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| Technics EPA-250 Cartridge Matching Concerns You got some pretty precise responses over on Vinyl Asylum. Mine was perhaps the vaguest, but I stand by my opinion; the equation(s) used to determine tonearm/cartridge matching may give precise numerical answers, but the data inserted into the e... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Pryso and other Dennesen aficionados: The UNItractor is kind of a super duper Dennesen. Dertonearm was obviously a fan of the Dennesen, but what he has done is to deal with its shortcomings by providing (1) interchangeable spindle mounts, so that... | |
| mono cartridge vs stereo Hi-fi_er is correct. I have never understood how it is that the advice to connect the two stereo channel outputs externally before the signal gets to the phono stage is so often given out by persons who claim to have done the same. It really sho... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Fleib, In defense of the arc type protractor, the converse of your criticism of it is that if the P2S distance is not precisely correct, the arc type will tell you that, and you can fix the problem. Whereas the Dennesen and related types don't te... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? Orpheus, You don't know me at all, so please temper your assumptions regarding my character. | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? Car talk aside, Ferrari250 actually makes a cogent point which echoes something I wrote a while back in the thread; the OP needs to narrow down his choices based on picking a drive system before proceeding. The best of the best belt-drive, idler-... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? WRM, If you ask a barbershop question, you get a barbershop BS session.Yes, Whart, a REAL 1955 550RS Spyder, serial number 0053. James Dean's car was 0055. I got it as a complete but shabby car in 1986, about when values started to rise like a r... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? I think the reason that the question posed by Dr. Porsche has elicited so many disparate responses (and arguments with nattering nabobs of negativism) is that the question calls for subjective opinions; we all have one. I have always had the "fee... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? Hometheater, The best thing you wrote in your uncalled for diatribe was, "End of rant". Promise? Because I don't think you're through bitching. You're over, but not through.Let me see if I understand your twisted logic: By spending money on new... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Thom, I am not sure what is your point in the last 3 paragraphs above, except to say that any protractor can give bad results if you don't know how to use it. And I don't think any one of us takes a "buckshot approach" deliberately. I am sure e... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Thom, I haven't made any meaningful conclusions in years. Most of my conclusions are inconclusive. However, I do think that if we think we can set up a tonearm within less than an +/-0.5mm margin of error, we are kidding ourselves. By the way a... | |
| Can I use a SUT or head amp with my 60dB Coph Nia MC phono preamp? You might even talk to Nelson Pass. He may be able to suggest a way to increase the input sensitivity of the J2. He's always tinkering with his designs. That would be a lot cheaper than buying a new phono stage, most likely. In the price range ... | |
| Can I use a SUT or head amp with my 60dB Coph Nia MC phono preamp? The alternate cure is to use an active linestage. That typically adds 10 to 25 db of gain, and you'd be good to go. The Cornwalls are ultra-sensitive, to be sure. | |
| Can I use a SUT or head amp with my 60dB Coph Nia MC phono preamp? By the way, if your phono can make 60db of gain, that's equivalent to a 1000-fold gain in voltage. If the cartridge is making 0.4mV at the standard stylus velocity, the output of the phono stage is 0.4V. With many if not most amplifiers, this wo... | |
| Can I use a SUT or head amp with my 60dB Coph Nia MC phono preamp? Interesting, tlarwa. Some of the First series of Pass amplifiers, good though they are, do have a relatively high input sensitivity, which is to say that most amplifiers are driven to full output by about 1V input or less, but I think some of tho... |