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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul dissed the early Soundsmith strain gauge for its reported failure to conform closely to RIAA equalization (or at least to meet Raul's personal stringent rules on that subject). Peter Ledermann rebutted, and a heated discussion ensued. I have ... | |
| Remarkable New Vintage Audio Store in Austin, TX Caramba! Four Margaritas? I would not be able to walk out the door, let alone "head down to 6th Street". | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks, Dave and Fleib.No comments on the iFi iPhono? I think I could build a killer power supply for it that would ramp up the performance. I could probably do the same for the Vista Phono (which I have never heard of until this moment). It's not... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? We had this discussion a year or more ago, when Raul was afoot. I mentioned that loading down the 980LZS below 1000R was a no-go in my system for exactly the same reason you mention, Fleib. It sounded dull and bass-heavy. At that point, Raul jumpe... | |
| Sell quality turntable to buy top CD player? The limitation of outboard stand alone DACs to decode SACD is based only on the fact that Sony refused to license products that output DSD from the transport. I think that in recent months or years, there is a crack in that restriction so that now... | |
| Sell quality turntable to buy top CD player? Dear Brownsfan,I beg to differ with you, strongly. Back in 1983, all digital sucked. If you know my posts at all, you know I do not usually express my opinions so strongly, but on this subject, I feel confident. I remember being at a party at the ... | |
| Sell quality turntable to buy top CD player? Sunnyjim, If you never intend to buy another LP, then scrap your vinyl set-up or keep a minimal one for playing your small collection. If you ever leave Hawaii for a vacation on the West Coast, you ought to be able to haul back a few LPs from a hi... | |
| Sell quality turntable to buy top CD player? For goodness sakes, buy more LPs!Oppo BDP105 or Sony XA5400ES would give a lot of bang for the buck for well less than $2700 (in fact, much less than half that amount) and allow for phono and more LPs. Neither of those players "needs" any modifica... | |
| Zyx Universe. O.24 mv vs .48 mv with low eff spkrs Since the jumpers used in the Atma amplifiers to reduce gain do reduce gain by converting the voltage amplifier stage from a dual-differential cascode to a simpler dual-differential topology, it is entirely possible that the signal to noise ratio ... | |
| Zyx Universe. O.24 mv vs .48 mv with low eff spkrs If you are married to those speakers, I agree with all the others; you need to select a different amplifier. As a long time Atma-sphere devotee, I would instead choose a speaker better suited to the amplifier. For me, I don't know which came first... | |
| audiophile help needed in CT Cambridge is about 2 or 2.5 hours from Deep River. Q Audio sure was a great store back in the day when I frequented Cambridge. Glad to know it still exists, if it's the same business. Take 5 Audio in New Haven is not quite as long-lived but also e... | |
| audiophile help needed in CT Cool to find out so many of us know about Deep River, after years of shmoozing indirectly on the internet. Take Five was my recommendation also, Zenblaster. It's an easy hop from Deep River. But I also take Doug's point about doing a little homewo... | |
| Zyx Universe. O.24 mv vs .48 mv with low eff spkrs To summarize what I think Doug and Syntax are saying, don't do it. If your phono stage had sufficient gain for the 0.24 version of the UNI in the first place, then you will gain nothing by switching to the 0.48 version, and the latter is not as go... | |
| audiophile help needed in CT The OP has apparently lost interest in this topic, long before the rest of us. But now we know everyone else's location relative to Deep River. It's a beautiful small town. From my mother-in-law's house in the center of town you can walk to the Co... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I will answer my own question: it's an MC, not a strain gauge.Which begs the question around which there have so far been more than 11,000 posts here. |