lewm
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| Record Weight "Inner Groove Distortion" For many years, I was a record weight deny-er. Then I started experimenting with the record weight that is part of the Kenwood L07D "system", made back in the day by Kenwood for the L07D. Weighs about 4 lbs. I don't think there's anything speci... | |
| Xor or single ended? cleeds is basically correct but not entirely correct. The coil in the cartridge has two free ends; I think we can easily agree on that. When you use the cartridge in single-ended mode, one end is connected to the hot pin or the hot female input ... | |
| The one component that you wish you had not bought I'm sorry,I cannot answer that question in a public forum.Good question, though.They weren't "terrible", but I did not like the Sumiko Blue Point or Benz Glider (first version) cartridges very much and was pleased to be rid of both. | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? PBN, FYI, you're looking at a coreless motor. They are built quite differently from the iron core motors used in both Denon and Technics DD turntables, in that you see no iron poles wrapped in coils of wire and in that iron core DD motors tend to... | |
| No bass with new turntable? Terry9, I don't know why one should fear "oil" would be a problem with new LPs, but if it ever were a problem, one would be best off to use a solvent that can have a hope of solubilizing oily compounds, which would involve using a mild detergent, ... | |
| What's your biggest surprise in hifi? Direct-drive and Idler-drive turntables.The goodness and sometimes the superiority of MM and MI type cartridges that cost hundreds of dollars, rather than thousands.That, contrary to what someone else wrote above, incremental improvements to my sy... | |
| Rega RP10 or Nottingham Space 294 or VPI Prime Just to complete the cycle, I would choose the Notts 294. | |
| Ortofon bronze PNP ALERT!!!!! Let me make sure I understand. Are you saying you bought an Orotofon cartridge second-hand from an Audiogon member and that the contact pins (one or all 4?) pulled out of the cartridge body when you tried to re-mount the cartridge? If this is ba... | |
| No bass with new turntable? I followed the saga from beginning to this end. When you say that you let the system run while you watched TV (or something), were you actually playing LPs during this time, or was the system just "on"? One point I failed to mention and which wa... | |
| BEST TONEARM FOR HIGH COMPLIANCE MM Fleib, I yield to your vast knowledge on these subjects. I've got a used 4500 somewhere, I think. Never heard it. I had been under the impression that XSV4500 was in the line with XSV3000, etc. Now, even as I write this, I am questioning my mem... | |
| No bass with new turntable? Missioncoonery, If you're ONLY talking about very extreme low bass response, there I would agree that the best digital may have an edge on a "good" vinyl set up. But in every other aspect, I would disagree with you. However, if you prefer digit... | |
| No bass with new turntable? My explanation above was not good. What I should have written is "lower the rear of the tonearm a tiny bit, so that the top surface of the headshell is very slightly slanted to the rear, rather than plane parallel to the LP surface". I think tha... | |
| No bass with new turntable? You've left out the two most critical bits of information: What tonearm? What cartridge? (Maybe the Project you own comes with its own tonearm; I would not know.) In any case, low bass response in vinyl is very much a function of the interaction ... | |
| BEST TONEARM FOR HIGH COMPLIANCE MM Isn't the cartridge called "XSV4500", not "4000"? If not, then I have learned something new. Never heard of the 4000. You've received several excellent replies to your question; I think they're all good ideas. To add to the data set on the Unit... | |
| What's up with the ridiculous offers?!? In part, this trend may be a reaction to the glut of way over-priced new gear on the market, designed to attract those with no taste, no experience, and no knowledge who only think they know that the more something costs, the more they want to hav... |