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| NOS Grace F9E question Raul, Don't you think the word "speed", as applied to the difference in SQ between MC and MM or MI cartridges, is really saying the same thing as what I said, that MC cartridges seem to emphasize the attack of musical notes? Psycho-acoustically, ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Chakster, Are you sure about the diameter of .035mm (millimeters)? That is very very very tiny and would be very fragile. It's also thinner than even 40ga wire. I think there IS in fact copper wire that thin available from Japan; it is or was s... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? So I would guess that if those are resistors in your photo, Chakster, they are probably 100 ohms, not 47K ohms. Have you measured the DCR across those coils? From their mounting near to the input jacks and now realizing that the ZYX is an active... | |
| The 'tube-transistor' enigma by MC carts? Chakster, To create a "resistor" using copper wire is folly, don't you think? Even fine copper wire has very low resistance per foot, because it is.... a great conductor. You'd need miles of good copper wire to create a 47K ohm resistance, for e... | |
| NOS Grace F9E question Every rejoinder starts a new argument. I'm guilty too. | |
| NOS Grace F9E question If you're comparing an MM to an MC, the one thing I always notice is that MCs typically emphasize the attack of a musical note. Whereas, the best MMs and MIs tend to get the "meat" and the trailing edge of notes, perhaps better. (Please don't att... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? NAndric, 160 parts for one tonearm or one part for 160 tonearms? If the former, it’s hard to imagine that the arm could have been produced for any less money than the new SAT tonearm. | |
| Input to Use for a Phono stage All of the line level inputs go to the same place. Or follow bimasta’s suggestion, if you don’t want to disconnect the gear already connected to the line level inputs, in favor of your new phono stage. | |
| NOS Grace F9E question And ceramic is good because...?Ceramic tt mats suck.For that matter, I would not claim that titanium makes a great cantilever, only that the Acutex sounds great, to me, in my system. | |
| NOS Grace F9E question Acutex used titanium cantilever in its top models. I don't know of any other manufacturer that did that, but could be. Also, Acutex 300 series are Induced Magnet types, not Moving Magnet. Their 400 series are MM, I believe. As I am sure you kno... | |
| NOS Grace F9E question Raul, I don't disagree with anything you wrote above, save for the fact that I know nothing about boron cantilevers except that many fine cartridges use them. On boron, you say the solid is better than the tubular type. I think Chakster took the... | |
| NOS Grace F9E question So I just went on eBay to see if there were any Grace Level II or F14 cartridges for sale there. Chak, are you selling the F14 "new needle" (only) on eBay? Someone in Russia is. There's a Level II for sale from within the US; it looks awful, and... | |
| NOS Grace F9E question Raul, Neither you nor I can score points with Chakster. But I am going to try to find one of his preferred Grace cartridges just to see for myself. Have you heard either of those two that he likes so much?Chak, Please read what Raul wrote about ... | |
| Tri-Planar Vll "SE Upgrade" Re what Raul said about my experience mating an Acutex LPM320 with compliance = 42, per factory literature, with FR64S using Dynavector headshell which is a bit lighter than a stock FR headshell, it's fantastic, and I hear no bass rumble which you... | |
| NOS Grace F9E question So, at the present moment, which Grace cartridge do you think is the very best one to own? If I am going after a rare Grace, I may as well pursue their best. Thanks. |