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| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State The farmer and the cowhand can be friends. | |
| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State Keep in mind that I have chosen to use high gain phono stages for LOMC cartridges, but not based on principle, based on listening to the particular phono stages I've chosen. flattire, I am not sure what is your point in saying you will choose an ... | |
| Need Simple, Easy-to-Use "Goof Proof" Audio Headshell Recommendation That's nice, but one issue with it is that when you loosen that set screw to adjust for overhang, you have to be very careful not to twist the headshell and thereby alter azimuth. They ought to build in a guide on the barrel, so you can do one wi... | |
| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State I think I posted earlier that the first time I became aware of MC cartridges was in the mid 70s, when the Supex cartridge came into the US market. The problem was that few of the existing phono stages had sufficient gain. Within no more than a yea... | |
| McIntosh MT5 tonearm swap out? Balanced operation properly executed is bound to be marginally quieter than SE operation, all other things being equal, because of Common Mode Rejection, if for no other reason. That difference may or may not be audible if SE operation is already... | |
| Need Simple, Easy-to-Use "Goof Proof" Audio Headshell Recommendation Keep in mind that adjustable azimuth, which everyone seems to demand, carries with it the opportunity to maladjust azimuth. In the hands of an amateur, that can happen believe it or not. This results in aberrant stylus wear and distortion. I othe... | |
| McIntosh MT5 tonearm swap out? All tonearms can be wired for balanced operation if that’s your goal, including whatever comes with the MT5. | |
| TechDas Speed Issue You need your dealer or TechDas to get involved. There are no electronics geniuses here, much less even a run of the mill EE. I guess you should do the obvious checks, like is anything dragging on the platter? | |
| Phono preamp hum It's equally possible that by removing and replacing the tube, in your scenario, you improved contact at one or another tube pins, thereby curing hum that had nothing to do with the tube itself. | |
| Tonearm Mfg's mistake The Feickert protractor costs about $300 and will work for you for the rest of your overhung pivoted tonearm life, no matter what tonearm you may ever use. (And you can probably have one within a day or two from now, shipped within the US from any... | |
| Phono preamp hum I’m sure it’s an easy fix. But the fixer needs physical access to the unit. | |
| Phono preamp hum Your OP is dated 11/15, and on 11/16 you already have replaced the unit. Was this just a quiz? | |
| Tonearm Mfg's mistake Break down and buy the Feickert protractor, and you’ll never need another. It provides for all 9 and 12-inch tonearms. | |
| Phono preamp hum It could conceivably be a tube socket problem but unlikely to be the tube itself, although strange things do happen. I would try wiggling the tube gently in its socket or even just tapping it with the eraser end of a pencil to see if that changes ... | |
| Phono preamp hum It’s impossible to solve this sort of problem “long distance”, once you’ve eliminated the obvious. You did not answer the other obvious question; is your phono stage wall wart plugged into the same outlet as your linestage and amplifier? If not, t... |