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| Audio Technica AT33PTG/II MC Cartridge, anyone have it or heard it? Phono gain alone is never the whole story. You need to add linestage gain. You need to consider amplifier input sensitivity (how many signal volts are required for full amplifier output) and speakers sensitivity . Also room size and reflectivity o... | |
| Is it ok to stack LPs horizontally? It has always seemed to me that the only point at which storing LPs vertically may become advantageous as regards to warping is when they are fairly tightly packed on a shelf with firm left and right boundaries. Otherwise, like someone else said,... | |
| Review: Pure Fidelity Harmony Turntable I don't care for MDF as a structural material for a turntable plinth, but other than that, this looks like a well thought out and well built turntable that I guess would sound fine. None of it is groundbreaking, but they chose good ideas from a n... | |
| Who Is An Expert On Acutex Cartridges? For what it's worth, I realized the other evening that the MMC20CL was adjusted so that the tail was "up" just a bit. It's sometimes difficult to level the very short vertical arm wand of the DV505. Anyway, I did lower the vertical pivot just a ... | |
| Turntable Placement Between Speakers with Short Interconnect? Read the fine print. Many companies convey the suggestion that their circuit is balanced, when it ain’t necessarily so. XLR connectors do not necessarily indicate a balanced circuit inside. On the other hand, balanced is not necessary for your pur... | |
| How do I get the best soundstage? Imagine if clubs and concert halls and all the other assorted auditoria in which music is performed were subject to the electronic constraints that Mijostyn prefers to apply in his home system. Would it add to enjoyment of the music? Would we ev... | |
| How do I get the best soundstage? Hysteve, I have not digested all of the posts that came after my original one, wherein I asked whether you have ever been able to experience what you feel is "excellent" sound staging with the Volti spkrs. My unspoken point was that a friend of mi... | |
| How do I get the best soundstage? In your past experience have you once been satisfied with the soundstage afforded by the Volti spkrs? | |
| Turntable Placement Between Speakers with Short Interconnect? If you are planning to introduce an outboard standalone phono stage, as your last post suggests, then it too should be a balanced circuit internally, if you want to take advantage of a balanced connection to your amplifiers. Using XLR-terminated ... | |
| Life of KT 150 Tubes Output tubes are usually wired in parallel, not in series. Thus it is quite possible for one to fail while the others roll along. I have no idea why my previous post was deleted, but it was. Perhaps an overzealous censor. | |
| Who Is An Expert On Acutex Cartridges? Shootout, yes. I did say that I thought or hoped the MMC20 bass would flesh out over time. The Grace Ruby with SS OCL would surprise any $10,000+ cartridge owner with an open mind; actually any of these we’ve been discussing would do so. But the ... | |
| Life of KT 150 Tubes The OP says that one tube in each amplifier “popped”. That is not the exit mode of tubes that wear out. Normally a tube that is dying due to long use will just begin to sound bad and eventually become impossible to bias properly until the user fin... | |
| Life of KT 150 Tubes A schematic is nice to have, but not really necessary for trouble-shooting this particular problem. Basically, if there is nothing amiss with ancillary components (capacitors, resistors, tube sockets, wiring, solder joints), then you have to belie... | |
| Who Is An Expert On Acutex Cartridges? LPM were the later ones with the long narrow snout-like appearance. There was an earlier or overlapping series simply referred to as "M". So there was an M320, an M315, etc. They look more conventional and can mount directly into a headshell wi... | |
| Turntable Placement Between Speakers with Short Interconnect? If you take the questionable advice of Elliot, to the effect that worrying about IC length is BS, at least be sure to purchase cables with the lowest capacitance possible. Capacitance, not "quality", should be the determining factor. I might sug... |