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| Thoughts on moving from a 1200G to Sota Saphire or above Tsushima, I have owned two samples of the SP 10 mk2. During the same timeframe, I also owned and still own an SP 10 Mk3, a Kenwood L07D, a Victor TT101, and a Denon Dp80, not to mention a highly tweaked Lenco. At one time or another I heard all th... | |
| If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear The K3 has essentially the same form factor as any of Krebs’ developmental prototypes. I’ve seen photos along the way. Richard worked on this project for years before he joined forces with OMA. In designing and adapting the cast iron plinth that d... | |
| Thoughts on moving from a 1200G to Sota Saphire or above Not a big fan of SP10 mk2, but I do agree with Atma and Chak that the OEM rubber mat is a negative and should be replaced. I think the top line Technics G series with a selected mat might outperform the mk2, but I have no experience to corroborate... | |
| SUT Advice - Which Ones Are The Best? Edgeware, I am puzzling over your saying ..."the Denon has only 21dB gain and not suitable for low impedance cartridges,..." First, 21 db of gain equates to a voltage gain of about 11-fold. So, it would provide more than adequate voltage gain for ... | |
| Thoughts on moving from a 1200G to Sota Saphire or above One of the great benefits of hooking up a cartridge in balanced mode to a balanced phono stage is the total lack of hum problems. I have been doing this for decades, and I have never experienced a problem with hum using any of many cartridges. How... | |
| Thoughts on moving from a 1200G to Sota Saphire or above Mrm, I tried to answer the question you seemed to be asking. Incidentally, all hum is AC by definition. I inferred that sometimes you can reduce hum, if hum is a problem, by NOT grounding the TT/ tonearm to the phono stage. Also, note that the tra... | |
| SME service is terrible. Can’t buy any accessories from local dealers here in USA Vintage British cars use anything but metric fasteners. Typically “Whitworth”, which is their own system of measurement for nuts and bolts. I guess it depends upon how you define “vintage“.while the UK was a member of the EU, they likely went metric. | |
| Thoughts on moving from a 1200G to Sota Saphire or above Mr m, dedicated phono cables meant only to be used between a tonearm and a phono stage input, usually have a female DIN plug at the tonearm end. A DIN plug mates with a male DIN to be found at the base of the tonearm, and it contains five connecti... | |
| cassettes CAN sound better than vinyl. Is your record player labeled "Mattel"? I bet it's swell. | |
| cassettes CAN sound better than vinyl. Perhaps Lee and viper should start a private conversation and spare the rest of us. | |
| What angle should I set the VTA on my VPI turntable? Hshifi is conflating SRA (~92 degrees) with VTA (~21-23 degrees). The two are interdependent of course.Mijo, an analysis of data in the form of photos posted on vinyl asylum (I think) revealed that most “amateurs” draw the lines incorrectly when a... | |
| What angle should I set the VTA on my VPI turntable? Some time ago, this issue was discussed here. The question then was not "whether" VTF goes up when the pivot point is raised, but "how much" does it go up. Someone did the experiment, and the answer was "not very much", but definitely VTF went U... | |
| What angle should I set the VTA on my VPI turntable? Let me be sure I understand what you are saying, Lutke. You say to place the cartridge on the LP surface at zero VTF, first of all. Correct? Typically when VTF = 0, the cartridge is floating in space above the LP surface, and the tonearm is parall... | |
| What angle should I set the VTA on my VPI turntable? Your model is flawed. | |
| Thoughts on moving from a 1200G to Sota Saphire or above IMO, a dead strobe bulb on an SP10 mk2 is no great loss and would not affect speed accuracy or servo function , I don’t think but could be wrong. (A question for JP.) Also, by saying I thought the SME V is superior to the stock G tonearm I certain... |