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| Why do cartridge manufacturers give a range for VTF? But after you set static VTF, in actual use the cantilever is moving constantly. How much is to some degree affected by tonearm inertia. So there is no one exact correct value for VTF. Also no two samples of any cartridge are exactly alike in term... | |
| Why not use a non-contact stylus on a turntable? Greg, I think you levitated before posting. You can come back down to earth now. No free lunch, and no condescension needed. | |
| Importance of power cable for Turntable? bdp, You wrote, "@nyev, remember, the difference heard between two power cords (or any other component) is highly dependent on the resolving power and transparency of the entire system."This is a paradoxical statement. It is true in one way but i... | |
| Phono stage recommendations In fact, it probably can only be used with low output moving coil cartridges. Because the internal resistance of the cartridge driving the current driven phono stage needs to be very low, for example, 10 ohms or less for the very best result. | |
| Importance of power cable for Turntable? I would agree that geometryseems to have an effect, and “grounding” of course. | |
| Importance of impedance matching cartridge with phono stage? Why i suggested you search the archives.The original suggestion that cartridges with output below 0.4 would work with 100 ohm load was probably based on the assumption that such cartridges typically have an internal resistance at or below about 10... | |
| Importance of power cable for Turntable? Folkfreak, Besides the facts that you want a lot of current carrying capacity (which equates to using thick low gauge wire), particularly for a power amplifier but maybe not so much for a turntable, since tt motors seldom draw more than 20W, and t... | |
| Importance of impedance matching cartridge with phono stage? There are many threads on this subject in these archives. Try doing a search. Personally, I’d say 20 ohms is useless with all but a very few very low output cartridges. So you’re basically stuck with 100 ohms, which is ok for most but not all LOMC... | |
| Importance of power cable for Turntable? The motor is a source of EMI which can affect components sharing the same AC line or by direct radiation from the motor or its power cord. So if a cord provides good shielding and/or has built in filtering, its possible you’d benefit. | |
| What is the correct way to use the Zerostat? It seems you worship a different set of deities. I don’t and didn’t argue that a dust bug doesn’t work to reduce debris in the path of the stylus. And if you like dust covers, that’s fine too, but not for me and most others, when playing music. | |
| How does Amazon sell a 300.00 cartridge for 180.00? Millercarbon nailed it and Amazon right on the head. Bravo!Although this conversation really had very little to do with cartridges, erik, why did you qualify your remark by the preface, "in the old days"? | |
| What is the correct way to use the Zerostat? Mijo, I apologize if it seems I follow you around here just to contradict you. That is not the case, and in fact I don't disagree with everything you wrote above. But I do disagree with your bald statement that Zerostats do not work. They can wo... | |
| Glanz moving magnet cartridges Dgob doesn't hang around here very often, if at all. Unfortunately for the rest of us. | |
| Glanz moving magnet cartridges Chakster, This thread was initiated several years ago by dgob, after he purchased a Glanz G5. Apparently that's a cartridge with an integrated headshell. Apparently also there is at least one other integrated headshell Glanz with a single-digit ... | |
| Does removing anti-skating really improve sound? Larry. Thx for your input. The paper you cite is interesting. But I guess I pay more attention than you did to the first paragraph, with all its qualifications. It clearly states that the phenomenon exhibited by the experiments done for this paper... |