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| Naim introduce a turntable - the Solstice Special Edition The URL you provide, for all its verbiage, doesn’t bother to mention whether the new TT is a belt- drive or direct-drive. Since it’s really a Clearaudio, I’ll assume belt. | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration Mijostyn, if everything boiled down to your personal experience, the world would be a simpler place to live, for sure. Tubes ARE microphonic, regardless of my or Ralph’s opinion. FYI, you may pay extra for quiet tubes from certain vendors, but wha... | |
| SPL Phonos Phono Preamp noromance, I assure you that my understanding of the process of electronic amplification is as complete or incomplete as yours. We just chose different words to describe the process. Nor did I say (or think) that the signal is "ushered" anywhere. ... | |
| JVC TT 71: buy now for spare for my or TT81? Elliot, I am not sure what you meant, but if your interest in a TT71 is based on its fitting your TT81 plinth, I do believe a TT101 would also fit a plinth made for TT81. Of course, the factory plinth for TT101 (to be found included with a TT101,... | |
| Best vintage DD turntables from the 70's and 80's? JP, Perhaps you don't recall, but my own TT101 that you diagnosed and repaired does have selectable power transformer primary taps, and one of the choices is 120V. I think the other choice is 100V. It was someone else's opinion that units with s... | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses The Acutex 300 series are IM, as you say, but where does the “piezo” come in? Acutex 400 series are conventional MM. The Azden line was discussed in Raul’s original MM thread, but I don’t recall too much about them. | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration I apologize for being too harsh, Mijo. Was trying for humor. By the way, my OTL Atma-sphere amps originally used the high current Russian triodes (6C33C) designed for use in their jet fighters on board radar. This was deemed advisable because tube... | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses I think you would find, or at least in my opinion, MC cartridges have advanced quite a bit more in terms of sound quality than have moving magnet or moving iron iron cartridges, since the good old days of the 1970s. I choose that era because the f... | |
| JVC TT 71: buy now for spare for my or TT81? And I forgot to mention that because of that issue with the swelling of the printed circuit boards, I suggest using the Victor turn tables in a low humidity environment or at least in an environment where the temperature fluctuations are minimal. | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms Mijo, the Goldmund T3F LT tonearm was a straight up ripoff of the Rabco SL8E, which was designed by an engineer who lived here in bethesda, MD, not a gnome in Switzerland. I always wondered whether it was done under a contractual agreement, and if... | |
| JVC TT 71: buy now for spare for my or TT81? Elliot, why do you expect your TT81 to fail eventually? I recognize the favorable cost factor with the TT71, but I always prefer buying upscale, rather than down. Also issues with the TT101 are a bit overstated here, and that is partly my fault be... | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration Mijo, Mijo, Mijo. You consistently mistake your own observations and opinions for science and facts. Tubes are microphonic, some more than others, and most tube gear does benefit from isolation and dampening. Not necessarily with spring suspension... | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration Mijo, I am rather surprised at your attitude toward isolating "electronics". Perhaps you eschew the use of tube equipment as absolutely as you prefer spring suspended turntables, but anyone who does use tube equipment will know full well that tub... | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms There is as much difference among different air bearing tonearms in terms of these same issues as there is between a Unipivot and a gimbal bearing pivoted tonearm. It would take a separate thread to sort that out. | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms Still waiting for your Cosmos? |