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| Ceramic insulator cone under phono stage shocker! For what it’s worth, which ain’t much, the best cones I ever used were and still are the Goldmund cones that are stuffed with a damping putty. | |
| static Issues...anybody know why? The primary cause of the skating force is the friction force between the stylus and the modulated groove. A skating force is generated because of two factors: (1) the headshell offset angle, and (2) lack of tangency to the groove, which pertains e... | |
| What is the Best Tool to Measure Cartridge Azimuth? I use a now ancient Signet Cartridge Analyzer along with its companion test LP made by Shure. The SCA has a ‘scope output, but if you have no scope, it has a dB meter built onto the faceplate. So, play test LP with (usually) 1kHz test tone in on... | |
| Ceramic insulator cone under phono stage shocker! Except cones are not really inherently diode-like. We only wish they were. They can approximate the action of a diode, if very carefully placed on a resonant shelf, on areas that act like vibratory nodes. Otherwise, energy can go both ways thro... | |
| static Issues...anybody know why? Mijo, I am not sure what bone you are picking with Geoff, but the very same Shure publication you cited has a section on static. There you will find some real experimental results, some of them showing that friction between stylus and vinyl is NO... | |
| Miyajima MADAKE experience Vinyl savor, Is your D3A phono stage a current-driven type? Thx. | |
| static Issues...anybody know why? Possibly the two phono cartridges differ in the degree to which the body and/or the cantilever of the cartridge is grounded, thereby making one of them more likely to dissipate static charge vs the other. I agree with Geoff that the rubbing of th... | |
| What is the Best Tool to Measure Cartridge Azimuth? I would not recommend setting azimuth by using any combination of any bubble levels. The opportunity for error is too great. After all is said and done, it is not really a bad idea to set the cartridge visually typically using a mirror so that ... | |
| My tonearm must be wired out of phase There are two very different ways in which a stereo system can be wired out of phase. In the first case, one channel is 180° out of phase with the other. This produces some dramatic negative effects, imaging is damaged severely, and it’s just qui... | |
| Phono cartridge suggestions sought Find a fine vintage MM or MI cartridge and if there are doubts about its condition, have it re-tipped by SS. Short of spending many thousands on an MC cartridge, you will be in great shape. And I am not even sure that spending many thousands on ... | |
| Technics 1200G VTA Lock or unlock is the question? Haven't we all? | |
| SME 3009 Series III Haters Muddy, The only reason to assume that the III should be used with high compliance cartridges is its very low mass. If you are using a heavy headshell, screws, or cartridge, that could more than make up for its inherent low mass. Plus there's the ... | |
| SME 3009 Series III Haters Will someone say, compared to what?I've always thought of the series III as a good choice for a high compliance cartridge but hardly state of the art. On the other hand, certainly not "bad".That said, anecdotes are not good arguments. | |
| Turntable feedback What Hifiman said. Get the turntable out from the corner of the room. Also, you have told us nothing about where the turn table is located with respect to the speakers and the sub woofer. For all I know it is sitting on top of the subwoofer, which... | |
| Need help to know the value of these items Never heard of any audio product from a company called "Russ L". Are you sure it's not "Russell" or similar, with a few letters wiped away? Even under the name Russell, it rings no bell with me. However, a Shishido 2A3 amplifier with Tango tran... |