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| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Hereis a nice article by Art Dudley in which he describes the internal anatomy of three different mono cartridges. Only one of the three is true mono but the other two have been modified internally from their stereo construction so as to obtain so... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Fleib, I could take your last post as being consistent with my point of view. So I will. (The stuff about using a mono cartridge to play a stereo LP is completely beside the point of this discussion, by the way.) AT33MONO sounds to be of particula... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."Dover, the quote from Ortofon pre-supposes that the internal circuit of the cartridge is true mono. I believe that Ortofon are one of the few companies that does produce such true mono cartridg... | |
| Best Cartridge for Raidho D3 - Atlas, GFS, PC1-S Agree with Lyra, ZYX, or any of the not yet mentioned top line Ortofon LOMC cartridges. They are very "neutral" to my ears in my system. I think Albert owns or owned the Airtight so perhaps he will comment on that one. Note also that this is a ver... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game I think of these threads as if I were in a conversation with a bunch of friends who have interests in common with mine. In the context of such a conversation, one can disagree occasionally, and there should be no hard feelings because of it. Johnn... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Fleib, I responded to your 11/07 post without having read your 11/09 post. Indeed, it may be that you have not given the "mono switch" solution a fair trial. And it may be that your experience with a Y-adapter was affected by the impedance phenome... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Johnny, What is a "phono head with a mono switch"? I think what you're talking about is combining channels AFTER the cartridge but before phono amplification. That can be done if all else fails, but it's not the optimal way to go, because in such ... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Fleib, Your experience with the Mono switch is wildly different from mine. I hear a pronounced improvement with the mono switch engaged, using a stereo cartridge on a mono LP. It's so obvious that if I have forgotten to flip the switch, I am remin... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Fleib, What are you saying? Besides saying that I am incorrect, that is. What's the stuff that follows on after your mention of a MM/MI type cartridge? Actually, I had in mind more the modern MC mono cartridges, of which there are many. So, are yo... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Fleib, I am not sure I follow your argument to the point where I can agree that using a "modern" mono cartridge is inherently superior to using a mono switch on the linestage, to reproduce mono LP sound. But further, I was remiss in not clarifying... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Dear Johnny, I enjoy these discussions, but its frustrating if you don't read my posts. For the third time, most modern "mono" cartridges are internally stereo cartridges wherein the two channels are bridged in order to produce a mono signal (iden... | |
| Was this Miles Davis Steamin LP a rare find? Contemporary or Riverside are two of the best jazz labels, and I agree that Fantasy reissues can be very very good.I own "Art Pepper + 11" on original Contemporary, and I like it so much that I later on bought the 45-rpm re-issue. The latter is ma... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Anecdote re the Decca London. Back when that was the latest rage, I and a close friend both bought one. He and I separately noted that if you removed the cover over the top of the body, you could access the assembly that supported the coils or at ... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Johnny, As I thought I clearly stated, I am not arguing at all that playing mono LPs in mono mode, no matter how it is arrived at, is not optimum. In your last paragraph, you seem to be talking about a condition that I have not even dreamed of... ... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game I don't know about the particular AT cartridge under discussion, but many/most "modern" mono cartridges are merely stereo cartridges that are internally bridged to produce a mono signal. Mono cartridges thus constructed would therefore produce a s... |