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| TECHNICS 100th Anniversary 2018 Premium Turntables. Their best ever. This thread started out being about the 10R. What’s happened is that Technics is being berated for the cosmetics of the SL1200G and for the fact that the 1200G may not (or may) be superior to some megabuck belt-drive turntables. That’s not quite... | |
| Moving coil and Moving magnet really the same for my cartridge? No, because you likely wouldn’t have enough gain. But without any actual data, even the name of your phono stage, it is impossible to say for sure. Most likely the low setting of your MC inputs is affording significantly more gain than do the MM... | |
| Audio Craft AC-4400 and related AC tonearms I've been listening to an acutex LPM320 (compliance 42!!!) in my 64s with a Dynavector head shell which is lighter than typical FR headshells. It's a great match, contrary to expectations.FR tonearms bear a sticker on the arm wand that says, "silv... | |
| Audio Craft AC-4400 and related AC tonearms What is compliance of 7f cartridge? The fx tonearms are indeed lower in mass than are the s tonearms but that's like saying your friend has lost 100 lbs and now weighs "only" 300 lbs. ( the s tonearms especially the 66s are very high in effective ... | |
| TECHNICS 100th Anniversary 2018 Premium Turntables. Their best ever. I doubt you guys are going to reach a consensus but my own opinion is this: to reach the level of performance afforded by the best vintage DD turntables after restoration, possible re-plinthing, and calibration of the drive system, you have to spe... | |
| Audio Craft AC-4400 and related AC tonearms 64fx or 66fx have lower effective mass than 64s or 66s, respectively. I think they are indeed made of aluminum . Otherwise, they appear to be identical to the s versions. | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? I think the point of this thread, most of all, is that we don't have to give up on our vintage DD turntables purely for reasons of their having aged into obsolescence and unrepairability. In general, they can be brought up to date functionally, a... | |
| Is a SUT needed? Dear Raul, I submit that it's impossible to know for sure that your phono is within .012 db of perfect RIAA, because there's no way to measure that accurately. I'm sure it's as perfect as you can make it, however. | |
| Audio Craft AC-4400 and related AC tonearms Thanks, invictus. I never appreciated the obvious similarity between the graham design and audiocraft tonearms. Seems the latter are quite advanced. | |
| Is a SUT needed? Good points. I would only take issue with the implication that using ICs between an outboard SUT and a suitable MM stage is no different, in terms only of the potential effect of the connecting wires, than having a built-in SUT or a voltage gain ... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? By the way also, unless one has owned the DD from new, one cannot be certain that the electrolytics in the circuit were not already replaced by a previous owner, thus making it seem as if the turntable is defying laws of nature. That's one more re... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Ok, boys.i really couldn't care less what anyone else does. My advice is sincerely offered, and that's all it is... advice. A more conservative approach with which I would also agree is to inspect all the existing electrolytics for swelling or lea... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? No apology needed.i advise you to replace all electrolytic capacitors now, before any problems associated with their failure occurs. It's cheap to do even if you have to pay someone else to do it. That plus maybe a relube of the bearing should get... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Your Sony is probably still working because it has had one owner since new, who used it regularly, which is good for the longevity of the electrolytic capacitors inside. But they won't last forever.i hope your glee to read of other people's proble... | |
| Anyone replace the power cord on 1200G? Why do this? Why would it be especially important for a DD turntable? TT's are most often guilty of putting noise back into the AC supply for the rest of the system, so it would be prudent to isolate the AC supply to the TT. Likewise, shielding m... |