lewm
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| Where are Moerch arms sold? Perhaps I should not butt in, because I have never owned a Moerch tonearm, although I admire them from afar, but is it not the case that Sorasound are dealers for Moerch? Since Mehran (owner of Sorasound) has an excellent reputation for follow-up... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks for your response, Chakster. I know the AT-ML180 is beloved, but I am unfamiliar with its specifications. Is it high compliance? And is your carbon fiber headshell also lightweight? I acquired the UA7045 in the context of purchasing a QL-10... | |
| Is elliptical the best stylus profile QED | |
| Is elliptical the best stylus profile Dear tzh21y, I think most of us would agree that cartridges bearing elliptical styli are less fussy to set up and enjoy, but that is not what the hobby is about, for most of us. Most audiophiles want "better". If X is good, then what is better? ... | |
| Tri-Planar & Customer Service Excellence Somebody asked me about a cable cooker. I happen to have one only because I think someone gave it to me. But there are simple schematics for building such a device on line, and I use my home-made one most often, which is to say not very often. | |
| How good is the Obsidian plinth of Technics SP10 ? I worked directly with a quarry in Pennsylvania, Structural Slate in Bala Cynwyd, PA, I think. They cut a slab to my specifications: 23x19X3, and honed both sides, as I recall. I then contracted with a water jet company in York, PA, to cut the s... | |
| Why are the vocals on some records hidden behind the music on my system? Yogiboy and Geoffkait, I think you may be inadvertently confusing the OP. There is a difference between issues related to "system phase" (for want of a better word), which I use to refer to the phase in both channels simultaneously, and the issue... | |
| Tri-Planar & Customer Service Excellence Just saw this. I bought my Triplanar from the inventor, Herb Papier, about 15-20 years ago. I actually met Tri when he visited Herb in order to learn how to build the tonearm, after Herb sold him the company. (Herb hand built every single tonea... | |
| Why are the vocals on some records hidden behind the music on my system? Just to complete the list of suggestions, so that every possible nook and cranny of LP playing has been covered, try playing with VTA/SRA by raising or lowering the tonearm pivot a tiny bit. But like I wrote up above, I really think you are heari... | |
| Soundsmith Aida vs Hana sh Sorry to be so categorical about HOMCs. Your opinion is just as valid as mine. | |
| Why are the vocals on some records hidden behind the music on my system? Do you know the phono gain via your MM inputs? It is (remotely) possible that the gain is marginal for a 2.2mV cartridge output, I suppose. But it would help to have some more details regarding your phono stage; does it have separate MM and MC in... | |
| Soundsmith Aida vs Hana sh To repeat myself, I also tend to think that the best MMs and MIs provide more thrills than did either of the two Gliders and the one Transfiguration Esprit HOMCs that I own(ed) and listened to extensively in my system. (Before that I owned the Su... | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations, please. You can move up in the vintage Denon model range. The DP60, 75, and 80 should all outperform your DP47f, with the DP75 and DP80 being in the same league with the SP10 Mk2. To my ears, in my system, my DP80 outperformed my SP10 Mk2, in fact. But... | |
| SP10mk2: OMA Graphite plinth vs.Dobbins plinth Chakster, We don't "need" anything, but it is in the nature of audiophiles to believe that we can improve upon what the factory (any factory) made for us by spending money on a fancy substitute or building our own. This is not always borne out in... | |
| Soundsmith Aida vs Hana sh Just to give a differing view, I owned an original Glider and then the next upgrade of the Glider, whatever it was called. The Glider did not do anything glaringly wrong in my system but goose bumps were absent. Then I tried another even more ex... |