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| Anti-skate Mmakshak,The skating force has nothing to do with the diameter of the record. It has to do with the fact that the drag of the stylus in the groove is pulling backwards along a line tangent to the groove (along the same line as the cantilever), but... | |
| Hi End rack really deliver? Hi Joe Kapahulu,A good, solid, rack tht fits your needs is a basic requirement. Some racks have adjustable shelves (a big plus) or can be custom built to your specifications (e.g., Billy Bags). If you have a turntable, a proper rack is even more c... | |
| Anti-skate This is getting pretty confused. Has anyone read any analysis, theoretical or actual measurement, that shows that skating force is higher when playing the inner groove? Distortion generally will be higher because the grooves make progressively sha... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? Lloyd,I too really like the sound of Strads. I hope you find an amp that really works well for you. The Strads do not strike me as being particularly tempermental so you should not have too much difficulty finding a good match.Let me make it clear... | |
| Hi End rack really deliver? As others have mentioned, there is no way to predict the sonic result from changing racks. It would at least be easier to make decisions if certain approaches always improve the sound but that is not the case. I have heard exotic shelves do exactl... | |
| Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads? A friend has the Strads in a medium sized dedicated listening room (designed from the ground up by Rives). He powers the speakers with a pair of custom-built output transformerless tube amplifiers. The sound is very good. If I have one issue with ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Gregm,Yes, high capacitive loading will make MM cartridges sound dull (the capacitance of the cable must be factored in as well). Most of the MMs I've heard do not compete with the top MCs for balance of characteristics. They are either opaque and... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Robyatt,The Decca is the best MM/MI cartridge I have have heard -- so lively and exciting (a big contrast to most MM cartridges which tend to be a bit more opaque and dull sounding than MC cartridges). The Stanton CS100 is also exciting, but I got... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Jloveys,That is an interesting coincidence. Another friend just got the Tron phono stage. It would be possible for us to try the Tron in the system with the Allaerts, although it would be a big psychological blow to the owner of the Allaerts if it... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dgob and Sirspeedy,A friend purchased the top-of-the-line Allaert (@ $13,000) and a Shroeder Reference tonearm that is designed to match that cartridge. The phonostage is the Boulder unit. The Allaert/Shroeder importer installed the arm and did th... | |
| Placette linestage vs. Adcom 750 passive What is being compared here, the Placette remote volume control (passive) or the Placette active linestage (unity gain, but it utilizes an active buffer stage). I own, though I no longer use, the Placette Active. In my system, the Active was more ... | |
| SME V, Tri-Planar or Phantom B-44 From experience, I know that even the tiniest change in a setup parameter (e.g., .3 mm change in height of the arm) will make a substantial difference in sound. I would bet that if one set up two "identical" arms on "identical" tables with "identi... | |
| Why are older tubes so much sought after The same economic issues hold for other components as well. There are tube gear manufacturers who know how to make a better output transformer but cannot make them like they used to. That is because, with the scale of production so much smaller th... | |
| Why are older tubes so much sought after Underlying the discussion of whether this or that tube is better than another is the notion that there is an objective standard and that each tube fits into a specific spot along a worst-to-best continuum. That is hardly the case. It is a matter o... | |
| Why are older tubes so much sought after My guess is that, when tubes were used in everything, there were a lot of manufacturers competing, and this competition resulted in superior product. Also, we tend to now collect and praise the very best of the old lot, and in that sense, older tu... |