tips for Cello Reference mc cartridge As far as I know, one of the Ikedas was sold for a time under the Jeff Rowland brand, maybe there was also a Cello version?If Daren's cartridge (whatever the brand is) is a cantilever-less MC, it would have been designed by Ikeda rather than Taked... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description A quick visit to the Stereophile website shows that they _have_ reviewed ZYX cartridges. At the very least they've reviewed the ZYX R-1000 Airy S, because they provide a link to an online review (done by Art Dudley in May 2004). Go to "Equipment R... | |
| Amplifiers To Use With Lumenwhite Speakers Hi:Using a White Flame, I've had good results with Tom Colangelo/Paul Jayson's designs - originally the Cello Performance, and later the Viola Bravo. But keep in mind that these amps have enough power to fry the drivers if one is not careful. On o... | |
| Does size really matter? :- Armstrod, I believe that some of the dimensions that you originally quoted refer to different things - the diamond shank (block) in the case of the Dynavector, as opposed to the stylus radii for ZYX.The shank is what the diamond is cut out of, and... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description The diameter of the wire is also a component in deciding the sound, so rather than using the thinnest possible wire, a cartridge maker is likely to use whatever wire diameter that he (or she) thinks will give the right sound. In production you can... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description That ain't technical background, that's marketing speak :-).Again, both the Eminent and Ortofon SPU Synergy (you can find these on the cartridgedb.com site) have a 1.8-ohm coil impedance and produce 0.5mV (measured at 5cm/sec). If we apply the sqr... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description The real reason for the increased output vs. impedance is a new core material (around which the coils are wound). This material was introduced by MySonic Labs' Matsudaira (formerly of Audiocraft) on his Eminent cartridges from a few years back.One... |