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| 1200GR upgrade tonearm or table? So if you are already using a "heavy" headshell and if you had to add a heavier counterweight to balance it (which also adds to the effective mass of the tonearm) then what leads you to believe you need an entirely new tonearm to get the most out ... | |
| 1200GR upgrade tonearm or table? I would agree with the sentiment that an upgrade in your phono stage is going to be a lot more audible than purchasing a new tonearm, as there is nothing terribly wrong with the OEM tonearm on your TT. Why do you say you need a "heavier" tonearm?... | |
| The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL If R is in megohms, then C is in microfarads. Classically, R is in ohms, then C is in Farads. | |
| The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL The DC resistance of an audio transformer means little to nothing with regard to the load (impedance) seen by a driver amplifier. You probably measured R across the primary windings which is always very low, like less than one ohm. What counts for... | |
| The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL I’m sorry, but without the OEM passive crossover components, the inherent impedance of the speaker in the bass and midrange frequencies is very high, like 20 ohms and up (below 100Hz). I personally measured mine. Why would the MA2s ever have to lo... | |
| Does Anyone Know the History of the Early Sota Turntables? I think in their earliest days, the Sapphire was marketed as a kit. A friend of mine who was technically savvy bought the kit and assembled it. He invited me over for its inaugural spin. This was just a test to see whether it would come up to spee... | |
| Turntable suggestions for a newbie If you're buying a used Scout that comes with one of their unipivot tonearms included in the purchase price, and if you don't want a unipivot, I do in that case understand your conundrum. The solution might be any one of the following: (1) Ask th... | |
| Turntable suggestions for a newbie Scout is a turntable. There is no reason you could not mount a non-original (that is, a tonearm that is not unipivot) on a Scout TT. Dozens of tonearms qualify. | |
| The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL You don’t need the one ohm resistor with the MA2. Its intrinsic output impedance is protective. Anyway you’ve corroborated my thesis that the passive crossover between bass and treble transformers in the stock configuration is an evil if using a t... | |
| Turntable suggestions for a newbie NewerVPI tonearms are not unipivot. | |
| The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL If you're looking for very low capacitance cables, then I suggest considering Anti-Cables. They have devised an ingenious method for minimizing capacitance by winding the ground wire in a spiral around the signal carrying wires. Thus the ground ... | |
| The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL Mijostyn, Since this is your thread, I hope it’s OK to go off-topic to ask why and wherefore you burnt out audio transformers on your Sound Labs, unless you are referring to the experiment "we" did with Plitron toroidals to replace the OEM treble ... | |
| Does anyone have experience matching an Icon PS1 MKII with a Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC Star? Dover, I guess you haven’t read the thread. | |
| Does anyone have experience matching an Icon PS1 MKII with a Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC Star? Dover, Apparently the Icon PS1 has a bulit in SUT about which there is much confusion, as you know. We don’t know how they achieve a 100 ohm input R with the built-in SUT, which is said by them to be 1:10. One way to achieve a 100R input impedance... | |
| Does anyone have experience matching an Icon PS1 MKII with a Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC Star? Any unadulterated SUT with a turns ratio of 1:10 (i.e., a voltage gain of 10X) will show the cartridge a 470 ohm load if connected to a standard MM phono stage with an input resistance of 47K ohms, which is the industry standard and has been for p... |