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| Best vintage DD turntables from the 70's and 80's? edgeware made a good point, and so did Chakster: The PL70 has an edge on its competition at its price point, by virtue of its included tonearm, which seems to be the same as the one on the P3. I've seen that tonearm for sale separately at prices... | |
| Phono stage w/automatic Load-Impedanance. I want to make sure we are talking about the same thing. Cartridges have a fixed DC resistance (DCR) if you measure the resistance between hot and ground connectors for each channel using a simple ohmmeter. Cartridges also have an output impedan... | |
| VPI prime scout VS Music Hall 9.3 VS Technics SL-1200GR VS Rega Planar 6 Your own adjectives suggest, but don't prove, that you might prefer the "direct-drive" sound. There's only on DD turntable on your list. Since it is unlikely you would be able to audition all 4 of those on your list prior to purchase, I suggest ... | |
| Phono stage w/automatic Load-Impedanance. So the Phonata is not, in fact, a current-driven phono in the way that the Aqvox and BMC MMCI and several others are. Somewhere I thought you said it was. | |
| Phono stage w/automatic Load-Impedanance. So the Phonata is not, in fact, a current-driven phono in the way that the Aqvox and BMC MMCI and several others are. Somewhere I thought you said it was. | |
| Phono stage w/automatic Load-Impedanance. There is another thread of much more recent origin around current-driven phono stages. But in any case, by definition, a current-driven phono stage with so-called automatic impedance loading would not require an SUT. As I think I wrote elsewhere, ... | |
| Phono stage w/automatic Load-Impedanance. Dear Chakster, maybe I should read more of this thread before writing this, but I am confused. If the phonata is a current type design, why would you even be using any SUT? An LOMC cartridge with low internal resistance should plug right into the ... | |
| Reminiscing about Dual and AR turntables Erik, I am not sure what you mean by “better and easier to buy”. The vintage Thorens turntables that receive a lot of attention are the TD 124 and the TD 125. There are later models that are also admired by some and used by many. I think all of t... | |
| Best way to organize 6000 albums? I had about 1500 LPs. Then my closest audiophile friend died and left more than 6000 LPs, from which his wife invited me to take my pick. I selected about 900 of his LPs, and I think she gave away the rest. Faced with that windfall, I found a fu... | |
| Loricraft Garrard 301 to Dobbins Sp10 Mk3 - What can I expect ? Ok. But you're getting the main benefit: removing the motor from the OEM chassis and installing it directly into a non-resonant support structure. I guess the Beat has a modified or brand new platter, as well. I don't know how much benefit that ... | |
| Loricraft Garrard 301 to Dobbins Sp10 Mk3 - What can I expect ? Chakster, "Kondo the Beat" is likely to be the turntable that Pani bought. Dobbins took the motor assembly out of a Mk3 chassis and sank it into his plinth, which is made of some non-resonant material, but I don’t remember what it is. Thus Steve g... | |
| Difference in sound using different carts when digitizing vinyl record? To the OP: As you apparently realized mid way through the barrage of responses, your question is not about whether digital recordings of one cartridge vs another would reveal differences between them. Your question is really specific to the Sugar... | |
| Reminiscing about Dual and AR turntables Almost everyone who is old enough went through the cycle of owning an AR-XA and a Dual of some type or other. I think those turntables can be regarded with nostalgia but not a desire to re-visit them, albeit one or two of the Dual turntables can ... | |
| Loricraft Garrard 301 to Dobbins Sp10 Mk3 - What can I expect ? Pani, You contacted me privately. I have heard a Dobbins SP10 Mk3, sitting in the room with Steve Dobbins himself at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, back in 2011, I think. I listened for more than an hour to music of different types. The tonearm ... | |
| Difference in sound using different carts when digitizing vinyl record? Michael Fremer is betting that the answer to your question is "yes". He's been doing this for the past few years and posting the tracks on his website. Most who have auditioned the tracks seem to hear differences among and between cartridges. A... |