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| Pass XP27 vs. Rowland Conductor Phono I don't think one response can "chime", but you're welcome. I actually would like to hear more about the Rowland, from someone who has heard it. | |
| Pass XP27 vs. Rowland Conductor Phono I guess the problem may be that Rowland are so under the radar, or at least under my radar, that few persons are familiar with the unit. I admit to being out of touch with the show-going, review-reading crowd. | |
| Why do tonearm specifications list null points? This happens all the time: we conflate tracking angle error with "distortion" without actual evidence that the two are perfectly correlated. And what sort of distortion might be correlated with TAE? Suffice to say it seems to be a good idea to min... | |
| Why do tonearm specifications list null points? Several years ago, I experienced the issue discussed by Dover and Larry with a Dynavector DV505 tonearm, probably because the DV uniquely places the vertical pivot so far forward from the horizontal pivot. The DV was designed with headshell offse... | |
| Acoustic Signature turntables Plinko, You are making this much harder than it has to be, and it’s hard enough to begin with, to choose a new turntable from the myriad of choices that are available. What you care about is how each of the parts functions as a whole. In each case... | |
| Proper set up: worth the chase Mike, Your Pass XP17 permits you to select 56, 66, or 76 db of phono gain? And that’s driving a linestage? That there is a lot of gain (when XP17 is set to 76db). | |
| Acoustic Signature turntables What's that plinth made of? Corian? Very pretty anyway. | |
| Phono stage options - balanced with XLR both input and output... I confess lack of knowledge about the very latest ARC preamps. If the internal circuitry is balanced in the strict sense of that term, then I must apologize for conveying the wrong idea. Certainly classic ARC units were not balanced, eg, SP10, 11,... | |
| Phono stage options - balanced with XLR both input and output... There is no ground at the cartridge if run in balanced mode. A cartridge has two terminals which may be used to derive positive and negative phases, respectively, of a balanced signal. OR one side is grounded and output is taken from the remaining... | |
| Phono stage options - balanced with XLR both input and output... CH Precision DSA Phono Atma-sphere MP1 and MP3 There are more but I cannot conjure up the names offhand. Be careful that you are getting a unit with a true balanced circuit inside. Many companies obfuscate on that. Some use a transformer or ... | |
| How good is the Micro Seiki DDX-1000 Direct Drive turntable ? Probably ok. It needs time to sample the speed before indicating that speed is stable by ceasing to blink. | |
| Dynavector DV-507 Mk II ? Ditto. I’m still happy with the DV505 on my Lenco. I also own a 501, inherited in NOS condition from the estate of a friend, but I’ve not used it. The original choice of the 505 for my Lenco was partly governed by the need for a surface mount tone... | |
| This TT Setup Shouldn’t Sound this Good If you swap the Phantom with the B44, assuming the Phantom (a modified unipivot) is happy with the spring-suspended Oracle, you might actually prefer the Oracle rig. Or Oracle might take off with a gimbal-bearing tonearm of similar high quality. | |
| This TT Setup Shouldn’t Sound this Good Are these two rigs feeding the same amplifier and speakers? If so, I certainly could see the Oracle/DLS1 competing with the Clearaudio/Benz and even bettering the latter combo, especially if you exchange the two tonearms. But without knowing about... | |
| MM, MC, or MI cartridge OP asked about “sonics”. |