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| Question for you Denon DL-103 folks Just to be clear, SMC, you are referring to the (vintage) Moving Magnet cartridge known sometimes as "M20FL Super"? Just wondering. That's high praise for such an unpretentious cartridge, but I don't doubt you at all. | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? ps68, You've independently hit upon exactly the reason I went off on a craze over these vintage dd turntables. In the end, the better ones are the best bang for the buck. Plus, the drive and rhythm that they can impart to music are addictive and... | |
| Is there advantage to balanced phono-preamp I owned an Ayre P5Xe-mp, and selling it was a mistake. It was great as a spare and as a second phono stage for MM/MI. So, I second your nomination. | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Thanks for the offer, Peter. I sent you a PM. Just as an aside, isn't silver oxide a perfectly good conductor, which is partly why to use silver? I know when Bill Thalmann worked on my DP80, he replaced all the OEM transistors with new ones, on... | |
| Is there advantage to balanced phono-preamp CLeeds, Please note that I used the word "usually" when describing the cable needed. You've pointed out the cases where one would do other than the usual. I was trying not to overwhelm Brrgrr with details. Thanks.You wrote, "For example, some ba... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? JP did a lot of work on my TT101. We're still debugging it, or I should say that HE is still debugging it. More anon. | |
| Is there advantage to balanced phono-preamp Whether it's a moving coil type or a moving magnet type or any of the variants thereof, the signal comes off a coil of wire. At either end of the coil, the signal looks the same, except for its being opposite in phase. So, a cartridge is an inhe... | |
| Parasound Halo JC 3 vs Whest PS .30R for the Lyra Delos Dear Mark, Am I correct in thinking that you assume your Whest phono stage uses balanced circuits? I ask, because to the best of my ability to investigate it, back when I myself was in a buying mode, the Whest is not balanced. It may have XLR o... | |
| Tonearm recommendation To re-enforce what Dover said regarding the DV tonearms, I had the experience of mounting a cartridge in my DV505 using Baerwald, which requires the cartridge to be twisted inward with respect to the long axis of the headshell. It was surprising ... | |
| Tonearm recommendation Ain't it, though. I like to pretend it isn't happening to me.So, back to tonearms, in deference to Wrm: I don't think the 7045 competes with an FR64S or 66S, except where the latter two may have too high an effective mass in relation to the (hig... | |
| Tonearm recommendation Don (Griffiths), Evidently you don't follow Halcro's thread on "living dangerously" with DD turntables. If you did, you would know that I have had a heck of a time with my TT101 and after more than a year (maybe more than 2 years) I have only re... | |
| Do top Idler drive tables fall short to top belt drives in any particular area. Ochre and fjn, My reference to the Lenco L75 was by way of complimenting it and recommending it to anyone seeking an idler-drive turntable as best bang for the buck and (in my opinion) better than the usual suspects, depending of course upon the e... | |
| Tonearm recommendation Thanks, Don. When I bought the QL10 (which equals a TT101+7045+plinth), the seller admitted that the TT101 was "broken", and I got the whole shebang for about what I estimated to be the value of the 7045 alone. I was planning on selling the 7045... | |
| Tonearm recommendation Don, I acquired a Victor 7045 as part of the deal when I bought my TT101, in the context of a QL10 ensemble (including plinth). I have never yet listened to the 7045 but you've got my attention. I am surprised to learn that it is low to medium i... | |
| Can you believe this? Paladin, Before something bad happens, I strongly recommend that you replace all the electrolytic capacitors in your Phase Linear/Pioneer turntable. After all this time, and after being stored unused in your garage, especially, odds are that at l... |