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| Phono Preamps with "balls" ? Hi @rauliruegas : bipolars are better for LOMCs... how? Please substantiate why.I specified two key areas in which a JFET front-end is superior to bipolar transistors for use with LOMCs, and also spelled out two areas in which JFETs are weaker (bu... | |
| Phono Preamps with "balls" ? Ralph, although I completely agree with you regarding the overriding importance of designing sufficient overload margin and circuit stability into phono stages, while rectification of RF energy (and subsequent intermodulation) is indeed an issue w... | |
| SME V Tonearm on eBay Hong Kong Sellers are FAKE!!! Information for Lewm.After Fidelity Research went out of business, Osamu Ikeda (together with his manufacturing partner IT Kogyo) made a VTA adjustment base that works with the Ikeda IT-345 and IT-407 arms as well as the FR-64 and FR-66 family.The... | |
| Looking for Technical help with Scan Tech (Spectral) Cartridge Adrian: There are four internal leads inside the MCR - left hot, left cold, right hot, right cold, and they correspond to the four output pins at the rear of the cartridge. Electrostatic grounding of the cantilever is accomplished by the act of us... | |
| Oh no, there's metal in your records! http://kuzutetu.cside3.jp/dia100930.jpgThe linked photo is of the internals of a Victor MC-L1000 cartridge. As far as I know, the cartridge in the photo was not subjected to unusual neglect, nor was it operated in a uniquely iron-laden environment... | |
| additional processing and customs charges on goldring 1006 or nagaoka mp150 Hi Chakster: While the MC-L1000 was certainly the most extreme of the range, that is not necessarily the same thing as musical enjoyment.I partly agree with the following author, that many listeners would probably consider the MC-L10 to be better ... | |
| additional processing and customs charges on goldring 1006 or nagaoka mp150 Hi Chakster: Many audio designers are also audiophiles, and whether they subjectively like the outcome of a particular design choice will inevitably affect whether that design choice finds its way into the final product (or not). So yes, these cho... | |
| additional processing and customs charges on goldring 1006 or nagaoka mp150 There is quite a bit of unwarranted conjecture on this thread.Last year I had the pleasure of listening to the same exact album on LP and R2R. If I recall correctly, the tape deck was a Sonorous Audio ATR 10 RTR, turntable was a Doehmann Helix 1 w... | |
| Audio Technica AT ML-180 Cartridge Advice The materials that cartridge manufacturers can ask the cantilever manufacturers to use can either come from the cantilever manufacturers, or be sourced by the cartridge manufacturers. This is true for every part of the cantilever assembly includin... | |
| Transfiguration Proteus: questions and comparisons No, loading is not a myth.With high-inductance MMs and MI cartridges, loading is important to equalize the audible part of the cartridge signal.However, when it comes to low-inductance MC cartridges, loading will not have a direct effect on the au... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? An earlier model from the same manufacturer, sharing the same design concept (air-core MM cartridge).http://topwing.jp/BlueDragon-en.html | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Here is a new MM cartridge that doesn't have any permeable core inside the coils; the same fundamental concept as air-core MC cartridges.http://topwing.jp/RedSparrow-en.html | |
| Lyra Delos - Dirt Build up on the cantilever Hi Cleeds, Hi mgolpoor :);mgolpoor's unfortunate and unusual issue, was caused not by a buildup of dirt on the stylus, but because the narrow space between the cantilever and the front magnet carrier (which needs to be free in order for the cantil... | |
| Lyra Etna Versus Kleos The Etna was designed to be similar in terms of overall competence to the Atlas, but have a different set of strengths. As a result, some systems and listeners may prefer the Atlas, while others may prefer the Etna.At least to my ears, Roy Gregory... | |
| Lyra Delos - Dirt Build up on the cantilever Hi. Could you send me a message, with the serial number of the Delos? Once I know the serial number, I can look into our service records to find out more about what has happened.The reply that you quoted doesn't sound like how we would normally re... |