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| New $35K pivoting tonearm What is odd to me is that the OP started a thread about a $35K tonearm marketed by the previous guru of Roksan, and about which none of us know anything, apart from its cost. Then the venom was directed largely at Durand tonearms for the sin of be... | |
| Phono preamp with mono switch? Rodman, IMO, Schottky diodes sound WAY better than Hexfreds. You just have to be careful about the fact that Schottkys in general have a lower forward voltage drop than do Hexfreds, so the voltage out of the rectifier will be a few volts higher wi... | |
| Phono preamp with mono switch? Almost any of the many very good "vintage" phono stages will have a mono switch, and I wish modern day manufacturers would take note. The improvement in playback of mono LPs when you have mono circuitry vs stereo is not small or insignificant. | |
| Simaudio MOON LP5.3 RS or 300LP? Dinster, That list of resistive loading options for your Audia Flight is indeed very odd. Perhaps there is a built in SUT for MC. Sometimes the stated value of the load is tricky to interpret when there is a SUT and if the load resistor is install... | |
| Opinions on bang for the buck on TT & tonearm Curley, You are nowhere near the novice I thought you to be, based on the list of excellent turntables you have already owned. You might ask yourself why you were or are not satisfied with especially the top two or three on your list, the Basis, t... | |
| Opinions on bang for the buck on TT & tonearm Stringreen and Rodman, Do you mean to say that of all the turntable/tonearm combinations in all the world that can be had for $6000 or less, you would choose "VPI"? Not to denigrate VPI as a brand name in any way, but perhaps the OP would like a m... | |
| Opinions on bang for the buck on TT & tonearm Why is Trans-fi "thinking out of the box"? It's one of a bajillion legitimate candidates that probably comes to the new owner in a box. | |
| ZYX Premium Cartridges Doug, I like your smiley face better than the last line of your quartet. I am still trying to parse it, but I get the gist. Judy was just being provocative, I think. Judy, Judy, Judy, you are entitled to your opinion, however subjective it may be. | |
| New $35K pivoting tonearm Jeb, No joke? | |
| Opinions on bang for the buck on TT & tonearm "Pod based". Do you mean like in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"?The issue of outboard pods is yet another can of worms. There is a long thread here based on only that question. (Search on "Copernican".) Be prepared to be confused.Why not introdu... | |
| Opinions on bang for the buck on TT & tonearm As regards tt's, go and listen so some top flight rigs. Decide for yourself which drive technology gives you your preferred sonic result (belt-, idler-, or direct-drive). Then listen to a few more tt's that use your preferred drive system. Then, m... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? It was not my intention to indict RM for the instability of the Beveridge direct-drive amplifiers. I really don't understand the circuit well enough to critique it. But it's fair to say that some pretty smart EE types who have worked on these amps... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Fleib, You asked whether I have ever experienced one of Modjeskie's "direct-drive" ESLs. In fact, I am the owner of a pair of Beveridge 2SW speakers with their original direct-drive amplifiers, built and signed by RM in 1979. The amplifiers are TH... | |
| ZYX Premium Cartridges Maybe the "magic" starts with the UNIverse, because my indirect experience with that cartridge suggests it is uncannily true to life, mounted in a Talea tonearm. What tonearm(s) did you use, David or Sbrown? | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Fleib,We have no argument as regards RIAA accuracy. In my initial post I merely recounted the interaction between Raul and Peter Ledermann, who took umbrage when Raul categorically dismissed his SG cartridge because it was reported by a third part... |