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| Modified Lenco vs TW Raven "What I find is that imaging of live music is level-dependent - it tends to be quite clear up to a certain amplitude, but can fall to pieces when the playing is louder than this threshold."So I guess there is room for both of us to be "right", if ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Henry, I guess I was thinking specifically of the K&K phono stages. They will build it with adjustable MM loading, if the customer requests it. As I understand it, the load R and C can be selected without opening up the top of the unit. The... | |
| Goldmund Studio - still relevant today? Dear Cabbiendi, Can you say why you think the elongated mount for the CW effects an improvement in sound, apart from the fact that it permits use of a lighter counter-wt. There are two parameters (at least) that would change with this mod: (1) lat... | |
| Modified Lenco vs TW Raven Living in DC, we are very fortunate to have a plethora of live music at our fingertips, sources range from the Kennedy Center concerts to small clubs downtown. We attend live performances at least once a month, more like twice a month since recent... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Harold, Sounds like you got your hands on some VERY low capacitance cable, is all I can say. There is added capacitance at the input of a tube phono stage; capacitance develops between the grid and the plate and between the grid and the cathode of... | |
| VPI Rim Drive vibrations Wasn't there an issue with the Superplatters being out of round? Which could raise havoc when one is combined with a VPI rim drive. Perhaps that was much of the OP's problem. Personally, I think both the plinth and the external rim drive system (a... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Harold, When you say you use 20pF of capacitance, I have to assume you are ADDING 20pF to the inherent capacitance of the whole circuit from cartridge leads to phono input. Since the inherent capacitance is typically 100pF to 150pF, depending upon... | |
| Goldmund Studio - still relevant today? The Studio is "relevant", but I personally was never impressed with it. The Studietto was a real dog, IMO. These are just my private (now not so private) opinions. The T3F is a derivative of the Rabco tonearm, better quality construction, perhaps.... | |
| Modified Lenco vs TW Raven Apparently my response to Syntax 48 hours ago did not "stick". Syntax's system is posted, so it is indeed possible to discern what he likes. Sorry about that. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? My next mod to my Silvaweld phono stage, which I use for MM cartridges, will be to install a rotary switch to allow switching among different load resistances and to add capacitance. At the moment, I am using 100K fixed load in the Silvaweld. I ma... | |
| Modified Lenco vs TW Raven Syntax, Please tell me; what DO you like? I certainly know what you don't like. | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable The problem for me is that in extolling the virtue of every new tweak, it can sound as if the prior iteration was not so great, as in "massive elimination of bass smear/euphonic colouration". This makes me wonder what the tt might have sounded lik... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Small point: As I understand it, the L07D platter is not completely suspended via Maglev. Rather, the load is only partially dissipated in that fashion; there is still some vertical force exerted on the bearing and thrust pad. (I never have pushed... | |
| Repair or Sell for parts, Luxman PX-100 First, there is no need to ditch the whole table because of a glitch that only involves the tonearm. There are probably other tonearms that will mount on the plinth, if not in the same place where the built-in tonearm mounts, then possibly on the ... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Harold, You are welcome to dissect the wonderfulness of the L07D and attribute that quality to magnetic levitation of the platter, but I think that misses the point. IMO, the L07D is transcendent because in its design every aspect of construction ... |