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| Glanz moving magnet cartridges Having been a hen's dentist, I can attest that hen's teeth are quite rare. Which is why I left the profession to become a monkey's uncle. | |
| Fidelity Research FR7F history/changes Hey Dover, I realize that you live to skewer, but the Oxford English Dictionary gives 2 definitions for “insoluble”, one of which is a synonym for unsolvable or incapable of being solved. If you want to argue on the subject at hand, go for it. Oth... | |
| 10 Inch Tonearms Goofy, the whole issue of tonearm effective length is less critical, if you are going to mount a mono cartridge (not totally irrelevant but much less relevant). So use whatever length best meets the mounting requirements of your turntable. | |
| Fidelity Research FR7F history/changes I know this is a hot and controversial topic, but I have never owned a vintage phono cartridge that actually had insoluble problems due to aging of the suspension. In my experience, a few spins on the break-in bands of the Cardas test LP have alwa... | |
| Mag Lev Turntable. Your Thoughts? A solution for which there is no problem. | |
| Mag Lev Turntable. Your Thoughts? Maybe I am wrong about it being off the market, but I have read about it in the past tense. I have also read that problems with the system almost preclude it’s every day use. It’s just something to show off for friends. | |
| Why do my bass drivers shake violently listening to vinyl You won’t see the woofers dancing if they are in an enclosure that constrains motion at subsonic frequencies. You also won’t see them dancing if the preamplifier or amplifier in the upstream chain cannot pass subsonic frequencies, e.g., if you use... | |
| Thorens TD 165 Speed & Belt Setup Questions Of course clean the gunk and re-test speed. Also keep in mind that the goal is accurate speed while playing music. So if you haven’t done so, be sure to measure the speed while playing a record; perhaps it will be more accurate under that conditio... | |
| Technics SL1000 MK3 (SP10 MK3) performance/value VS modern turntables? I want to retract my criticism of Dover for his dumping on vintage direct drives. He has a perfect right to say what he wants, and thanks to JP Jones for his informative responses to Dover's points. On the question of the L07D servo, I think it d... | |
| Mag Lev Turntable. Your Thoughts? Not that this helps in any way, but the Maglev was widely described as "problematic", even during its brief period on the retail market. There were bizarre stories circulating about destructive malfunction events, like platter flying off into spa... | |
| 10 Inch Tonearms Thanks. I should have also asked whether both tonearms are on the same TT, because the adjectives "faster and snappier" suggest a possible speed difference, if two different TTs are used. | |
| Technics SL1000 MK3 (SP10 MK3) performance/value VS modern turntables? I own a Mk3, an L07D, and a TT101. I listen to each of these regularly. They do have a very subtle sonic signature I think, but the last thing I would do would be to try to describe it in words, for one thing because of the factors that JP mention... | |
| 10 Inch Tonearms Noromance, same cartridge on both of your tonearms?Goofy, exactly what are your remaining questions about 10” tonearms? | |
| Why do my bass drivers shake violently listening to vinyl Two questions for arrowhead: (1) By what mechanism do you think a phono pre or a pair of ICs can cause rumble (except in the case where the phono stage has very low bass frequency extension, enabling it to transmit rumble frequencies to the downst... | |
| 10 Inch Tonearms You actually asked why 10 inch arms exist. Of course, it is an option, because they do exist. |