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| ZYX Ultimate with carbon fiber cantilevers -- listener reviews? emailists, That is indeed remarkable longevity for a stylus. Is there anything special about a strain gauge design that would reduce wear on the stylus? I can't think of a reason related to the technology per se. | |
| When is it time to consider adding a SUT? I agree with audio_d. Why add a component, along with ICs and connectors, in the signal path of a cartridge with a very low output voltage, when that is completely unnecessary? But should you insist upon doing it, you would run the output from t... | |
| ZYX Ultimate with carbon fiber cantilevers -- listener reviews? Vindanpar, "Nice", I can understand when applied to a pair of shoes, but "astounding"? Nah. Ferrari's can be astounding but not shoes to wear while driving them. I don't think the price of a Rembrandt is analogous to the price of a high end cart... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? audiolabyrinth, The cartridge to which you refer could be that Ortofon mentioned by Chakster (I think) or it could also be an Acutex LPM series. Pickering made some cartridges that resemble the nose of the Concorde, as well. I suppose many other... | |
| ZYX Ultimate with carbon fiber cantilevers -- listener reviews? thaluza, Mea culpa. Without having searched for Doug's review of the 4D (Atmos) vs the Uni, I do believe you are correct, in essence. Your description of his review does ring a bell, now you mention it. | |
| ZYX Ultimate with carbon fiber cantilevers -- listener reviews? JollyT, You've got the experience of actually listening to the Universe line in your system. So, I am in no position to doubt what you say. If the Uni II and the Uni Premium are progressively better than the original Uni, then I guess I have som... | |
| ZYX Ultimate with carbon fiber cantilevers -- listener reviews? Unchilled, I am currently listening to a Universe that I bought with only 10-20 hours on it for only $2000. Such bargains are out there if you are patient; this one was on Audiogon, and I am a longtime friend of the seller, albeit we live about 1... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III slarty, That seems like a good idea. How did you do it? I imagine you could just disconnect them from their supply voltage. Then the strobe goes dark, does it not? | |
| 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. |