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May 25, 2015	Phono stage w/automatic Load-Impedanance. Chakster, You seem to use the term "impedance" interchangeably to talk about both the voltage output of a cartridge (usually expressed in mV in relation to a stylus velocity of either 3.54 or 5.0 cm/sec) and its internal resistance. Thus it is not...
May 24, 2015	Why do MM cartridges amplify more surface noise?? In fact, I do not find your premise to be true. Check out John Tracy's recommendation.However, I suppose it's conceivable that if a previous owner of a "used" LP habitually used, say, an elliptical stylus that was not properly aligned, and if the ...
May 22, 2015	Which MM Cartridge for under a grand I think the Soundsmith offerings at or below the $500 level might please you, but so too would any number of vintage MM cartridges, made by Acutex, Grace, Nagaoka, AT, Signet, Grado, Astatic, AKG, etc., and for well under $500, probably under $300...
May 21, 2015	Miyajima MADAKE experience Doesn't SoundSmith make a cartridge with a cactus needle (serving as both cantilever and stylus?)? That interests me, too. But there has not been much word on the street about it, even though it's been in production for a while.
May 20, 2015	Miyajima MADAKE experience I think I've been on that "mountain" in Kyoto, which is actually a hill, the climbing of which is very strenuous exercise, even though there are steps all the way to the top. On the top, there is a shrine and monks doing their thing. It was more a...
May 20, 2015	HELP HELP - VENDETTA RESEARCH SCP2A FAULTY The company you found, is it in California? If so, they're a really good source.I feel remiss in not thinking about the electrolytic capacitors. By all means, they need to be replaced if still OEM. One can only hope that damage has not already bee...
May 19, 2015	HELP HELP - VENDETTA RESEARCH SCP2A FAULTY There is a company on the West Coast, the name of which escapes me, that carries a lot of supposedly no longer available transistors, including FETs. I was able to buy the full complement of transistors needed for my 1980-vintage Beveridge amplifi...
May 18, 2015	HELP HELP - VENDETTA RESEARCH SCP2A FAULTY I am a little unclear about the recent history. You say you originally heard no problem with the right channel, only the left channel was without signal. And incidentally, you mention that only the L channel was grounded. When you replaced the fus...
May 17, 2015	Interesting Article Dweller, You asked how could your Ayre phono stage be "causing" clicks and pops. I don't think it's per se causing the problem, but the Ayre stuff does have a very wide bandwidth, probably up to megacycles. Thus, any RF that's getting into your sy...
May 15, 2015	Interesting Article Dweller, You've got a problem. Some set-ups do communicate ticks and pops in excess, and yours might be one of them. I listened to LPs about 2 hours per night, each of the last 4-5 nights. A few LPs have a very few ticks and pops. By and large tho...
May 12, 2015	Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? I agree with Halcro. This latest discussion belongs on the Copernicus thread. Why Halcro's favored topology, which is not at all original to Halcro, has anything to do with Copernicus, I have never understood, but that's ok. It's catchy.Go forth a...
May 12, 2015	Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? "Whatever" means normal disturbances that occur in the typical playback setting, not f**king seismic events or dog accidents or children running into the tt or etc.This has NOTHING to do with suspended turntables. Nothing nothing nothing. I don't ...
May 11, 2015	Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Hiho, Without a doubt, tt's with outboard arm pods can sound great. Especially if the arm pod is very massive, like Henry's appear to be. We're just arguing hypotheticals. But the nice thing about "hypotheses" is that if you go by a valid one, the...
May 11, 2015	Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? I don't know where the subject of a sub chassis came up in this discussion. Whatever you want to put under your tt should affect the tonearm and bearing/platter equally and simultaneously, is all I say. Yes, if you bolt the outboard pod to a shelf...
May 11, 2015	Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Henry, Just for the record, I stated long ago that while I would agree with the hypothetical aspects of Richard's analysis, I do not and did not think your pods were in fact being moved by stylus drag, but like you say, it is a question open to ex...