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| Contact lens cleaner for cleaning stylus cartridge ? Why take a chance? A company like Stylast makes products designed for cleaning a stylus. There are also a myriad of other ways to clean a stylus without using any fluid at all, such as by ultrasonics and using magic eraser and similar products. So... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new Bimasta and others, my basic point was that my experience tells me that selecting a cartridge based on its having an exotic cantilever material or an exotic stylus shape or a rare or unusual magnet structure does not consistently result in a re... | |
| Valve phono stage Infection, You asked Atma-sphere why "top" phono stage designers use RCA inputs. Here's a list of reasons:(1) It's been the industry standard for so long that nearly all tonearm cables are built for SE inputs, and "top" designers do not want to ... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? I neglected to note that the monster got the girl in "Young Frankenstein", not because of his superior intellect, if you know what I mean. Dr. Frankenstein did OK, too, with his nurse assistant. | |
| Valve phono stage Infection, Sorry for the misunderstanding, but "PS" is most commonly used as an abbreviation for Power Supply. Since you've apparently relaxed your yen for balanced outputs, all the other phono stages mentioned are superb. In my second system, I ... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? bestie, I think Halcro's response means you should not attempt a transplant. It would be like putting a pig heart (or an "Abbie Normal" brain*) into a human, a willing substitute but not up to the job.(*See the movie, "Young Frankenstein".) | |
| FR 64s tone arm lift servicing I'll take a close look at mine and let you know if I can see how to fix it. Is yours leaking any fluids? | |
| Valve phono stage Dear Infection, I saw your response to me, which I assume relates to my recommendation of an Atma-sphere full function preamplifier, like the MP1 or the MP3 (for much less money) or their third option, for even less money. You say you want a "ded... | |
| Valve phono stage I would not say that Herron’s customer service is “unmatched”. Atmasphere’s customer service is equally as stellar. And there are many users who would agree with this sentiment. With true balance inputs and true balanced outputs. The only other ba... | |
| Valve phono stage Valve preamplifiers with true balanced outputs are in short supply. Certainly some of the best ones are made by atma-sphere. If you go that route you also have the benefit of true balanced phono inputs, which gives you all the benefits of balanced... | |
| Good carts with SME V Dear Ralph, Please clue me in; how do you adjust the effective mass on a Triplanar, save by the method common to any tonearm, which is to add mass? But, as for most other tonearms, you cannot reduce effective mass below the basic value with no add... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Halcro, As I recall there were back and forth arguments as to whether the TT81, like the TT101, had a coreless motor. I thought that question was finally answered in the affirmative. If so, are you saying that the coreless motor in the TT81 is n... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new What I reject, is the notion that any cartridge that is no longer made, made with this or that exotic material in the cantilever, or has some unusual property or structure (magnet, coil, stylus shape) is therefore to be sought and probably sounds... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new Chakster, sorry for autocorrect garbling your name. | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new Texter, doing what you suggested and then reporting on it sounds a lot like work. And I retired four months ago. I am loving every minute of retirement. However I may be curious enough myself to give it a shot. I was staring at my second DV505 ton... |