lewm
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| Warm sounding phono cartridge The MP 500 is a high output moving iron cartridge. So the only reasonable loading is 47,000 ohms into a moving magnet phono stage. I even use 100K ohms. There’s no accounting for the sound if something else is done. | |
| Linn LP12 turntable New ones probably sold out at that bargain price, especially since I think they’re limited production (maybe 50 units?). | |
| Warm sounding phono cartridge Agree with knotscott, in my system the MP500 is a very well balanced cartridge. If anything, it has an especially rich bass register without losing detail or separation of instruments. In fact I’d recommend it to counteract a “thin” sound. I’ve ne... | |
| Linn LP12 turntable I’m guessing the $9K plinth is taken from the 50th anniversary LP12, the one for sale at $54K here on Audiogon. Reportedly it’s made from a densified wood, a la Panzerholz. I’m guessing Linn has decided to make that new plinth available to owners ... | |
| Enjoying the Original Music Streaming Format - Analog FM Stereo OTA TVfrom my roof antenna is superior to streaming the same local channels. I have a Luxman T110 tuner in mothballs. DC has one jazz and one classical FM station; I listen while driving. | |
| Warm sounding phono cartridge Also, “thin” in and of itself is a very subjective quality. As when your wife or girlfriend asks do I look thin in this dress? Maybe you can amplify on your definition of thin (sounding, not looking). | |
| Warm sounding phono cartridge Azimuth is about crosstalk, the fraction of the R channel signal that appears in the L channel, and vice-versa. How does that affect “noise”? | |
| Linn LP12 turntable Was gonna say “thrown out of a window”. Then I thought “defenestrated” is easier to type on my cell phone. | |
| Phono Cartridge IMD Measurements, Observations and a Question am I correct in thinking that the source of your apparent dismay is that vertical tracking angle makes no difference to your measurement? Otherwise, if you are doing this to compare the two cartridges, obviously you need to test the two cartridges... | |
| Linn LP12 turntable What can break in any turntable that hasn’t been defenestrated by an angry owner? Only the motor and any related electronics to control the motor. Basically they are all very simple devices. | |
| Phono Cartridge IMD Measurements, Observations and a Question Try the comparison with each cartridge mounted on the 1200G tonearm (separate measurements of course). Also are you doing this in mono or stereo? If stereo, are you getting the same result in each channel for both cartridges? Does azimuth have an ... | |
| Linn LP12 turntable So “to look good is better than to sound good”. But how does that make you a technology firster? It doesn’t seem that your LP12 is near to a full upgrade, if that’s what you mean by “full blown”.. | |
| I'm new to Step Up Transformers As a person who 50 years ago did build a speaker without knowing anything about crossover design (not speaker design because I blindly followed information contained in a magazine article), I’d say Atmasphere has a point. But if you read the pdf a... | |
| Seeking advice Bill, I think at this point (24/7 for more than a week) you’re breaking in your ears and brain to the system sound, more than anything else. I assume you’ll go back to FL for the duration of the winter and early spring, leaving your NH house at so... | |
| I'm new to Step Up Transformers I am constantly surprised when others report they hear important differences between two different load resistances, using LOMC or LOMI cartridges, that are numerically very close to each other on a scale of 100 to 47K ohms. Like 725 vs 525 ohms o... |