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| Whest Phono Stages Slim, You wrote, "Tubes, which I have lived with for decades in various Amateur radio and military transmitters and receivers are fine, but they have huge variables and matching them is key. They are colored in terms of how they perform and to ... | |
| High vs low internal impedance cartridges....Is there a sonic signature for each type? Dave Slagle, one of the two brains behind EMIA, has converted a few MCs to "field coil" types, using the Denon DL103, for one example. I have heard that cartridge at the Capital Audio Fest, in the context of a truly fantastic direct-drive double ... | |
| Are 500 hours too many for a used hi-end cartridge? Miller Carbon, You wrote, "Look at it this way. The vast majority of the sound of a cartridge comes from everything other than the stylus. The vast majority of wear on a cartridge is only the stylus. Therefore the one thing most likely to be wo... | |
| Are 500 hours too many for a used hi-end cartridge? My approach, if I were to be tempted to buy an expensive used cartridge where the seller estimates as much as 500 hours of use, would be to suggest to the seller that the cartridge should be evaluated for stylus wear, etc, by a competent third par... | |
| VTA on the fly Ralph(Atma-sphere), I agree on the Triplanar, but I’m not sure why you think I needed to know how to adjust VTA on the TP. As you know, I’ve owned mine since the early 90s, at least. Built by Herb Papier in his basement factory. But I also these d... | |
| Victor TT 801 It’s silly to argue about this. Obviously a swollen or leaky cap has to be replaced. By “leaky” we mean both electrically (leaks DC voltage) or physically (leaks fluid). I can’t recall what happens to the capacitance of those tiny types with value... | |
| Victor TT 801 What increases when lyrics age is ESR. The capacitance per se most often falls based on my experience with my Sencore L75 meter. Anyway I was speaking of PS capacitors only. If they have aged sufficiently to alter DCV delivered to the servo, etc, ... | |
| VTA on the fly Nope. I agree you didn’t claim to have golden ears. And yep, when you change vta all those other parameters change, but my point is that a tiny change in vta such as might be expected by a half turn on a micrometer type vta adjuster would likely m... | |
| What was wrong with the P-mount ? Technically, I suppose you are correct, bimasta. The term Pmount probably should be reserved for that one kind of mount. The B&o mounts are different as I already said and you’ve reiterated. Fair enough. | |
| Koetsu Urushi opinions? I am very biased in favor of my Koetsu Urushi. I purchased it new in Tokyo, about 8-9 years ago, in the belief that I had Nirvana within my grasp. My system has changed a great deal over the course of my ownership of the Urushi. I was not blown... | |
| VTA on the fly Or the change in VTF and overhang are so miniscule, when you turn the micrometer typically used to alter VTA on an "on the fly" tonearm by only 180 degrees, as to be inaudible even to a pair of Golden Ears such as your own. I actually doubt that ... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive I bought a very early version of the Hyperspace, from one of their dealers in Florida with whom I never met. When it arrived, I was chagrined to note the absence of that nice graphite-like mat. I complained to the dealer, and his response was th... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Nottingham Hyperspace has or had a very thick mat that appears to be graphite in photos, about one inch thick. | |
| VTA on the fly Perhaps he had no idea of "the advantages of VTA on the fly", but your story as told doesn't prove that, if you made your adjustment surreptitiously. Do you know approximately how far the pivot moves when you make a half turn adjustment of VTA? ... | |
| Victor TT 801 Chak, No one is infallible. I was just pulling your leg, as we say in English. The TT801 should not perform any better than a TT101 except by virtue of its vacuum mat. The fact that it uses ICs in lieu of some discrete transistors found in the ... |