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| Ortofon's new A95 - titanium SLM cartridge The "state of the art" is always defined as the cartridge you don't yet own. | |
| Anyone have the Fosgate Signature V2 Phonostage? Anovak, Did you in any way modify the circuit, when you changed from 12AX7 to 12AT7? Besides affording less gain, the 12AT7 is a very different animal from a 12AX7 in terms of optimal operating parameters. The 12AT7 sounds best with much more curr... | |
| Dynavector DV-507 Mk II ? Glai, That's an impressive list. Where do you rank the Grandezza in the group? | |
| Dynavector DV-507 Mk II ? Mordante, Speaking for myself, it's the speakers that finally gave me the feeling that I was essentially "finished" with my audio odyssey. Once I got "there" with speakers, then messing about with the upstream chain becomes merely fun and not some... | |
| Dynavector DV-507 Mk II ? Mordante, It is really hard to answer your question, because I use my DV505 on a Lenco with MM cartridges, and I use my Reed and Triplanar with MC cartridges on other tables. The Reed is very nice sounding on my Technics, I must say. As you note, ... | |
| Sony TTS 8000 w Sony PUA 1600L You're very courageous if you are going to make the plinth from raw wood planks. I created an engineering drawing of what I wanted and gave it to a "real" carpenter, who made the base for me out of solid cherry. (Sounds like you yourself have some... | |
| Sony TTS 8000 w Sony PUA 1600L Lohanimal,Here are my thoughts:(1) Choose tonearm to match cartridge. Just about any tonearm will work on the TTS8000, except before purchasing a 12-incher you might check to be sure it fits the armboard.(2) See my response to (1)(3) Wood vs slate... | |
| Does the MAPLESHADE STATIC DRAINING BRUSH work? Doug, Although my dad WAS a surgeon, I am not now, nor have I ever been a surgeon (or a member of the Communist Party). However, I am guilty of being an MD who used his degree and post-graduate training as an Infectious Disease specialist to work ... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm Syntax, My friend who is switching over to Kronos from Verdier lives in France. Has visited with Mr Verdier, before that gentleman unfortunately passed away. My friend's Verdier is "real", if you or one of your friends cares to buy it. I have no o... | |
| Does the MAPLESHADE STATIC DRAINING BRUSH work? Doug, You're talking about magnetics and the benefits of de-magnetizing? I am an agnostic. I have never tried it. The reason I stay away from it is that improper use of a standard demagnetizer can easily result in an opposite effect; the object ca... | |
| Do wooden arms warp Geoff, I have to side with the others; I think you'd be looking like a baked potato after even 10 min at 445 degrees F.Probably the best way to determine the temperature developed at the stylus contact point in the vinyl would be to point a laser-... | |
| Do wooden arms warp Should have written "I know how to calculate the temperature elevation", for my first sentence above. Q is in joules, a unit of energy. Thus Q. would be equal to the kinetic energy generated by friction between stylus and groove, a function also o... | |
| Do wooden arms warp I know how to calculate the heat generated, but there are a few assumptions one has to make, and I am not so sure I know how to incorporate the assumptions. If you know the coefficient of friction between vinyl and diamond, and if we know the forc... | |
| LCR phono stages we know about Ddrive, Are you in the UK? Please send me a PM via the Audiogon auspices. I might be interested, obviously. Thx. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Viva Raul! Did any of you guys receive a seasonal greeting from Raul via email? I did. Good to know he's OK. Happy New Year to all. |