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| Direct Drive turntables Cjaronica, This is not to dispute your logic in ending up with a TTW turntable, but a turntable per se is not going to exaggerate "record surface noise". That phenomenon is typically due to the phono stage, the cartridge/tonearm combination, cartr... | |
| Any Herron VTPH-2 Phono Stage Owners out there? Just a technical note that will be obvious to most: I take it from reading these posts that the VTPH2 is set up for medium output MC cartridges (e.g., >0.4mV output). As such, the phono load resistance is probably set for some low value (compar... | |
| Which phono preamps among these three? Re the standard bone stock non-Signature version of the Rhea: I am a fairly advanced DIY guy. From where I sit, the Rhea uses pedestrian REL polypropylene and metallized polypropylene capacitors at critical points in the circuit. Indeed, my inheri... | |
| Any Herron VTPH-2 Phono Stage Owners out there? Chuck, Do you prefer the VTPH2 to your solid state phono stage, the one we've both heard?BPoletti, I do not in any way begrudge you your love of the Herron phono stage. Was just pointing out to the OP that you are obviously the most knowledgeable ... | |
| Which phono preamps among these three? I hate it when an OP asks for opinions about a particular component or asks for comparisons between two or among three components, and THEN the responders suggest other completely different options. But, yes, I'm guilty. I agree with Shakey. You m... | |
| MC Phono preamp gains Did not know about JA's measurement. Thanks. I have not poked around in the line stage section of the Janus, as mine works fine. On the other hand, I did something to the L channel of the phono stage that I cannot seem to fix, which is why I was t... | |
| Any Herron VTPH-2 Phono Stage Owners out there? Where is BPoletti now that you need him? He is "Mr. Herron" around here. | |
| MC Phono preamp gains Almarg, Re your comments on the Rhea. I own a Janus, recently inherited from the estate of a friend. I was poking around in it, and it seems that the output from its phono section is a 6992 used as a plate-follower, rather than as a cathode follow... | |
| Koetsu Jade v SPU classic v FR 7 fz cartidges I had come to believe that the "B" in AV101B, stands for Black, as opposed to Silver color. | |
| Why do MM cartridges amplify more surface noise?? Doug, I use small cans of Mandarin Orange slices in water, Del Monte brand only. The secret is to place a tiptoe between the bottom of the can and the shelf. Two of my turntables that are mounted in slate plinths are supported in this fashion. I'm... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nandric, Is it possible for you to weigh your heaviest Orsonic and let me/us know the result? I would be curious to know how it compares to my two AV101s. Let us know whether you weight with vs without the detachable yoke to which the cartrid... | |
| Why so few balanced phono inputs? I agree that balanced connection is not per se necessary for superb sound reproduction. But where do you get the "110 ohm vs 75 ohm" idea? The impedance in a typical audio system will be only be that which is reflected by the interconnect, dependi... | |
| Koetsu Jade v SPU classic v FR 7 fz cartidges Subjectively, I thought my Orsonic 101 and my FR64S fit pretty snugly, too. But I have yet to audition the combo.Someone else asked an interesting question: How do you tell the difference between a "real" Orsonic and a "fake" one? One of mine is k... | |
| Koetsu Jade v SPU classic v FR 7 fz cartidges As an owner of an FR64S and of two Orsonic 101 headshells (but alas no FR headshells), I have been following this interesting discussion. I have every reason to believe that my two Orsonics are OEM, but I cannot say I have much experience with the... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Fleib, et al.Some of these posts raise a question that has always lurked in the back of my mind: Do "specs" on a phono cartridge tell us anything about how one cartridge sounds compared to another? For many reasons, I have always assumed the answe... |