lewm
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| Grace Level ll Compliance does not change much, unless you also change the suspension elements, which should not be necessary in most cases and was not done in the case of my Ruby. On the contrary, I would think that an NOS OEM cartridge built in the 80s is mor... | |
| Cartridge options for current gain phonostages (47 Labs) "My Sonic Labs Eminent, the Air Tight PC series, and, especially, the super-low-inductance Haniwa HCTR01 work extremely well with current amplification type phono preamplifiers." I found this statement online in a review of another phono stage tha... | |
| Rega RP8 and alternatives in $3000-4000 range I am going to attend the Capitol Audio Fest this weekend. Out of curiosity I will take a look at the VPI turntables; the company usually has a big display at the CAF. Yes, the only reason why VPI tonearms (in general?) would work better with MM ... | |
| Rega RP8 and alternatives in $3000-4000 range tzh, I am wondering why you judge a turntable based on the tonearm that comes with it. Is it imperative to purchase the VPI tonearm as a package deal with each of the two VPI turntables that you mention? Until now, I did not think so, but I cert... | |
| Why do turntables sound different? Anvil, With reference to direct-drive turntables, you wrote, "Coupling a motor to the platter, in my estimation is a compromised design." You are not the first person in your industry to make such a distorted statement, so I am sensitive to it. ... | |
| Grace Level ll Dear Chakster, You may be correct about the excellence of the Level II Grace cartridges. However, it is not always a good idea to judge a cartridge solely by the materials of which it is made or by the shape of the stylus. My only point is that ... | |
| Grace Level ll Ceramics used in audio, sounds like a sexy idea, but every such implementation has been short-lived, so far. This suggests to me that it doesn't work very well. Kenwood made an optional ceramic mat for the L07D. They are VERY rare. I think they... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation rossb, You've certainly thrown a monkey wrench into the discussion, if what you say is true. Can you cite some sources to support the idea that a mono LP derived using a stereo cutting head will react differently from a "pre-1968" or true mono LP ... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation Salectric, If your mono LP is truly pristine, I don’t suppose you would have a particular problem with noise due to surface wear, but the point was and is that on mono LPs, the audio signal is encoded only via lateral deflections of the stylus. An... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation bdp24, I really don't know what you are trying to say. Using a mono cartridge that was built from a stereo cartridge by internally bridging the two channels is precisely the same thing electrically as using the mono switch on a preamplifier. Bri... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? dc_bruce, If moving mass was the whole story, then MI cartridges would be king. They have lower moving mass than MCs. So do the optical and strain gauge cartridge types. (But many do say that those are "special".) | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation In theory, there is absolutely no difference between using the most common type of mono cartridge, which is a stereo cartridge within which the two channels have been bridged to give a mono output on both channels, and using the mono switch on you... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation In relation to Salectric’s post, for most of my audio life, which is a long time, I played both stereo and mono LPs with stereo cartridges into a stereo circuit, and I never thought much about it, except I always preferred the results with stereo ... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation Roberjerman, Lots of folks seem to agree with you about the Denon DL102, especially where cost is a concern. (Same goes for the Audio Technica AT33mono) Have you compared the DL102 to any other mono cartridges in your system? Thanks. | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation Thanks, Folkfreak. That response is helpful, I agree. But in effect, you responded to my re-phrasing of the OP's question, which brought out your significant prior experience, which was my point. I once had designs on the Dorian Mono, only to le... |