lewm
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| Next MC Cartridge Advice/Recommendations All the cartridges on your list are worthy. And you’d probably like them all. Ortofon and Lyra do not have a reputation for warmth, if that helps. | |
| Smart power supplies for turntable Forgot to mention the key fact that AC power regenerators deliver a rock stable clean 120V, as well as pure 60Hz. | |
| Does Kronos Sparta turntable come with a tonearm? For a $24K turntable, you should not have to purchase a "power supply", and in fact, you don't for the Kronos. | |
| Smart power supplies for turntable If your local AC is truly "dirty" and unstable as to line voltage, then you might consider a power regenerator, like any of several made by PS Audio. These devices are like amplifiers; they run off your line AC, convert it to DC, and then put out... | |
| Recommendations for setting VTA Elliot, I personally have always used the "start with headshell level" technique. I have never ever, nor will I ever, take the trouble to directly measure SRA. Not the least of the reasons for my choice is the fact that I am not trained to measur... | |
| CUTTING DOWN A TONEARM CABLE Canare connectors? | |
| Testing the Yamamoto HS-4 Carbon Fiber headshell. Noromance, I don't know why I did not bring it up earlier in this 2-year thread, but I completely agree with you on the "sound" of carbon fiber when it is used structurally in audio components, except for headshells. I have not at all liked the W... | |
| CUTTING DOWN A TONEARM CABLE Only thing: De-solder the plug, chop at that end to the desired length, and re-solder the plug exactly as it was. Don't chop in the middle. Not that you would necessarily do that, but... There would be an "ideal length" if and only if you are ta... | |
| A pitch too High! I don't want to get into it again with MC, but skating force occurs with any and all types of pivoted tonearms, those that overhang the spindle and those that underhang the spindle, as well. (So far, those are the only two types I know about, and ... | |
| Recommendations for setting VTA You will receive reams of advice on this topic. You can even search in these archives for even more blah-blah. Simplest approach is to set the top of the headshell parallel to the LP surface. Many/most cartridge makers manufacture the cartridge... | |
| Dynavector Karat 17D3: retip for $500 or get something new? Needlestein, It's good for us vinylistas to know you are out there. Thank you for posting. Some MI cartridges do not have user replaceable "styli", but they do have user replaceable modules that may include all or part of the transducing mechani... | |
| Interesting information from Analog Planet on Stylus Cleaner Onzow Zero Dust. An "oligomer" is nothing more than a short "polymer". So, all oligomers are polymers but not all polymers are oligomers. Further, the distinction is vague; the number of units or "mers" that define an oligomer is not specified by the term. One dic... | |
| Looking For A Dialogue Around Using An Ortofon MC2000 In My Current System It always boils down to "distortions" that the other guy "likes". You don't seem to recognize that the Manley Steelhead drives the Beveridge speaker system and woofers that I have in a system totally separate from the Sound Lab system. The Be... | |
| Manley Chinook - setting for Ortofon Quintet Black S Anything over 50 ohms load resistance could reasonably be used without important compromise to performance. It's a matter of taste. | |
| Looking For A Dialogue Around Using An Ortofon MC2000 In My Current System Raul, you are wrong in your comments about my system. Ridiculously presumptuous in fact. |