lewm
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| Best MM? In this hobby, I try to avoid the categorical statement (like "all MC cartridges are superior to all MM cartridges", or vice-versa), and I am suspicious of categorical statements put forth by anyone else. Therefore I would say that a $15K cartrid... | |
| Counterfeit DL103? Perhaps you make a valid point. The incident I described occurred about 5 or more years ago. Maybe Paypal is offering better protection these days. | |
| Counterfeit DL103? Chakster, We’ve had this discussion (about the "protection" afforded by Paypal) before. I am glad you found them to be helpful. The one time I needed to resort to Paypal for help with a dishonest seller, they were worthless. In fact, the Paypal re... | |
| Zerostat Milty really? One of the most fascinating findings reported by Shure in their 1978 white paper on static is that static attraction can spuriously increase VTF by as much as 3/8 of a gram (0.375 gm). So, you may not "hear" the static, but that is a significant ... | |
| Best MM? Dear Chakster, I was reading a very interesting white paper on static electricity and vinyl reproduction, published by Shure in 1978, when I came across this very interesting comment on the use of exotic metals in cantilever construction. Of cou... | |
| Zerostat Milty really? Spincat, Many thanks for finding and posting this wonderful article on static and vinyl. It clears up most of the issues we have been discussing, and it does so with a valid scientific approach. It was published back in 1978, back in the day when... | |
| Counterfeit DL103? I'm with Viridian. It doesn't make sense to counterfit a DL103. If you're going to all the effort required to make a counterfit cartridge that actually does work (and sounds at least decent too), then why not just give it a name and charge the v... | |
| Zerostat Milty really? I think it would be incorrect to think of static electricity as either plus or minus, for that matter, because it depends upon where you stand. My only point was that one outside surface has a relative paucity of electrons whereas the other surfa... | |
| Requirements for Moving Coil setup If you just want to audition an MC cartridge, and if your Bryston already contains a hi-gain phono section, as your post suggests, then all you need is an MC cartridge. But it would be important to find out exactly how much gain is provided by th... | |
| Zerostat Milty really? There are a few conceptual errors contained in some of the above posts. I am not a physicist, but based on my reading, static electricity as we experience it is not due to the accumulation of "positrons" (which is a legitimate subatomic particle ... | |
| Anyone Ever Tried This...? I am not sure I agree with the basic premise that CD playback is free of any timing error. The digital encoding may be, but during playback, you have a rapidly spinning disc being scanned by a moving laser beam. Those two mechanical devices have... | |
| Phono Stages with External Power Supplies...Worth It? fsonicsmith, You must be one of the younger guys around here. For most of my audiophile life (i.e., since the early 1970s), the term "preamplifier" meant a device that included a linestage and a phono stage, all in one. So, when you mentioned th... | |
| Phono Stages with External Power Supplies...Worth It? fsonicsmith, I am surprised you would place the AR Ref6 above the Steelhead, but if you are a "solder slinger", like me, I can suggest some very small changes to the Steelhead that make it sound worlds better. Either PM me or indicate here if you... | |
| Phono Stages with External Power Supplies...Worth It? You've asked an impossible question. To answer it intelligently, one would need to know much more about the differences in the power supplies between the version with the external box and the version with the on-board PS. Can you do some researc... | |
| Phono cable advice. best-groove, Please compare my comment that you quoted to your comment. I hope you'll see we are in complete agreement with respect to the desired endpoint, which is to know approximately how much capacitance your phono cable adds. Without knowi... |