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| Synergistic PHT... any other PHT heads here? Are you guys smoking the PHTs or what? | |
| Phono stage: MM only or MM/MC As regards the OP's question, it seems to me that if you are sure you are going to stick with MM (or any other high output cartridges, like some MI types), then there is no point in paying the extra expense for the extra gain available in an MC st... | |
| Moving coil VS moving magnet/iron Roberjerman, You wrote, "Mc cartridges have a rubber damping block at the opposite end of the cantilever. This takes care of vibrations traveling up the cantilever - so no vibrations reflected back down the cantilever!"Do you believe those dampe... | |
| Moving coil VS moving magnet/iron Yes, "ears" was used by me as a metaphor for all the other stuff you list. | |
| Moving coil VS moving magnet/iron I have on hand a Koetsu Urushi, ZYX UNiverse (1st version), Ortofon MC7500, Ortofon MC2000, Audio Technica ART7, and Dynavector 17D3. The UNI, MC2000, and ART7 are my current favorite MCs, but they are not always preferred to my Acutex LPM320, B&... | |
| best phono stage under 10k Not much of the above is helpful to the OP, I wouldn't think, unless there is some factual information about immunity to RFI. The fact that a unit is "quiet" in one's own home is not evidence it would be quiet in the OP's high-RFI environment. B... | |
| Moving coil VS moving magnet/iron Mijo, all that you say makes sense, yet I do find more excellent MM and MI cartridges than MC types, among the 20 or so cartridges in my collection. Still, I’m loathe to make a categorical judgement because there are many very high end MCs I have ... | |
| About to purchase Bryston BP-2MM moving magnet phono stage for Sondek LP-12 Forgot to mention I would take those ECMs off your hands, if you get cold feet. | |
| About to purchase Bryston BP-2MM moving magnet phono stage for Sondek LP-12 So what’s the problem? Go for it. | |
| Manley Chinook with (very) low output MC ZYX? I agree that Vishay nude resistors (I don't know about "VSRS"; I do know about nude TX2575, which can be ordered on-line) will be superior to the stock phono load resistors in the Manley phono stages. The TX2575 are superior to just about any re... | |
| Manley Chinook - chronic issues "Paul was helpful and agreed it needs to go in."Eureka! No amount of verbal exchange is going to illuminate the source and the solution for your problem. You need an experienced tech, preferably one who designed the unit and/or works on them reg... | |
| Manley Chinook - chronic issues tkr, Are you sure your problem was like that described by the OP? Because his problem does not at all sound as simple as a grounding problem really is. What he describes seems most likely due to a bad solder joint or a defective diode or transisto... | |
| Is there a physical and ritual connection with the analog LP? I have a love/hate relationship with the rituals associated with vinyl, but I use vinyl as my music source because that medium elicits more of the same emotions as live music, compared to any digital source I have yet to experience. Yet, objectiv... | |
| High-Output MC cartride with "MM" Phono Stage And in hindsight, I see that the question had been answered. Sorry. | |
| Manley Chinook - chronic issues Manley is a good company. The chinook is a good product that is typically very reliable. Obviously you have an occult problem somewhere in that preamplifier, and like everyone else said it is probably very minor, if and when it is properly identif... |