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| Which vintage direct drive? Raul, There were 3 posts dated October, 2020, ahead of mine. The last post before that was January, 2020, by Thuchan. Anyway, you know this is one of my favorite subjects, so I often cannot resist a comment on relevant threads. On the DP80, if y... | |
| Vertical tracking force for Lyra etna lambda sl catridge “arm base higher than headshell...”Really? Is that even possible? | |
| Which vintage direct drive? My particular TT101 works on 120V or 100V as selected at the transformer primary. Yet it is labeled “Victor”. The acronym JVC doesn’t appear anywhere. I’ve read that it was made for sale to American servicemen stationed in Japan, but that’s just f... | |
| Anyone experienced speed issues with Artemis Labs SA-1? Don't get me wrong; I do like the Artemis, as mentioned above. I hope you will be able to resolve the problem. And certainly, the other drive systems have their specific pesky issues. | |
| Anyone experienced speed issues with Artemis Labs SA-1? It often surprises me that belt drive aficionados are willing to put up with so much fuss, to keep their turntables running at correct speed. The whole idea of a belt is a pain in the ass waiting to happen. | |
| Anyone experienced speed issues with Artemis Labs SA-1? If you used any motor with a speed adjustment function, then you would not have to worry about matching the motor to the turntable. You would just observe the initial speed error and use the adjuster to correct it. Have you considered adapting the... | |
| Any electronic geniuses here? Of course, yes. And I am no electronics genius. The impedance seen by the cartridge will be equal to the input impedance of the phono stage divided by the square of the voltage step-up ratio afforded by the SUT. In other words, if the phono sta... | |
| Best SUT For Van Den Hul Crimson Stradivarius cartridge I just had an idea I should have had at the outset. You might consider consulting Dave Slagle of EMIA. Dave is the man when it comes to SUTs and their design and build. He can tell you what you need, or if you need it, and then make it for you.... | |
| Best SUT For Van Den Hul Crimson Stradivarius cartridge Before you invest in another line stage, you need to be sure that it has more gain than your present line stage. I would suggest at least 3db or 6db more gain, and then you could do away with any SUT. I would not go with the McIntosh, but that’s j... | |
| Best SUT For Van Den Hul Crimson Stradivarius cartridge Kanchi, as you already know, your present SUT is a very bad match with your cartridge and phono. With a 1:26 turns ratio your cartridge is seeing 69 ohms. Thus you’re losing gain and should be experiencing an attenuated treble. But probably there ... | |
| Table and arm combos in 13k range Or how about Triplanar on SP10R (comes with no plinth and no tonearm)? That would fall within the OP's budget, if one can find a suitable high quality plinth for the SP10R. Technics charge about an extra $10K for the SL1000R (the SP10R in a plin... | |
| Best SUT For Van Den Hul Crimson Stradivarius cartridge There is no one single best load R. The only rule of thumb is you'd like the load to be about 10X the value of the internal resistance of the cartridge, or greater. When you go below the 10X ratio, you begin to lose both gain and HF response. T... | |
| Best SUT For Van Den Hul Crimson Stradivarius cartridge Kanchi, Your linestage adds 17db of gain, according to the Cary website. So, with the Ypsi and the Cary linestage you have a total of 56db (39db + 17db) of gain, which is a voltage step-up of about 630X. Thus when the cartridge is putting out 0.... | |
| Best SUT For Van Den Hul Crimson Stradivarius cartridge Kanchi, I am trying to figure out what you're getting from what you already own. According to the Ypsilon website, "MC26L" sounds like the designation for one of their SUTs. And VPS100 denotes their phono stage. Since Ypsilon seems to use the d... | |
| Table and arm combos in 13k range Brock, That’s a nice story, but the OP is talking about a $13K expenditure. For that much dough, he can do a whole lot better.I only bring this up, because mijo is constantly praising the SOTA products. While I agree that they are an excellent co... |