lewm
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| Heaviest Headshell? I remember the earlier Decca cartridges, the 4R and SC4E. They were big, heavy, and noncompliant. It is hard to imagine that those didn’t gouge the grooves, but they had a devoted following. I still own an SC4E, which I would not think of actually... | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important But you certainly don’t have to buy the analog magic hoo-hah or a smartractor, in order to have good tools for the job. | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important In my opinion, you need to set up the cartridge properly with very good tools, and then find out for yourself if you think it makes a difference. This thread is a collection of anecdotal subjective impressions. | |
| Heaviest Headshell? I am using an Ortofon LH 9000 headshell with my Koetsu Urushi. The headshell weighs 18 g. But it costs a lot less than $300. To that you could always add more weight by various methods as you know. Your cartridge must be remarkably low in compliance. | |
| Heaviest Headshell? Certain FR headshells can exceed 20g easily. You’ve glued 3 quarters to a 20g Ikeda? What cartridge? | |
| Cartridge Mounting Hardware I believe that the screws currently recommended for the Palladian cartridge are made of titanium. Moreover in a separate communication, the inventor associated with acoustic sounds was very positive about the need for titanium screws for best sou... | |
| Sony PS-X9 Grab it, jose’! | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important So, has anyone ever owned, seen, or heard of a test LP that encodes a single frequency test tone from outermost to innermost grooves, on at least one of its two sides? | |
| Sony PS-X9 I understand where Jose' may be coming from. If you've searched for something that is rare and difficult to find, audio gear or other, and then you find it, you are prone to overpay in just to get the thing you've been after. I've been there, do... | |
| What do you mean you “heard” the turntable Don't waste your time arguing with someone who writes this sentence: "Vinyl can only reproduce a fraction of the sample rate compared to 16 bit and 24 bit CD's."He doesn't even understand the fundamental difference between analog and digital repro... | |
| Tube rolling ARC amps & Steelhead I hope you guys know that in the Steelhead, the 5687s are used as cathode followers, both of them. Only one of the two is used for the direct output, bypassing the volume control, when you use the Steelhead as a phono stage only. If you use the ... | |
| Sony PS-X9 Presumably the one that you are thinking of purchasing would come to you in absolute tiptop working order. I should hope so, at that price. I say this because you might keep in mind that you can still buy many well recognized high end Japanese vi... | |
| Sony PS-X9 Uber, I own an L07D and am familiar with most of the lesser Kenwoods, yet I have never seen this particular model. Very interesting. Do you know the vintage, when it was made? Seems to be direct drive; yes?That piece of wood that presents in th... | |
| Sony PS-X9 Schubert, do you want hollandaise sauce on that? | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important fsonic et al, What is measured is the tracking angle error, the degree to which the cantilever deviates from tangency. All the plots I have ever seen plot distance from outer groove to inner groove as a function of the angle by which the cantilev... |