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| Upgrading from. Rega Planar 6 to a Planar 8?? Mijo, since Rega design philosophy is not in keeping with your ideas on TT design, I’ve been wondering why and since when did you fall in love with the brand. | |
| Rays Tubes Any 6FQ7 or 12FQ7 (depending upon the available filament voltage) will out perform any 12AU7, and they’re cheap. | |
| Straight tonearms without offset angle Thanks for referencing those threads, Dogberry. I read the Audiokharma thread today. Boy, some of those guys go off less than half cocked. It would be exhausting to try to correct all the misstatements. | |
| Hot off the press...Technics SL 1300G I can’t recall who asked about the coreless motor but someone else asked what they would miss if they stuck with SL1200 vs any G series, and my response was they’d miss the coreless motor, etc. YES, the G series and now the G2 have coreless motors... | |
| Straight tonearms without offset angle Pindac, are you saying that Stax and Micro Seiki once produced underhung tonearms with zero headshell off set? If so, that’s interesting. | |
| Straight tonearms without offset angle There’s a thread on the Viv Float tonearm. I suggest you review it. You are neglecting to mention that such tonearms are mounted so the stylus underhangs the spindle, as is the case for all of the commercially available tonearms that have zero hea... | |
| Hot off the press...Technics SL 1300G What you’re missing are the coreless motor, the heavier more damped plinth and platter, the upgraded motor controller (G vs original SL1200), and the improved tonearm. | |
| Hot off the press...Technics SL 1300G Probably only an incremental improvement vs G motor controller. Possibly not audible, would be my guesses. | |
| Hot off the press...Technics SL 1300G The G series, available since 2016 I think, is better in every way than your SL1200. Technics made a marketing choice to make the G look like the 1200, but under the skin they’re quite different, and the G series are better. Now might be a time to... | |
| critique my setup -- weak link? best way to improve? Re Seeker, nearly all preamplifiers ever made operate in Class A, and many/ most modern tube Preamplifiers can drive a 10K ohm load easily (which is to say their output Z is 1K ohm or less). I agree those are parameters that need to be checked out... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? Mijo, Sorry, based on your phrasing I thought you might be saying you preferred JC3+ over whatever Channel D you own, which didn’t make sense. Note here that I refrained from making the obvious joke about turntables needing to be “well hung” (per... | |
| The Jico SAS/B Stylus VN 5 MR If you’re selecting cartridges to any degree based on “channel separation” , you ought to take into account the frequency dependency of that spec. Typically companies give a single data point for separation at 1kHz, where for most cartridges separ... | |
| Garrard 301 - Project Maybe if you would describe the nature of the noise that’s bothering you, others could more easily nail down the source. Tonearm and cartridge misalignment are sources of distortion for sure, but not the kind of distortion that falls into the cate... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? You actually like the JC3+ better than your Lino C? | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? The Zeus makes 0.3mV at 3.54 cm/sec, or about 0.5mV at 5cm/sec, where most cartridges are rated. “100db” would indicate a voltage gain of 100,000X, or 50V (!!!) at 5 cm/sec. Whoever advised you is not to be trusted as a source for audio advice. 50... |