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| EAR 834P Deluxe with Dynavector 20 HX H output Cart. So don’t you think, if EAR make a great SUT, that the SUT built into the EAR is very likely to be excellent? Plus, it does away with the need for an extra set of RCA connections and an extra pair of external low capacitance RCA cables to connect a... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? Please offer a mechanism to explain why a “good LOMC suppressed groove noise better than the others”, other than that’s your opinion. | |
| Phono preamp with multiple inputs?? Suggestions please!! Now let’s assume you have a cartridge that only produces 3 mV of signal voltage. The output from the MF phono would be 300mV. If you have an active linestage in the signal path, it is likely to add at least 8-10 db of gain. 10db means a 3-fold fur... | |
| Phono preamp with multiple inputs?? Suggestions please!! I just looked it up. The spec sheet say “5mV in gives 500mV out”, which is a voltage gain of 100, which translates to 40db. | |
| Phono preamp with multiple inputs?? Suggestions please!! The important number is not gain in mV, which only refers to some ideal setup, but phono gain in db. If MM phono gain is 40db or higher, and if the linestage adds 8-10db additional gain, and if the input sensitivity of the amplifier is 1mV or less... | |
| EAR 834P Deluxe with Dynavector 20 HX H output Cart. That is good advice, IF the HO version of the cartridge is as good as or better than the LO version. Unfortunately, this is usually NOT the case. Usually the LO version of an MC cartridge that is available with high or low output, is superior. ... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? Hi Dave! Good to hear from you. I too was influenced by Raul’s thread, which led me to purchase several highly regarded vintage MM and MI cartridges. Two of those were Stanton 980LZS and an NOS Stanton 981LZS. I loved the 980 until I wore it out. ... | |
| New phono stage arrived Like I said, it is quite possible your unit was not functioning at full capacity. That's especially possible with tube gear, which tends to "work" even when broken. Whereas a solid state device is usually alive or totally dead. | |
| Think I ruined stylus We know what he's doing. Probably left his needle in the dead wax again. Don't come running to us! | |
| Phono preamp with multiple inputs?? Suggestions please!! Suffice to say, for the Nth time, that the signals in each channel due to vertical deflection of the cantilever cancel each other because they’re 180 degrees out of phase, when you bridge a stereo cartridge to play a mono LP. Hence hf surface nois... | |
| New phono stage arrived I’ve read some reviews of the Greek phono. As you say, it is highly regarded. For a product and company trying to establish itself in the US market, I can’t understand why the distributor didn’t step in to help, if your dealer was recalcitrant. Be... | |
| Phono preamp with multiple inputs?? Suggestions please!! Dear Elliot, will you please stop repeating the incorrect information to the effect that noise due to vertical deflection of the cantilever is “doubled”, when one plays a mono LP using a stereo cartridge and the mono mode switch on a phono stage? ... | |
| Records not stored vertically for decades Recordguardian, I was wondering whether there was any scientific basis for the 70 degree F cutoff point. That seems low , plus I would think humidity plus temperature together are the determinants. Therefore the temp cutoff would vary with ambient... | |
| New phono stage arrived Congratulations. I never heard of either unit or the companies that make them. Perhaps others can benefit from your experience. What amplifiers and speakers? If the first phono was as bad as you say, chances are there was a cryptic defect. Did you... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? If you heard a Grado, chances are you’ve heard a MI cartridge. |