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| Furutech DeMaga v Acoustic Revive RL-30 Mk III LP Demanitizers Static electric charge and magnetism are two different phenomena, even though objects bearing opposite charges can attract each other. The Furutech is a deMAGNETizer, so I assume the other device is in the same category. First, you have to believe... | |
| Yamaha GT2000 with Straight Arm - Audio Note Tonearm Wire Rewire. And this (not removing all the insulation) caused a problem in balanced mode but not in SE mode? But didn't you start out with Cardas Clear, and weren't you unhappy with that wire? How does it sound now? My guess is you made an observation by U... | |
| Modwright PH 9.0X Tube Rolling Question Keep in mind, 5AR4 and 5R4 are very different electrically. 5AR4 drops 17V, whereas 5R4 drops 67V. This means that the resulting B+ voltage available to run the audio circuit is 50V higher when using the 5AR4, compared to 5R4. There are other d... | |
| The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation" Mijo, Where is the chlorofluorocarbon in the formulations we have been discussing? Is that compound (BAK?) you use for anti-static a CFC? | |
| OK, who is buying one? Anyone got a photo showing rounded corners? Thx. Based on this: https://www.linn.co.uk/us/turntables/lp12-50 I’d say rumors of rounded corners or of any visually distinctive design element, are wildly exaggerated. So you get a plinth made of “de... | |
| Headshell suggestion for my Pioneer PL600 (dir drive)? Arche is an outlier for cost and probably very heavy so mostly suitable for low compliance MCs. As you know, the vast majority of headshells can be had for less than $250, usually much less. Sorry about your high frequencies. We’ve aired this dis... | |
| Headshell suggestion for my Pioneer PL600 (dir drive)? Who woulda thunk that we’d ever come full circle from a disdain for detachable headshells to a preference for same? Where the respective rationales are polar opposites. The headshell ought to match the cartridge, not the tonearm and certainly not... | |
| Moving magnet hum Yeah, we bought a hamster, and he's hard at work running on the wheel which drives a flashlight bulb. Tesla told me about it. | |
| Moving magnet hum By the same token, I have some older AT's that don't have a ground tab. Back in the dinosaur era, I used to own Shure V15s... Don't recall any of them having a ground tab. But we didn't have electricity yet back then, either. So I may not have ... | |
| Moving magnet hum To the best of my knowledge, only a very few cartridges have one of the two "ground" pins connected to tonearm ground and hence to earth ground. Decca and early Grado come to mind. Certainly there may be others. So, Yogiboy, what "ground tab" ar... | |
| OK, who is buying one? I'm not in the market, but I am curious about the looks of the new Linn. Several persons have commented to the effect it has rounded corners, yet the only photos I've seen, e.g., in the URL above, show what purports to be the new special edition ... | |
| Moving magnet hum Most cartridges don’t have a “ground tab”. The 4 pins are used as hot and ground, respectively, in each of two channels in a SE connection. But in a balanced connection to a balanced phono stage, the ground pins deliver the negative phase of the ... | |
| Is a PTP Solid 12 (Lenco) worthy of a $5k cartridge Better to say exactly what parts you bought and tell something about the vendor. You can’t source parts from Peter Reinders direct? What makes you question Fixpart? | |
| The new Linn LP12 50th Anniversary edition What is the functional and practical difference between a $45K TT and a $60K TT? To my mind, at those price points emotion alone governs choice, or should do. If there are measurable differences, the inferior unit has no business costing even $45K. | |
| MM or MI Cartridge? Wolfie, Good point about the relationship between hysteresis and core material, or lack of same. But to my observation, the three types do group well apart from each other if you base it on inductance. LOMCs are always much less than 100uH (micro-... |