lewm
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| MM, MC, or MI cartridge All of the above advice is anecdotal (a story told by one person with no statistical validity). The best the op could do would be to read up on the 3 different transducers, and then listen for himself. It takes time and effort to figure out what s... | |
| MM, MC, or MI cartridge Yes, MI types have been given short shrift here. No, they are not the same as MM. Any vinyl aficionado ought to listen to a few different MI types. Unfortunately, only Grado and SoundSmith continue to build them in the modern era. MI types have lo... | |
| MM, MC, or MI cartridge edcyn, I just cannot agree with your hypothesis, based of course only on my own listening in my own system. A great cartridge is a great cartridge, regardless of its operating principle. A great cartridge will give you those things you describe. M... | |
| MM, MC, or MI cartridge All qualitative generalizations on this subject are shaky. My experience only says that High Output MC cartridges don't usually compete well with MM, MI, or LOMC types. If you like the LOMC "sound", don't overlook MI types which are in the same ... | |
| Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable It seems some detractors may want to dribble LP12s, in fact. (I’m on the sidelines in this discussion. Never owned one.) | |
| Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable “Drivel”, not “dribble”. Otherwise, admirable for conviction. | |
| How good is the Micro Seiki DDX-1000 Direct Drive turntable ? I think Chak’s last post was around February, 2021. Since then he is off this grid. I repeat, Dang, you are best off to check the speed accuracy unloaded and under load (with cartridge engaged on an LP). If speed is stable, brakes can be repaire... | |
| How good is the Micro Seiki DDX-1000 Direct Drive turntable ? Cleeds, on the Kenwood L07D, the SP10 Mk3, and the Denon DP80, the respective brakes are actuated electronically, when you press the off switch, but the brake itself is mechanical; pads push against the spindle or platter to bring it to a halt. An... | |
| Vintage Technics SL-1300 poltergeist--help! That was a joke, by the way. I don’t use a DC during play because the ones I’ve used add an unpleasant coloration and/or feedback related sonic problems. Others take a different (minority) view. | |
| How good is the Micro Seiki DDX-1000 Direct Drive turntable ? If it’s a mechanical problem and all else is working perfectly I wouldn’t worry. But you’ll have to stop the platter by hand until you fix the brake mechanism obviously. If it’s electronic the TT may need to be calibrated. That also is no big deal... | |
| Vintage Technics SL-1300 poltergeist--help! Serves you right for using the dust cover while playing records. | |
| Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records Sorry for being so pedantic, but first of all ALL enzymes are proteins, not just most of them or some of them. In general, enzymes act to catalyze chemical reactions that would happen anyway but happen much faster if mediated by an enzyme. (That's... | |
| Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records Drbond, if a “sealed, mint” LP does not respond to the cleaning you’ve already done, I’d give up and either toss those LPs or tolerate them as is. I doubt any further cleaning will fix them. Good money after bad, and all that. | |
| SPL Stereo Vitalizer Mk2-T (tube) a beast of a loudness control at $1295 You may like what it does, but nothing in your description reminds me of a classical loudness control. As you may know, a loudness control is supposed to compensate for the Fletcher Munson curve imposed by our own hearing apparatus, where mid rang... | |
| Vintage Technics SL-1300 poltergeist--help! Is the onset of the malfunction temporally related to when you removed the counterweight? And yes, I think the channel could be there to enhance structural rigidity. |