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| MM preamp I am not sure what you are getting at. There is no way to get around the need for RIAA correction; that's what any phono stage does, MM or other. The only alternative to using an MM phono stage (meaning a phono stage with gain sufficient only fo... | |
| Audio-Technica AT-ART9 phono cartridge Yes, I am now running the ART7 into a Manley Steelhead which directly feeds the direct-drive amplifiers of my Beveridge 2SW speakers (and also the outboard woofers that are Transmission Line types driven from a Dahlquist low pass crossover, at ~80... | |
| Zerostat: Old is Gold? To Gromitinwa and the OP: I apologize if you found my response to be offensive. I was only having fun. I use a white Zerostat that I bought in England in 1972, still to this day. I often wonder whether it still works, because when I do occasio... | |
| Zerostat: Old is Gold? Do you seriously think anyone knows whether a new Xerostat made in China works any better or worse than one made in England a decade or longer ago? A scientific comparison could be made, but I doubt that it has been made. I await other responses. | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. I agree the fact that you or your customer(s) have tried it, and it sounds good, would trump my purely mathematical analysis. And you are correct in noting that the formula I used does not take into account the third variable, which is the intrin... | |
| Technics SP10 MK3 bearing and lubrication JP only requires the outboard box containing the PS and the drive circuit to do his upgrades, if that helps. Since that box is so precious to the function of the Mk3, I considered driving it up to NYC and then picking it up afterwards. It's abou... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Just to be clear-er, the Brilliance control is an "inexpensive" L-pad that in my opinion and that of many others colors the sound quite audibly. Removing or bypassing it has absolutely no effect on the crossover point. If one were to find that t... | |
| Soundsmith Aida vs Hana sh Pipetowers, I think I understand your question; you want to choose between HL and Aida. I offered the perhaps irrelevant opinion that the Hana SL may be superior to both, based on written opinions I have seen on line (not based on personal experi... | |
| Technics SP10 MK3 bearing and lubrication Shane, I bought JP's chip a year or more ago, but I need to have him install it. (My OEM IC was and still is working fine.) That would be you, JP. Back then, you said you were making some further improvements to the circuit. Could you deal with... | |
| Soundsmith Aida vs Hana sh The scuttlebutt that I read was to the effect that the Hana SL is the one to get. Of course, it's output is lower than that of the HL and of the Aida. So maybe not compatible with your system as is. | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Gary, That's a pretty accurate summary. The notion to remove or bypass the brilliance control is actually older than the ideas to modify the backplate that came from Will and me. I remain puzzled that Sound Lab would upgrade to a larger toroid w... | |
| Technics SP10 MK3 bearing and lubrication Thanks, guys.I had totally forgotten about this long lost thread, which must have gone unnoticed by everyone else until now.My Mk3 was NOS when I bought it; it's still in perfect cosmetic condition. I have done the Krebs mod, and I mounted the cha... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Ralph, Are you referring to the resistor "R" in the RC network? I totally agree that R is a big problem in the original design, but if you remove it entirely, that would make a dramatic change in the crossover point. For the example given above ... | |
| aluminum platter vs Acrylic not what I thought Dear Melm, If you say so, it must be "nonsense". I am not a lawyer, was just offering that out as a possibility. | |
| Why does unplugging/replugging TT leads from tube phono pre-amp reset dead channel? Or by the way, have you ever unscrewed the protective barrels of the male RCAs at the ends of the ICs, to see whether there is an intermittent or cold solder joint to the hot pin? |