lewm
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| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy It was the Audio Research SP3, 3A, 3B, 3C, etc, that captivated the premier audio journalist of the 70s, Harry Pearson. Not the SP6 so much. I remember when a friend bought an SP3, because he worked in an audio salon and could get a big discount.... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy It's no secret that tube phono stages tend to have much higher phono overload tolerance compared to SS ones. However, that is rarely a problem when the driving cartridge is a typical LOMC type. It's when you pair a SS phono with an MM or high out... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy Pani, I don't know what country you live in, but in the USA, when LOMC cartridges were first introduced in the early to mid 70s, most audiophiles owned phono stages with only MM levels of gain. Everyone needed a gain booster of some kind in order... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy From where I sit, it seems that audio components of all types evolve more or less in parallel with each other: in fits and starts. What's new in phono stages is the idea of current drive and the implementation of integrated circuits, not discrete... | |
| Yamaha HX-10000 phonostage, any views? Correction. The vintage Yamaha phono stage I did hear extensively is the C2, not the C1. Apparently the C1 is an integrated amplifier in their same high end product line. | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade In the US, the term "VAT" as it is used in the UK and in many other countries, has never been used, and I don’t see it being applied now that the orange one has declared the new much higher tariffs. The added cost is kept under the table where th... | |
| Yamaha HX-10000 phonostage, any views? Theophile, can you refer me/us to actual opinions of the HX10000 phono offered by owners of the unit, to be found on Audiokarma? I can only find one thread in which one guy says he owns one which causes some others to drool with envy. Thanks for a... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade If all that is real, the higher price probably reflects the imposition of a tariff by us on import of the bedrock. So there wouldn’t be any additional charge to the consumer; he’s already paying the tariff at the new US price. What’s already overp... | |
| Phasemation Cartridge Compliance or Alignment Issue? If it’s an MC with a 12 ohm internal resistance, inductance should be in line with that of other LOMC cartridges, very low compared to any other types and a non factor so far as loading goes. | |
| Impedance Loading for SS Hyperion Does the quad have built in SUT for MC? | |
| Impedance Loading for SS Hyperion Quad phono has fixed input Z of 10 ohms!!!!? Really? | |
| Phasemation Cartridge Compliance or Alignment Issue? "Distortion on only the outer record groves and not the inner groves is normally an alignment issue or an anti-skating issue." First, the problem is woofer pumping, which can be a cause of distortion due to a controversial form of Doppler distort... | |
| Yamaha HX-10000 phonostage, any views? In my experience with other high end Japanese gear from that era, I perceived a kind of syrupy coloration in their SS designs.While the quality of construction is very high, the sound was usually lacking. I believe, without having proved it to my... | |
| Phasemation Cartridge Compliance or Alignment Issue? Your data for effective mass and cartridge compliance are probably inaccurate, so the calculation for resonant frequency is a shot in the dark. I hate rumble filters, but I think that’s your best bet regardless of cause. | |
| Where's Mijo? You are correct sir. I think. |