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| Can good IC's be used instead of dedicated phono's Al, But I would guess that the capacitance would be even lower if there were no shield. Which was my point, altho I probably should have been more explicit. Geometry is the major determinant of the IC capacitance, but shielding adds to it. I think... | |
| Can good IC's be used instead of dedicated phono's You can use any cable at all for starters. Then work backward. If you have noise with an unshielded cable, then you need a shield. If you have hum, you need to play with grounding. If you have high frequency loss or gain, you need to play with cap... | |
| Phono Stage Recommendation/ Advice It's possible that you are not getting a response due to the fact that no one knows anything about the two phono stages you want to choose between. Perhaps if you left your question open-ended, e.g., what phono stage goes with my system, you would... | |
| VPI Direct Drive Turntable The DD version probably is not 5-6 times "better" than the Classic 3. No one expects a linear relationship between cost and performance, I hope. Also, the fact that the two products look somewhat alike in photos is not necessarily meaningful. The ... | |
| SP-10 Mat Td, That's the first I have ever heard of a Boston Audio Mat being warped. Both my Mat1 and my Mat2 appear to the eye to be perfectly flat, and certainly there is no tell-tale sign of warpage when they are spinning. I trust your judgement, but be ... | |
| SP-10 Mat Chris, Have you considered that part of the possible benefit you perceive from copper or copper-containing mats is related to shielding of the cartridge from EMI radiated by the motor? I doubt this is much of an issue for the Mk3, with its massive... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul didn't respond, but thank you for the information on the Gyger styli, Nandric. After I posted I remembered that Expert in the UK makes the Paratrace stylus shape which they will NOT sell to another re-tipper. I got my story wrong. Or so I bel... | |
| has anyone else tried Lloyd Walkers latest tweak One effect of putting a crystal, or anything with mass, on a tonearm or cartridge is to alter the... mass. This can always be expected to have an effect of some kind. So, on that basis alone, no wonder it is common to hear a "difference". Has anyo... | |
| Record clamps: do they really make a difference. But I don't think there is "error" in bringing my system to be as accurate and "distortion"-free as possible while also being enjoyable to me. You ALWAYS assume that someone else's Nirvana is inferior to yours. That may not be so. Please stop twis... | |
| has anyone else tried Lloyd Walkers latest tweak Dover, You wrote, among many other things, "The piezoelectric properties of a quartz crystal make it usable as a resonator." With all due respect,and I do respect you, as I understand it, a quartz crystal (or any crystal) when energized by electri... | |
| Record clamps: do they really make a difference. Tony, Reproducing or creating "The life" in an LP is often serendipitous, to my way of thinking. Thus if I like the sound from the LP better without the clamp vs with, or without a peripheral ring vs with, I don't go to pieces emotionally, frettin... | |
| Record clamps: do they really make a difference. On the other recent thread covering this topic, I was in the minority in stating that I do not like heavy record weights or heavy peripheral rings. Like Win and someone else that commented above, I find that they usually (but not always) detract f... | |
| Will Grace F9 Cart work with Rega RB250 tonearm? I've got the SS OCL stylus on my Grace Ruby, and I agree with Dave Garretson. It's a winner. I do believe the compliance may be a tad lower than that of my stock Grace Ruby. (Yes, I've got two Grace Rubys, enough for my remaining lifetime, if I al... | |
| has anyone else tried Lloyd Walkers latest tweak If it's a '57 300C, I want one. | |
| has anyone else tried Lloyd Walkers latest tweak Dear Phduncanson,Your URL leads to a white paper on RFI. No one doubts that RFI can be a problem in audio reproduction and that eliminating RFI is desirable. If you read the paper yourself you will see that the only way in which crystals are conne... |