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| Does the MAPLESHADE STATIC DRAINING BRUSH work? What Geoff said. No one would doubt that LPs are prone to develop a static charge on their playing surface, and most good brushes are designed or make claims to avoid exacerbating the problem, but most brushes cannot eliminate the charge that may ... | |
| LCR phono stages we know about John, I think there is a misunderstanding between us that comes from trying to describe a circuit in words rather than by schematic. Can you reference a schematic that illustrates your point? For my part, I can only say that I've taken a particula... | |
| Do wooden arms warp Tony, Notwithstanding all the other provocative elements of your last post, I don't think anyone has "attacked" the OP. The OP's rhetorical question elicited a lot of strong opinions on either side, but no one has directed any venom in his directi... | |
| LCR phono stages we know about "With the single ended version the cathode CCS is bypassed with a capacitor." This is a sidebar to the topic, really, but are you imagining a single-ended phono input with CCSs between both the cathode and ground AND between plate and B+? Using a ... | |
| LCR phono stages we know about Ddrive, That's very cool that you have the Wavac. As I recall, it's "big bucks". I forgot all about the Cole; I remember reading about its pro's and cons on Romy the Cat's blog; that was an early contender in the LCR game. I'd love to hear either.... | |
| LCR phono stages we know about John, The input stages of the Allen Wright RTP (shown in the schemtic posted by Hiho) and of the Atma-sphere MP1 are both dual-differential cascodes , i.e., balanced topologies. Thus in both cases, a CCS is used optimally at the junction of the ca... | |
| Do wooden arms warp Syntax is an audiophile who is widely experienced with top quality equipment, so I take his opinions seriously. If you read this, Syntax, can you comment on instances in which you or a close friend (if you have never owned a wood tonearm yourself)... | |
| Do wooden arms warp I guess some of us are getting a woodie from this intense conversation. Now THAT kind of woodie does warp over time for sure. (That's just to be funny, Redglobe. I hope "woodie" does not offend you.) It might be helpful to go back to the question ... | |
| LCR phono stages we know about Jazdoc, Now that we know the Emia is not an LCR type, do you know anything more about the topology of the RIAA that you could reveal without violating any confidentiality agreement with the two designers? I am still wondering how they effect direc... | |
| Do wooden arms warp Redglove, It is I who must take exception to your ad hominem attack. I made no "nasty swipe" at anyone here, but you have made a nasty swipe at me. As to making rational fact-based arguments, no one here, least of all me, has denied that wood tone... | |
| Do wooden arms warp I deliberately over-reacted to stir up some responses. In fact, I totally agree with Mike. In my personal experience, Schroeder, Reed, and Durand tonearms are or can be just wonderful sounding. And they do last. (The dirty little secret is that Du... | |
| LCR phono stages we know about As I age, I tend to think, "less tinkering, more listening". I've got around 2200 LPs that need listening to. That's why I am much more likely to purchase an LCR phono stage than to build one of my own, although I have a friend who would walk me t... | |
| Windfield Cartridge Wasn't there an issue regarding the ability or willingness of Ortofon to re-tip the A90 with an OEM type stylus? Did they run out of Replicant 100 styli? | |
| LCR phono stages we know about I am very familiar with that circuit. I revised my own Atma-sphere MP1 phono input (already a dual-differential design, like the RTP, but with an all-tube cascode input stage, unlike the RTP) to some degree to mimic the RTP shown here. However, I ... | |
| LCR phono stages we know about Hiho, The output impedance of the input voltage amplifier or gain stage has to be accounted for in the design of the RIAA. Therefore, as you may be suggesting, output impedance is a factor in determining the values of the reactive components neede... |