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| Linn LP12 turntable Was gonna say “thrown out of a window”. Then I thought “defenestrated” is easier to type on my cell phone. | |
| Phono Cartridge IMD Measurements, Observations and a Question am I correct in thinking that the source of your apparent dismay is that vertical tracking angle makes no difference to your measurement? Otherwise, if you are doing this to compare the two cartridges, obviously you need to test the two cartridges... | |
| Linn LP12 turntable What can break in any turntable that hasn’t been defenestrated by an angry owner? Only the motor and any related electronics to control the motor. Basically they are all very simple devices. | |
| Phono Cartridge IMD Measurements, Observations and a Question Try the comparison with each cartridge mounted on the 1200G tonearm (separate measurements of course). Also are you doing this in mono or stereo? If stereo, are you getting the same result in each channel for both cartridges? Does azimuth have an ... | |
| Linn LP12 turntable So “to look good is better than to sound good”. But how does that make you a technology firster? It doesn’t seem that your LP12 is near to a full upgrade, if that’s what you mean by “full blown”.. | |
| I'm new to Step Up Transformers As a person who 50 years ago did build a speaker without knowing anything about crossover design (not speaker design because I blindly followed information contained in a magazine article), I’d say Atmasphere has a point. But if you read the pdf a... | |
| Seeking advice Bill, I think at this point (24/7 for more than a week) you’re breaking in your ears and brain to the system sound, more than anything else. I assume you’ll go back to FL for the duration of the winter and early spring, leaving your NH house at so... | |
| I'm new to Step Up Transformers I am constantly surprised when others report they hear important differences between two different load resistances, using LOMC or LOMI cartridges, that are numerically very close to each other on a scale of 100 to 47K ohms. Like 725 vs 525 ohms o... | |
| I'm new to Step Up Transformers I’d say wait through 2-3 listening sessions at least one hour each in length, before making any judgement of a new cartridge, and that’s only if you’re very familiar on a long term basis with the phono stage. And even then, cartridges do change ov... | |
| I'm new to Step Up Transformers An MI cartridge with a 10 ohm internal resistance like the Paua and some other soundsmith MIs is not comparable to an LOMC with the same internal R, because LOMI cartridges have a MUCH higher inductance, at least 100X to 1000X higher than the LOMC... | |
| Is a Fluance RT 85 turntable worthy of a moderately priced moving coil cartridge? For a “moderate price” you’ll get more bang for the buck with an MM or MI cartridge in my opinion. Furthermore MC cartridges are not categorically superior to the other two types, also in my opinion. But my answer to your actual question is sure; ... | |
| I'm new to Step Up Transformers Atmasphere is also all tube high gain phono, as I mentioned earlier. I’ve owned an MP1 for two decades upgrading along the way. I also owned an Aesthetic Rhea Signature but not the Io. The Rhea is amazing for its remote controlability but was a ta... | |
| Linn LP12 turntable Yourlogic, No, you didn’t mislead me. I thought someone was commenting on the looks of the LP12. Apparently not. i have no idea what Mark200 is trying to say, on the other hand, except maybe he owns an LP12. | |
| I'm new to Step Up Transformers The Herron phono stage, now out of production but possibly available pre-owned, is another that achieves high gain with an FET based input stage followed by an all tube circuit. It was very highly regarded, one might say venerated, by some who fre... | |
| Kenwood KD 650, Stanton cartridge Photoboydc, don’t be disingenuous. It’s easy to determine an average value with a simple internet search. I’m not a buyer, but I think I’ve seen this unit at $500 or thereabouts. |