lewm
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| USD vs Yen who is cashing in! TechDAS I saw a model 4 Premium for sale in a high end store, but did not take note of the price. I forgot to mention that another factor increasing USA prices is the distributor markup, which is justified because that guy has to be responsible for warran... | |
| Grado Epoch 3 It would be interesting to me for someone as meticulous and well equipped as Audiofun to do a comparison between a gaggle of well regarded “affordable” cartridges and a gaggle of very expensive cartridges, let’s say costing more then $6K. I’m a cy... | |
| Sibilance On the other hand, if I recall correctly, yours is not the first mention of sibilance on Barbour LPs. So in this case, it might be the LP. Do you hear sibilance with other vocalists? I also doubt Patricia gets up to 3-4KHz ( per Mijo) in her vocal... | |
| Increasing a Low output MM +1 for yogi and mulvie. No self-respecting MM phono stage would offer only 28db gain, is an editorial opinion. But if you love it, and if your linestage doesn’t help enough, add an upfront gain stage. Not a SUT. | |
| USD vs Yen who is cashing in! TechDAS I’m in Tokyo now. We recently gave our son a bit of our US dollars for him to buy an apartment, at 147 yen to dollar. We are reaping those benefits by staying with him in his new digs. I’ve done a bit of audio shopping, at the present rate of exch... | |
| Increasing a Low output MM Actually not if you’re feeding an MM phono stage that provides the RIAA correction. But I agree it would be nice to know the name of the cartridge: Input impedance would have to be tailored to the cartridge specs. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Dover, a light bulb went on in my head. I think I now understand what you mean, but it still seems to be the equivalent of shortening the distance from stylus to spindle, which only moves the single null point closer to the spindle. Still underhun... | |
| Which SUT to match Koetsu Rosewood Standard in my system? The numbers say a 1:10 SUT will likely work. This means 1:20 and anything in between will also work. If overload would be a problem at 1:20, that’s a poor design, which is to say I don’t think it’s a problem. It’s all good. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm With respect to the pivot and spindle, you can’t have both underhang and overhang at the same time. I’m actually in Tokyo and contemplating the purchase of a Viv just to spite my dear friends Raul and Mijostyn. Their rigidity should not astonish m... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Dover, as you know, the single null point will lie on the radius of the LP and hopefully somewhere on the playing surface. I’ve been trying to visualize the setup you propose. Seems to me if you move the pivot forward of the null point but still s... | |
| Which SUT to match Koetsu Rosewood Standard in my system? The step up ratio needed for any pairing is system dependent. What someone else “likes” in terms of turns ratio is moot. Furthermore it seems Mulv has platinum magnet Koetsus, which would give the lower voltage output he quoted, 0.3mV. In that cas... | |
| Pyxi phono stages, two systems. If you have no speakers yet, how do you know the Vibe is great? | |
| Which SUT to match Koetsu Rosewood Standard in my system? That should be fine. | |
| Which SUT to match Koetsu Rosewood Standard in my system? To make it a bit simpler, you’re probably OK with a SUT that enhances the signal voltage by 10X. In other words, a turns ratio of 1:10. It is unpardonable that the manual doesn’t stipulate phono gain but we can hope it’s at least 40db. We do know ... | |
| Which SUT to match Koetsu Rosewood Standard in my system? Thanks for providing some relevant data. One more question: what is the gain in db of your phono stage? And just to be sure, what is the voltage output and internal resistance of your prospective new cartridge? |