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| Would changing to a MC solve my problem? You could as well conclude that your MM cartridge is at fault, because 46db gain in an MM phono stage is typically more than adequate. On the other hand, 2.4 mV output from your MM is low . Most MMs make 4-5mV output. All of this suggests to me th... | |
| Would changing to a MC solve my problem? What linestage are you using, and how much gain does it add to the signal driving the amplifier? If you’re using an integrated, the linestage section of many integrated amplifiers does not add gain. 400mV from your phono without linestage gain may... | |
| Phono cartridge noises He doesn’t have “hum”, in the sense of 60 or 120Hz noise. He needs shielding from that nearby radio antenna, and yes, the shield must be grounded to have an effect. We don’t know whether even his cables are shielded. Seems to me the only thing to ... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? There likely is something to the idea that cartridge transient response is very important to conveying the sense of a live performance (studio or concert), because for me when I attend live music (as I will be doing in about 2 hours from now), the... | |
| Phono cartridge noises Define “injected”. Anyway, did Skyy tell us he can select the phono inputs on his linestage, and if the tonearm is disconnected from the phono stage inputs, there is no noise? If he explicitly said that, I missed it. I agree that would suggest RF... | |
| Phono cartridge noises Noromance, Airborne RFI can enter via the cables or any piece of equipment, in this case the phono stage. Once it gets in, it can be propagated by cabling anywhere. so why is the observation that phono needs to be plugged in contrary to the airbor... | |
| Phono cartridge noises There is no reason to believe that an SS phono stage would be less sensitive to RFI. In fact, an SS stage is more likely to be MORE sensitive to RFI, because an SS stage will likely have a wider bandwidth, not that that extra bandwidth, for exampl... | |
| Experiences With The Ikeda Arms? Neon, if you run the FR64S, I highly recommend both the B60 and an arm board that has good energy dissipation. The B60 and the board help with mass damping. Properly set up, the FR64S can be very good. | |
| New preamp or up grade my cartridge and or phono amp? Soix, ehem. I don’t own a discrete linestage. All my preamplifiers contain phono sections. For that combo , you pay more. And none of them ( I have 3) cost me more than $4K, all purchased second hand. | |
| You can't afford a Lambo Veneno, so get this.. The long front overhang forward of the wheels is a design turnoff for me when I look at the 365 BB and its later iterations. And I bet that generates lift as well. | |
| Phono cartridge noises An in-line filter might not help much because it sounds like the problem is radiating from that tower. Shielding is needed. | |
| Do I Need A SUT There is no particular reason to worry that the attenuators need to be set differently for analog vs digital, unless you’re prone to forget to turn down the volume before switching from analog to digital and fear speaker damage. Otherwise I person... | |
| Phono cartridge noises Do you live in a city or suburbs? House or apartment? Are your phono cables shielded? Is your audio system on the same circuit with any appliances? Does day vs night make any difference? | |
| You can't afford a Lambo Veneno, so get this.. Many years ago, needless to say, I test drove a Miura that was for sale. It was an S version with 12,000 miles, and the price was $17,500!!!!! At high speed, the front end felt floaty, and that kind of frightened me. Everything else about the car ... | |
| Do I Need A SUT I am guessing you meant you’re setting the input impedance of the Stellar at 60 ohms, not 60 Hz. Also, I think the LTA is a single-ended device, so no matter what inputs or outputs you use going in to the LTA, the signal out of the LTA is SE |