lewm
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| 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... | |
| Super Noisy Phono Pre--Help? Dear Ralph, I neglected to mention that the phenomenon I encountered was not present when either of two other entirely different preamplifiers were substituted for the Janus. Further, the noise was present when the tonearm/cartridge was not in use... | |
| Super Noisy Phono Pre--Help? Al, I had/have an issue with my Aesthetix Janus full function preamplifier that may be very like the one described by the OP. When the tt is "on", I heard a sound on the speakers that was very like that of a motor, the turntable motor. The sound w... | |
| Was this Miles Davis Steamin LP a rare find? A while back (1990s?), Classic Records (I think) issued a set that included "Steamin'", "Relaxin'", and at least 1 to 3 other LPs in the same series, originally recorded on Prestige by Miles and his then current grouping, which included Coltrane. ... | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Apart from the fact that I loathe Amazon, thanks for the heads up. I'd actually rather pay the extra money and buy from some other vendor, but LP Gear are not so meritorious, either. Anyway, does your preamplifier have a "mono" switch? Did you eve... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Dover, No one can be absolutely correct, except you. I should have remembered that from past experience. Not that I would argue with your obvious point here, your condescending attitude notwithstanding. Instead of "due to the tt only", I obviously... |