lewm
Responses from lewm
| High or Low output MC cartridge? In case I wasn’t clear, although I thought I was, LOMC>> HOMC, my opinion. | |
| Phono Preamp. With transformer or fully active The Jensen Transformer website contains or used to contain some excellent white papers on transformer loading, as per the subject of Intact's and Atma's posts. They show how and why to load down the secondaries to compensate for the effects menti... | |
| Thorens TD-125 MK1 with SME 3009 TD 124 is a completely different animal compared to TD125. One has nothing to do with the other, either sound-wise or mechanically. To begin with, I wouldn’t trust a private individual to pack and ship a delicate turntable properly, and if I were ... | |
| Thorens TD-125 MK1 with SME 3009 The TD125 had some electronics that govern speed. That aspect can be problematic in a very old sample, like this one. Just a point to consider. Can you inspect it in person? That would be a requirement, for me. | |
| High or Low output MC cartridge? Nothing wrong with millercarbon's sentiments, but I agree with Chakster, and this is based solely on listening experiences, not on technical aspects: HOMC cartridges just haven't perform in my various systems at the level of LOMC or the very best... | |
| Phono Preamp. With transformer or fully active Using an outboard SUT not only requires an extra pair of (expensive) ICs, it also entails passing the delicate low level signal from the cartridge through an extra pair of RCA connections (or two extra pairs, in the extreme case). The RCA plug and... | |
| Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy? In order to know what's "better", one has to have owned and used an LP12 in one's own system. That narrows the field of valid opinions. Also, if you permit the idea of "used" and/or vintage turntables, that also changes the game. | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 Suppose that you or I could inspect that cartridge prior to purchase. What could we learn by inspecting it? Apart from the fact that we could see if it had a cantilever and a stylus mounted on the cantilever, I don’t think we could learn much else... | |
| I have only come here seeking knowledge... In the midst of all this banter, someone else up above was trying to get to the point I think of saying that all your audio system components should be plugged into one electrical outlet, ideally. This is because otherwise you could have been deal... | |
| Linn LP 12 hum not coming from Bryton phono stage. What I was getting at is whether the hum is due to a direct interaction between the cartridge and the TT motor. One manifestation of that would be that the hum is loudest when the cartridge is nearest to the motor. | |
| Phono Preamp. With transformer or fully active Elliot, Not that it matters one iota to the performance of your system, but I get a reflected input impedance of 145 ohms (not 110 ohms), for your 1:18 step-up ratio into a fixed 47K ohm load resistance on your Mc phono stage. And a step-up volta... | |
| Linn LP 12 hum not coming from Bryton phono stage. Have you noticed whether the intensity of the hum changes as you listen to an LP, from outer grooves to innermost grooves? If not, you might do that experiment and report back. Absent a defect in your current power supply, I doubt that the PS it... | |
| Phono Preamp. With transformer or fully active For DIYers, Jensen SUTs are also excellent, and Jensen offer technical advice on how to implement them, as do EMIA. Bob's Devices, Lundahl, Jensen, EMIA, are only a very partial list of good companies that make SUTs. Having said that, I don't own... | |
| Cueing issue There is not much downward force on the cueing device, to make it reach the full extent of its travel toward the surface of the LP (=VTF plus some mechanical advantage due to the location of the cueing device near to the pivot). In this case, the... | |
| Linn LP 12 hum not coming from Bryton phono stage. Cartridge? |