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| SDS or phono stage Arsh (and Lwin), The SDS is an AC re-generator. Think of it as an amplifier that puts out 120V and 60Hz (or whatever variation from those baseline parameters is needed to make your tt run at precise 33 and 45). Thus it does more than any typical p... | |
| MC Step Up Math Those data you start with are unnecessarily complex, and are paradoxically offered to make life simple. Just know the turns ratio of the transformer. (Call up the maker and ask, if it's not published.) Then know the input impedance of your MM phon... | |
| MC Step Up Math Golly, Dfel! You are making this much much harder than it really is, and it's somewhat difficult to begin with. "10X" is not a "rule", as others have also written, it's merely a guide. For reasons I, Al, and several others stated, as the ratio app... | |
| SDS or phono stage IMO, Add SDS or other motor controller. | |
| MC Step Up Math Sorry. Once or twice where I referred to the ratio of "input to output impedance" above, I should more clearly have written "output to input". That is the internal resistance of the cartridge itself (~output impedance) vs the input impedance of th... | |
| TT Power Cord I will be sure not to add any 8TC to my Cheerios. | |
| MC Step Up Math What low output moving coil cartridge do you own or want to own to use in your system? Perhaps the easiest approach would be to make that information known and then just get advice on what step-up ratio will work best for that cartridge. It is hel... | |
| TT Power Cord Do you mean to say that Kimber 8TC, braided form, has been "banned"? I've got a lot of it here and there, all being used as PC, not as speaker wire.But to your other point, I have found empirically that I prefer high capacitance cables probably be... | |
| My new Soundsmith Straingauge cartridge Spirit, I would say that I am a convert away from belt-drive and that my personal experience with my Lenco is very favorable indeed. I love it. Apart from the Lenco, all my other (four) turntables are direct-drive. I confess I do have some doubts/... | |
| My new Soundsmith Straingauge cartridge If SS would make an inexpensive adaptor so this cartridge could be used with a good linestage, I think many more would be sold. What holds the cartridge back in the market, IMO, is just what Pro said; most of us have an expensive phono stage that ... | |
| TT Power Cord Moonglum,I was not in the least offended by anything you wrote before my post. Skepticism is a needed commodity in this hobby. In your last post, you wrote: "A similarly opposite benefit can come from the braided Kimber cables i.e if used on switc... | |
| TT Power Cord Moonglum, Believe me, I am no cult worshiper. I come to the table with a bias that most of our gospel audio truths are BS. It makes no sense that PCs should make a difference in many instances, such as the one you cite. The only way I can see that... | |
| TT Power Cord Tim (Pryso): Great minds think alike. I have been using Kimber 8TC as power cord for maybe 10 years. Each of my Atma-sphere monoblocks is connected to the wall socket with 8TC power cord. That product is uniquely suited to PC use, because of its c... | |
| TT Power Cord Power cords do make a difference. I even found that the power cord that serves the bias supply on my ESL speakers can make an audible difference. But the good news, IMO, is that cost is not a major factor. Cheap PCs can sound great. Expensive PCs ... | |
| Weakest Link? Your honest opinions. Dear Narticus, You really asked an impossible question, because none of us has heard your system and none of us knows what you are after, what it is that you find unsatisfying. My first thought is that you might benefit from eliciting the opinion ... |