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| ZYX Ultimate with carbon fiber cantilevers -- listener reviews? Ha-ha-ha. We yearn for a review, so we can dump on it. The audiophile version of Catch-22. My neighbor up the street owns a Uni Premium. I have yet to hear it, but it was in his system that I first heard the "plain" original Universe, several ... | |
| Allnic H-1201 Cartridge loading? Louis, You’ve got the right idea, for MC, but the wrong correspondence between db of gain and resistance. The values are stated in reverse order in the review, gain vs resistance. I think it would be as follows:62 db gain = 278 Ohms = 13X gain66 d... | |
| Allnic H-1201 Cartridge loading? From a review:"The voltage gain of the MC section is variable, as it’s able to be switched between an indicated 22dB, 26dB, 28dB and 32dB. However, because the MC section includes a fixed gain stage with a voltage gain of 40dB, the actual gains ar... | |
| Allnic H-1201 Cartridge loading? All this information is probably available from any Allnic dealer or at the Allnic website or by searching for a review on-line. I can't help you with actual facts, but it is impossible that there would be "no loading". What you seem to be concer... | |
| ZYX Ultimate with carbon fiber cantilevers -- listener reviews? Yes, Don. Why do you say that? ZYX is extremely popular outside of the US, particularly in Asia, especially in Japan. If I would fault them it would be to say that they have far too many models with too many variations on the same theme, such t... | |
| Phono amp as good as Shindo Aurieges phono section Not many tube preamplifiers will mate well with that unit. The Manley Steelhead has a very low output Z (<100 ohms) and will drive just about anything. However, I believe the cost is outside the budget. One could check the specs for the Manl... | |
| SOTA Sapphire speed issue For what it's worth, if the belt is riding low on the pulley, and if the pulley is narrowest at its mid-point, then the speed of the platter would tend to be a bit faster than correct, assuming the pulley is rotating at its intended velocity. | |
| SOTA Sapphire speed issue rebbi, From what you describe, it sounds as though the belt is a bit looser than intended. Ergo, the belt may be slipping momentarily at start up. In your original post, you do not mention that SOTA replaced the belt when they performed the previ... | |
| Phono amp as good as Shindo Aurieges phono section Alma-sphere often gets overlooked in these discussions, I think because their products are full function preamplifiers, which actually should be an added value. The MP3 might fall within your budget. | |
| review iPhono 2 Dear Raul, I am not quite sure what you meant to say in your original post of 4/16 at 3:22 PM. If you are saying that bipolar transistors are inherently superior to JFETs, MOSFETs, etc, then I have no dog in that fight. I would favor whatever so... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Most I can manage is a chortle. Not laughing all the way. | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? "I didn't know kenwood made a good turntable".The KD550 is a fine one, on par with the DP60L, perhaps. I didn't mention the L07D, which is up there in the pantheon of the really great vintage direct-drives, like the SP10 Mk3, Pioneer Exclusive P3... | |
| review iPhono 2 Got it. Sorry to have been presumptuous. I took the wrong message from your earlier post, but I stand by my opinion about most such devices. On the other hand, I have never played with the iTube, so I certainly have no basis to dispute what you ... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Audiolabyrinth, Unless your turntables have a known history of having been serviced recently, I suggest you may want to replace all the electrolytic capacitors in both, and then have a competent technician calibrate the drive systems. That's the ... | |
| review iPhono 2 Audiofun, I am heartened to see that you have dumped the iTube2. Even though I do use tube equipment, I really do not like and have not liked "stuff" that was invented and sold solely to make the sound of a solid state device sound more "like tub... |