lewm
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| Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model) I would say that adding another coil makes it a new and different motor, but it's a question of semantics. The basic design of a coreless motor suitable for use in a turntable has not changed since Dual invented it 60 years ago. If you look at t... | |
| Technics turntable making a mechanical sound, I think due to the platter wobbling slightly I really don't think anyone besides you can figure out what is wrong, since only you are there in the room with the turntable, and since there are several possible causes. I will say that if the platter really is wobbling, just changing the belt ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Chakster, If you want to debate the issue, I will take the opposing view. I have owned Sumiko Blue Point, Benz Glider (two versions), and Transfiguration Esprit. All in the HOMC category. I found none of these cartridges to be musically satisfyi... | |
| Would you use an Ortofon A90 on a Jelco tonearm? Chakster, I run the MC2000 directly into my modified Atma-sphere MP1, in balanced mode. The stock MP1 could probably handle the tiny voltage output of the MC2000, but my modifications to the MP1 included adding a bipolar transistor to the dual-di... | |
| Would you use an Ortofon A90 on a Jelco tonearm? I forgot to mention that I also own an MC2000, re-tipped by Axel under the auspices of a person who lives in Europe and who then sold it to me. The seller is near and dear to our hearts. I need to drag the MC2000 out of storage and give it anoth... | |
| So how many use MM cartridge and intend to keep it that way ? Sad about the price of the ZYX Universe series. The original UNI was about $4500 in the US. Then the UNI II was introduced as the new greatest ever, for about $8000. Now we have UNIs with really complex suffixes, for around $9000+. I bought my ... | |
| Stylus force digital scales folkfreak, That's very interesting and a bit disconcerting. Steel can contain some low concentration of iron, so that may be the problem. I will check the weigh pan of my digital scale with an actual magnet, to see if the magnet "likes" the weigh... | |
| Stylus force digital scales cleeds,Let's agree to disagree, once you have acknowledged the following:(1) Our disagreement is NOT about the degree of difference in VTF caused by a warp or whatever. I have written twice already that I agree the difference is "small" (if we're... | |
| Stylus force digital scales Folfreak, The digital scale that jbny referenced has a non-magnetic weigh pan. Or at least it says so on the spec sheet to the right of the photo. Thus it should not be influenced by the magnet inside any cartridge, even the stronger magnets in M... | |
| Would you use an Ortofon A90 on a Jelco tonearm? Pani, In response to your direct question, I have not heard the A90 or Windfield in my own system, which is the only way I would make a judgement. However, from what I read about the A90, good and neutral, I would guess that it has most of the sa... | |
| So how many use MM cartridge and intend to keep it that way ? IMO, Every single cartridge brand and type, regardless of how it works (MM, MI, MC), sounds at least a little bit different from any other cartridge. Whether that difference is worth worrying about is subjective. Among the different types, I hav... | |
| Stylus force digital scales You don't understand. And you don't want to understand. So why bother? Read a physics book with a chapter on Newtonian Mechanics.Or simply do the experiment I suggested: Measure or set VTF with the tonearm parallel to the surface of an LP. The... | |
| Stylus force digital scales Cleeds,Imagine that you are the stylus tip. With the arm wand parallel to the LP surface, someone has set VTF for 1.5gm. Now imagine that you encounter a record warp that lifts you up in the air by a few mm during each revolution of the LP. Sin... | |
| So how many use MM cartridge and intend to keep it that way ? I am raising my hand.But I also run a ZYX UNIverse and love it too, on a different turntable. | |
| Would you use an Ortofon A90 on a Jelco tonearm? Pani, What happened? You were a major avid fan of the ART9.As to your present question, from what I hear about the Jelco, it would be an OK match with the A90. The thing to do is to decide what you want in a cartridge, the A90 or the Windfield. ... |