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| Sony PS-X9 I very much doubt you'll find an PS-X9 at an audio show in Florida, but stranger things have happened, I guess. | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important The odd thing is that Raul's native language is Spanish, or I assume it to be. In Spanish and other Romance languages, the verb usually does not come last in a sentence. Truth be told, I usually understand Raul, but I did not understand all the ... | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? Dear Millercarbon, Thank you for "telling it like it is". I've never heard those gaudy products all together in one system, but I can imagine that I might agree with you, if I were to audition that system. However, let's do keep in mind that the... | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important Further, you, Raul, used to claim that exact alignment was over-rated. I know you've changed your tune, just as you changed your tune on MM vs MC cartridges. All of that is OK, but don't pretend to be perfectly consistent in your views. For my p... | |
| Sony PS-X9 totem, You may have a point; I did not look at any photos. From memory, I thought the PS-X9 per se comes as a chassis for which there would be a separate plinth to mount the tonearm. But... | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important Raul, my Beveridge system is mostly solid state. The Manley Steelhead is a hybrid. The Beveridge amplifiers contain active solid state crossovers and the amplification is entirely solid state. Only the output stage uses tubes, a necessity for dire... | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important My disenchantment with the religion of very precise alignment took place quite by accident. I had my Ortofon MC2000 in a headshell that had been aligned for the tonearm on my Kenwood L07D turntable. The MC2000 did not work well in that system du... | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important Surprisingly, perhaps to you, I will be the 3rd person to find some truth in what you say. But keep in mind also that as little as 2mm of error off perfect alignment (conforming to one of the standard algorithms) can result in NO null points on th... | |
| Sony PS-X9 I have never seen one that was actually for sale in the here and now. I have seen listings that "ended" months or years before I found them. I have to think, though, that one could find it for less than 5-figures. I would shop in Tokyo or Hong ... | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? And Harold, Whether you like it or not, there is no such thing as "friction-less" in the real world. Ergo, if the groove is guiding the stylus tip, there is a side force generated at the stylus due to friction at the junction (and the mass) betwe... | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? testpilot, Thanks for supplying the name of that company, Bergmann. If you re-read my post, you will see that I mentioned first that there was one German company I could not name, and second that I thought Brinkmann might also make an all-in-one ... | |
| If you love the Ortofon 2M Black, you'll really love...... (help me upgrade) Chakster, I am currently in mad passionate love with the Ortofon MC2000. However, it only works for me (with no SUT) because of the very low input sensitivity of the Beveridge direct-drive amplifiers. By this I mean that the amplifiers seem to req... | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? Ct, In the absence of any friction at the pivot point, yes there is no need for any external force to move the arm wand/cartridge across the LP surface. However, in the real world, there is never zero friction. Thus we first had the Rabco SL8, r... | |
| Sony PS-X9 If you're referring to replacement of the tonearm mount, that's neither here nor there, as regards the "goodness" of a PS-X9. I do think JP likes his very much, however, at least on the technical level. Personally, among the classic Japanese dir... | |
| Cartridge Upgrade ...AT ART-9? There is no anti-skating to adjust in a straight line tracking tonearm. So that per se should not be the problem or a cause of distortion in the left channel. What I am wondering about is whether you are having some friction in the bearing of the... |