lewm
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| Second MC Cartridge Choice.....Tokyo FWIW, you can’t buy the top end ZYX in Tokyo, the Universe and its descendants, at least you couldn’t 2 years ago. They’re marketed via the US distributor, Mehran, on the West Coast. All other ZYXs were available though. | |
| Just upgraded my cart to a Koetsu Rosewood Signature... Low compliance, not high compliance. Which is why the added mass on the headshell helps. | |
| MC for Low Mass Tonearm Egregious error on my part. In the post above gakerty's, I wrote, "In fact if the compliance of the "heavy" cartridge is low enough, you actually need a lightweight (read low effective mass) tonearm if you want to comply with the recommended rule... | |
| MC for Low Mass Tonearm Barring problems with counterbalancing the cartridge's weight, the weight of the cartridge is inconsequential, in my opinion, so long as the combined effective mass (tonearm + headshell + mounting screws + cartridge) is within reason. In fact if t... | |
| Lyra and OMA Michael, I think you were questioning JCarr's implication that a higher effective mass tonearm will produce more robust bass from your cartridge, even when the calculated resonant frequency is already within the generally accepted range of 8 to 12... | |
| MC for Low Mass Tonearm B&O MMC1 might be the finest cartridge I’ve ever owned, until I accidentally destroyed the cantilever. SS replaced cantilever and stylus but I’ve been reluctant to listen to the repaired version for fear that I’ll be disappointed. Acutex LPM32... | |
| MC for Low Mass Tonearm OP says above he already owns SS The Voice. | |
| MC for Low Mass Tonearm Add some mass at the headshell and use any MC you want. You need not take the perfectionist approach. Also, have SS retip your F9E with their OCL stylus on a Ruby cantilever and you may not feel the need for an MC cartridge or a SUT. | |
| Lyra and OMA Michael, a few postings ahove you wrote something to the effect that the higher the effective mass, the higher the resonant frequency. Actually, it’s exactly opposite. Resonant frequency and tonearm effective mass are inversely related. So a highe... | |
| Lyra and OMA 11Hz should be fine for the calculated resonant peak. Keep in mind that you’re using parameters (compliance and tonearm effective mass) that are good guesses at best. Fortunately there is a lot of plasticity in the equation itself as well, since i... | |
| Lyra and OMA Many tube based MM phono stages use 12AX7 as input gain tube. 12AX7 has high Miller capacitance, so I don’t know how you’d defeat that . This has been going on for decades(mating a SUT to a 12AX7 input). Do you see it as a real problem? | |
| Lyra and OMA Do you have any idea who actually make the OMA SUT? Typically, OMA collaborate with other companies to manufacture equipment they market under their brand name. Also, what is the turns ratio, which determines the voltage gain, of the SUT? | |
| Second MC Cartridge Choice.....Tokyo Yodibashi Camera in the Akihabara district of Tokyo sell MSL right off the shelf. Last time I was there, they had a wide array of MSL cartridges in stock. They also discount the Japanese VAT and give an additional discount for using a CC. | |
| Pioneer PL630- upgrading the phono cable? Ghd, how can you say in the same post that you never heard a difference among phono cables and also that you’re a big advocate of carefully choosing interconnects, etc? Seems internally contradictory, especially since a phono cable might be expect... | |
| So Weird- No Stylus Contact Woofer Pumping with Hana ML and Elac PPA-2 DC has no "rise time", by definition. |