kevemaher
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| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge @rauliruegas I load the cartridge with 47K. Total capacitance of cables and phono input is about 150 pf. I make my own phono cables. the bulk cable has a capacitance of 17 pf/ft, measured by me. Short runs have little capacitance, about 50 pf in t... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge @lewm Thanks for the suggestions. It was definitely a worn out stylus. As I mentioned, I really wasn't aware of the care that cartridges require. A year or so ago, when I knew a bunch more and had performed over 20 alignments I pulled the cartrid... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge @lewm The alignment must have been way off. I never bothered with alignment over three moves. I just never thought about it. I have since been educated. Believe me, it sounded horrible. In fixing this problem I noticed that the stylus kept skippi... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge @lewm Thanks for the suggestion about Tinnitis.; I have my ears checked regularly. Never a mention of Tinnitis or any other kind of hearing loss except for the loss of high frequencies. I looked online for symptoms. I don't have any. This is cle... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge @piebaldpython Yes, I am still running the original tubes made in Hungary. I purchased this preamp in 1980. It was in my system for about two years. I devloped a problem with the volume going to max if I touched the pot. At that time, I had littl... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge @lewm I've found that the setting of the Anti-Skate is more difficult for MC cartridges. Separation must be nailed exactly for best performance. It is more difficult to find arm/headshell combinations that will produce resonance in the sweet zone.... | |
| ZYX "House" Sound @linnlp12 Thanks for the good words about the DD-40! I measured all the tables I had a few months ago using an app that measures and reports RPM and WOW and Flutter. One can quibble about absolute accuracy, but comparisons among tables does indic... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge I've found a solution to my dislike of screechy highs. And it was right in my cartridge drawer! I installed my very old Grace F9 body with a Soundsmith RS-9E stylus assembly (plugs in). The stylus assembly is constructed of an Alimunum Cantileve... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge Thanks everybody for your comments. I've learned via this thread that there are about as many opinions as there are posts. I must think. | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge @elliottbnewcombjr Thanks for your offer. I am in California, long way from you. I do all the adjustments you've mentioned. I am obsessed with getting them set correctly. I use a 31 band EQ (yeah, I know, evil stuff). I can drop the treble and b... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge @baylinor I must be looking for the wrong things, as when I've fooled around with VTA, I wind up at parallel again. It may be that I can't discern the subtleties of this adjustment well enough to set it. Please explain what you look for and what ... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge @drvinyl01 Hi, could you elaborate on your post? In your opinion what exactly is wrong with my system? I very carefully align my cartridge to the arm and table. I perform all the needed adjustments. I use an arc protractor that I created from an ... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge @ghdprentice You can find the listing of my gear at the bottom of my OP. I forgot to include the arms. I have a Micro Seiki MA-505L on a separate pod aligned with the Technics SL-1200G, the stock arms on the Technics and the Denon and several oth... | |
| Recommendation Request for Tube Power Amplifier @piebaldpython, @rodman99999 Glad to know that there is at least one other with the Paragon E. rodman999 has a great idea. Roll tubes on the E to create more of that tube sound. I recently replaced the original Tungsol 12AX7 tubes (6), made i... | |
| Recommendation Request for Tube Power Amplifier @rodman99999 Thanks for the great advice. Yes, I have looked at the caps in the PSU and the unit. I normally replace all caps in a vintage audio product. I've done it for all the tuners that have come this way and lately for the two APT model pre... |