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| 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... | |
| Can I use a SUT or head amp with my 60dB Coph Nia MC phono preamp? If you set the load resistance to 47K, there is no real reason you cannot use a SUT with your phono preamplifier, provided, as CLeeds mentions, the phono input will not be overloaded. However, I am not sure from what you’ve written that you really... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? You're in good hands with Thom. You're better off taking his advice than trying to derive any useful information from the 80-odd disparate responses on this thread. | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Halcro was/is very clever at posting his photos on one of the on-line websites and then quoting the URL here. Others have done the same. Probably that is what we should do too. Or one could possibly put the photos on the System page here on Audi... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Dear Totem, I was unaware that you already own a TT101. One is enough for most of us. I bought mine in context with a QL10. Thus, I got a UA7045 plus the QL10 plinth, which probably has its own unique part number. Having already commissioned th... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? Thoughts on Clearaudio turntables: Glitzy, over-priced, and no. Lots of chrome and lucite, if that's what you like. Walker or SP10 Mk3, far better, IMO.Before you buy a Wilson speaker, make the effort to hear one; they are available for audition... | |
| Time to choose: Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson ? Chakster, You might consider listening to the Victor tonearm in Lofgren for several weeks. Then re-align for Stevenson (only assuming that the Victor UA7045 is designed for Stevenson), and listen for another few weeks. Then decide which you pref... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Well, we agree that the CLS IIz was best driven by an SS amplifier, and I added that this is because M-L were targeting such an audience and told me point blank that they were not interested in building a speaker for tube amplifier aficionados. |