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| Technics SL1000 MK3 (SP10 MK3) performance/value VS modern turntables? I paid $700 for my custom pure copper L07D mat. The L07D comes with a stainless steel mat. My copper mat is an exact replica, weighing only a few ounces more, and includes the threaded holes provided in the original for lifting it off the platte... | |
| Refurbish Fidelity Research Tonearms Luisma, I am not anxious when it comes to cables. I long ago settled on what I liked well enough and have not felt the impulse to change or "upgrade" for at least two decades in my main upstairs system. In keeping with my finding that low characte... | |
| Running LOMC with MM (47K) loading Pindac, What are you saying? Seems you are saying that if gain is insufficient, then your cartridge doesn't sound its best. Which is almost certainly true. Clearly, the ECC81 (also known as 12AT7) substitution produced overall phono gain that wa... | |
| Phono Stage That's not Schiit You wrote, "I'm hoping to find a phono stage for >$1k..." Greater than $1K, in other words. But I am thinking you meant to say "less than $1K". In any case, you got a lot of suggestions for units hovering around $1K in price. Maybe that is b... | |
| Running LOMC with MM (47K) loading audioguy, There is nothing sacred about 47K ohms; it's become the standard for MM cartridges by default. In fact, many have found that at least some MM and MI cartridges sound best with even less of a load, like 100K ohms. ("Less of a load" mean... | |
| Refurbish Fidelity Research Tonearms Capacitance in a cable (speaker or IC) is associated with a low "characteristic impedance", defined as the square root of the inductance divided by the capacitance. (Hence, the higher the capacitance, the lower the characteristic impedance, also h... | |
| Technics SL1000 MK3 (SP10 MK3) performance/value VS modern turntables? While I am sure that the M-S metal mats are very good, based on the accolades, the cost is more based on the mystique that now surrounds anything made by M-S in its heyday. That was my point. I had a new pure copper mat custom-machined for my Ke... | |
| ZYX Ultimate Dynamic cartridge Since a low output version Universe, of which I own one, has an output of 0.24mV at standard stylus velocity, I have to wonder what is the output of these Ultimate series cartridges. Does anyone know? I also own an Ortofon MC2000 that only makes... | |
| Technics SL1000 MK3 (SP10 MK3) performance/value VS modern turntables? "and expensive", not "and the expensive". Autocorrect on my iPhone. | |
| recommendation for a high end analog system So lose the dust cover. Mijostyn is in the minority who believe that the dust cover does more good than harm. I wouldn’t let the dust cover control my choice of tonearm. But better yet, make up your own mind based on listening. You might end up ag... | |
| Technics SL1000 MK3 (SP10 MK3) performance/value VS modern turntables? Mats come and go, and it’s common for the best of them not to be recognized as such until they are no longer being produced, whereupon they become”rare” and the expensive. We audiophiles are a crazy bunch. | |
| Refurbish Fidelity Research Tonearms Syntax is no babe in the woods. He does not need cautionary advice. If he wants to get his FR tonearm serviced, he has a good reason. | |
| If a blind guy can use a Rega Planar 3 ... Buy P8, not "but P8". Sorry. | |
| If a blind guy can use a Rega Planar 3 ... But P8. Ditch the cover. By all accounts, the P8 is that much better than the P3. Tweaks are unlikely to make up for the basic differences that make the P8 the better option. Anyway, if you believe what MC is selling, you can always add his twea... | |
| Silver Head Shell Leads Really? Gold is thought of as very inert, which is why it is a favored outer coating, does not oxidize. Anyway, Aluminum reacts with many other metals. Silver not nearly so much, but it does oxidizes. The good news is silver oxide is nearly as... |