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| Koetsu Rosewood Sig or other Koetsu on medium mass arms I don't know that it has strictly to do with the formula for resonant frequency, but my Koetsu Urushi did not come into its own until I mounted it in a headshell/tonearm with much higher effective mass (Ortofon LH9000 that weighs 18g by itself, on... | |
| Cart adjustment, that moment when you nail it! Wait two days or two separate listening sessions, before rejoicing, is my motto. | |
| Ever wanted to know, what your phono cartridge sounds like dead flat?? Since all LPs are subject to RIAA correction filters, both in the making and in the decoding, the "flatness" of the response, if you are talking about at the output that drives the amplifier, is really a measure of how accurate was the RIAA emphas... | |
| Morch DP-8 arm on a Helix Two turntable Mijostyn, I appreciate forthright comments, but if they represent opinions presented as fact, then I take umbrage unless there are also supportive data provided. In the case of the Murch DP8, what I see is a tonearm that does in fact conform to mo... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again Tubes do not inherently "hum", unless a particular tube has a defect that causes hum. Circuits in which we place tubes can be prone to hum if not designed properly, and most commonly hum is due to grounding problems. So use whatever is the recomm... | |
| Morch DP-8 arm on a Helix Two turntable Mijo, Admittedly, I have never owned a Morch tonearm, but they, particularly the model 8, are very highly regarded among those who do use them. I don't know how you can dismiss it out of hand in this case, unless you have heard one. I know you c... | |
| Can upgrading your front end make your bad records sound good? I have always felt that every true upgrade to phono reproduction brings LPs that I had earlier felt to be mediocre or even terrible, in terms of SQ, to a higher level of SQ, where at times I have come to love some LPs that I once would have given ... | |
| Manley Chinook Owners Tube Rolling I posted last time above that if the chinook is laid out like the steelhead, then the gain tubes are the pair of tubes nearest to the centerline of the chassis looking from front to back. the cathode follower output tubes are to the left and to th... | |
| MM Phono Input impedance change 47k to 100k ohms My first experience with a 100K load was with a Grado TLZ. Word was around that it really liked 100K. Sure enough, it sounded far better at 100K than at 47K. Since the TLZ was/is not even an MM but is an MI type, I never did assume that 100K wo... | |
| Sota or Technics Surfmuz wrote, " It’s a big deal to build nice quiet direct drive motor. Production requires lots of work and investments so it should cost different figures at exhaust." Can you say what you mean by "quiet"? Because, as I am sure you know, th... | |
| New Cartridge Time Is the Charisma 103 another one of those modified DL103s? If so, I would look elsewhere, if you want a really different experience. You can only flog that old horse so many times. I have no idea at all about a Grado Sonata, so can't help there,... | |
| Is my anti-skating too strong. So, the discussion has come around to the idea that high effective mass in the horizontal plane, relative to vertical effective mass, is at least theoretically a good idea. How does one know that 25g is too high? What is the typical horizontal c... | |
| Allnic 1201 replacement tubes? tommy, did the left channel problem occur before or after you had attempted to pull tubes (with or without the tube puller)? Also, have you now replaced the old tubes with new? Simplest thing to do first is to swap the tubes on the R channel wit... | |
| Is my anti-skating too strong. Just to point out that there is a good argument to be made in favor of a high horizontal effective mass for producing accurate base response. I am not coming down either way on this subject, but certainly there is a school of thought that is contr... | |
| Sota or Technics Don’t worry about a lack of opinions. Everyone will have an opinion. |