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| How far is your SUT from your Phono Pre/Preamp? The short answer is no, you need not tolerate hum just because your SUT is close to your phono stage. In fact ideally you want the two to be as close together as practical. | |
| How far is your SUT from your Phono Pre/Preamp? Do you wanna rephrase that? | |
| Who Is An Expert On Acutex Cartridges? Was thinking that since the headshell is decoupled, the effective mass might be lower than what is otherwise apparent. | |
| Cartridge Force - Is a Little 'Over-Force' Okay? I agree with Raul. 2.7 g is significantly more VTF than the stated upper limit of 2.2 g for your cartridge. That is not a trivial difference, and it will at least alter the relationship between the transducing elements of the cartridge and not for... | |
| Who Is An Expert On Acutex Cartridges? I own an RS labs RSA1 tonearm, but I have never used it with such a high compliance cartridge. I have no idea of its effective mass. Just from the looks of the construction I would imagine the effective mass is fairly high or certainly medium or h... | |
| RCA Living Stereo Philip I find spotty. Some excellent. Some a little dull for want of a better word. I thought DG were a bit shrill even before digital came into vogue, but after that they became unbearable. I suppose it would depend on what I was using for playba... | |
| RCA Living Stereo As more of a jazz aficionado and a some time classical music listener, I cannot agree that RCA are the worst among vintage LP brands. Although some recordings are not very good for sure. (I am trying now to think what brand is categorically worse ... | |
| Voltage mode vs current mode phono stages Raul, are you thinking of the Goldpoint series attenuators for your and my Phonolinepreamp? Yes, you did advise me to replace the originals with those Goldpoints that use SMDs. Can you tell me what value, in terms of Kohms? One thing I noted is th... | |
| How best to eliminate LP warps Who knew warps were so popular? | |
| Marantz TT15/ Clearaudio Satisfy for MC carts? There are both low and mid to high compliance MC cartridges so your question is impossible to answer without more information. But you can answer it for your self with that calculator. | |
| Voltage mode vs current mode phono stages Fremer by and large has better equipment than most of us have, not necessarily better hearing. He's old, like we are. Like I said before, what is the big deal about SMD components? Good for op amps in circuits with very very wide bandwidth but ... | |
| How best to eliminate LP warps Terry, you wrote, "My DIY air bearing tonearm / Koetsu setup is sensitive to small azimuth changes - 6 minutes of arc from perpendicular is clearly audible". That's remarkable because it infers that your Koetsu is perfectly constructed internally... | |
| Aidas Cartridge Ummmm... Nine months with no contact from the people at Aidas is not just poor customer service. It's no service at all, or possibly your box got lost in transit. | |
| How best to eliminate LP warps Dear jw, Your assumptions are not quite accurate. I normally do not fuss over warped LPs, as I observe them very infrequently in LPs in my collection of 2500 or more LPs, but I would not dare to guess what fraction of that total is warped. However... | |
| Choosing the right SUT for my setup My advice if you want to build a SUT box is to buy the transformers from Jensen, and they’ll help you with the rest. |