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| Mainstream Phono Stages Incorporating Premium Branded PCB Parts - Do They Exist? One afternoon at DeJaVu Audio, I listened to a pair of Audio Note speakers, I think their model E, if that makes sense, being driven first by an AN Kegon amplifier (for sale then at ~$125K) and then by the AN Ongaku (probably around $80K). This wa... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm theophile, For those who are adherent to the gospel about minimizing tracking angle error (TAE) at all costs, the terms "distortion" and TAE are interchangeable. In other words, they (and apparently you) use the two terms as synonyms, where TAE is... | |
| Pass XP-17 and Hana ML loading question OK. | |
| Pass XP-17 and Hana ML loading question Again, you’re relatively happy with load resistance other than 47K ohms, so a mismatch between cartridge and tonearm is not high on my list. | |
| Pass XP-17 and Hana ML loading question I don’t quite understand your last post, except it seems you’ve checked the cartridge and speaker wires and the two channels are NOT out of phase. Do you understand that point? the rest of your last post eludes my grasp. The issue I focused on is... | |
| 4Point9 vs. OL Conqueror vs. Vertere Super Groove HB “Varies” was inserted by cursed autocorrect, obviously I hope. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Doggie, cleeds makes a very good point. Note that the bearing assembly at the pivot of the SME tonearm is offset to match the headshell offset angle. That would confound any attempt to use the SME as a test bed for underhung-ness. You could try it... | |
| 4Point9 vs. OL Conqueror vs. Vertere Super Groove HB All that stuff varies vibrates in sympathy with the speakers and colors the sound in a bad way. | |
| 4Point9 vs. OL Conqueror vs. Vertere Super Groove HB You have a beautiful listening room. I suggest you remove all chotchkies from speakers and even from the vicinity of either speaker, especially what appears to be a second turntable on top of the R speaker. Get all that stuff out of there and have... | |
| Pass XP-17 and Hana ML loading question Also check the leads at the cartridge as Atmasphere suggested and even though you say you’re relatively happy when load R is 1K or less. So this is a real shot in the dark. Color code as follows: red= right channel hot green = R channel ground ... | |
| Pass XP-17 and Hana ML loading question Until now, you never revealed that both the XP 15 and the XP 17 had this sonic character when you set the load to 47K ohms. Since you used the term “amps”, is it correct to assume that you mean both phono stages? If so, I am stumped, because it is... | |
| Pass XP-17 and Hana ML loading question Which is what I said, too. But it can’t be at the cartridge because he reports relatively good results with all other choices of load R. Which is why I suggested there may be a phase error incurred in relation to wiring of the load selector switch... | |
| Pass XP-17 and Hana ML loading question One remote possibility: when you set load at 47K, the two channels are out of phase with each other. That would have to be due to a glitch in the internal wiring of that resistor, since other loads are at least functional. I would consider sending... | |
| Something new. Junk. And I think off the market because of some nasty accidents. | |
| Pass XP-17 and Hana ML loading question Have you tried a 47K ohm load with any other typical LOMC cartridge, ever, with either of the two Pass phono stages? What was the result? Thx. Also, can you define "terrible"? Do you mean that the treble was rolled off or missing, as you menti... |