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| Worth it to try a SUT with a 103R and Herron VTPH-2? So I assume your Herron already provides sufficient gain for the 103R. Yet you're thinking about interposing a SUT between the two, presumably using the MM section of your Herron. My bias is that this would be a step in the wrong direction, but ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I think Dimitry hit the nail on the head. We are splitting hairs based on structural elements, testing, etc, and drawing profound conclusions from our own listening tests, but we can never know how cartridge A really compared to cartridge B when ... | |
| Cartridge Impedance Just to be more pedantic so as to possibly annoy the OP, "impedance" is DUE to the inductance and capacitance coupled with the resistances. If there were no reactive components, i.e., capacitance and inductance, then one would only have to deal w... | |
| Cartridge Impedance Raul, I beg to differ. Most hi-gain phono stages are "stressed" by using a high input resistance, e.g., 47K ohms, rather than using a conservative 100R with a typical LOMC. Well designed high gain phono stages tolerate anything up to 47K without... | |
| Cartridge Impedance As a rule of thumb, the input resistance of the phono stage should be about 10X the internal resistance of the phono cartridge, to assure a flat response from 20Hz to 20kHz, all other things being equal. So, first you have to know the internal res... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, last night I was Internet surfing in order to acquire some technical information about my Acutex cartridges. In the course of that search, I came upon posts from you to this thread written in 2010. In those posts, you evaluated the Acutex L... | |
| Fidelity Research FR64 Black Limited Edition At any rate, all 64fx's are black. Either that or black is the norm for that particular model. Other differences between fx and S versions have been mentioned in previous posts. | |
| looking for advice to mitigate inner groove distortion Apparently the OP is on vacation.tz, You have successfully come up with an explanation for the OP’s problem that is even more unlikely or far-fetched than my own or any of the others. Are there any data suggesting that stylus shape and alignment a... | |
| belt ? or Dental Floss for turntable Because there is no issue too silly for us audiophiles to take seriously. In so saying, I include myself. | |
| belt ? or Dental Floss for turntable The problem with floss or any other string drive belt is the knot. Belt drive aficionados apparently believe that the knot creates problems as it passes over the pulley or the circumference of the platter. I have seen whole threads devoted to how ... | |
| Sony PS-X9 DSA phono.... Very nice unit. I had the benefit of an in-home demo courtesy of the designer, who is quite a nice chap. He couldn't wean me from tubes, but these days I have a more open mind. Good choice. | |
| Does removing anti-skating really improve sound? Mijo, No.I was going to leave it at that, but let me take your statements in reverse order:"Tracking angle error has very little to do with it as long as the arm is set up correctly. It is all about friction and offset angle and offset angle is fi... | |
| Hana ML compared to other high end cartridges My opinion is biased, because I have owned two Gliders (I and II versions) and was underwhelmed by both. This and other experience leads me to believe that LOMC cartridges or MM/MI cartridges are generally to be preferred over HOMC cartridges lik... | |
| Does removing anti-skating really improve sound? Since kinetic friction (the force of friction between two moving objects) is only a function of the normal force (the force vector that is perpendicular to the contact surfaces of the two objects) and the coeffecient of friction (mu) between the t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Chak, Not for a minute would I challenge your or Harold's knowledge about the Glanz and Astatic cartridges; I have never owned any sample of either brand. But I do have two comments: (1) I have said this before, so sorry for sounding like "a bro... |