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| Repair suspension on B+O MMC2? The MMC2 has a sapphire/ruby cantilever (can't remember what they call it; both are the same). If you want to preserve a vestige of its sound, then I think you should go for a Ruby cantilever. If you do so, then I do know SoundSmith can provide th... | |
| Turnable database with TimeLine Dear Dover, From my perch, I view the dynamic as follows: Halcro is perhaps guilty of trying to "prove" empirically the superiority of his TT101 (and maybe now the TT81), while you seem to be trying to prove the superiority of belt-drive, at least... | |
| SDS or phono stage Just for the record, and speaking only for myself, I discussed the SDS only because that is the unit that Arsh asked about. What I said about the SDS is only hearsay. I personally do use a Walker Audio Precision Motor Controller, which does pretty... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dave, No photo seen in or near post #401 on the thread you referenced. I am kind of curious about the clips, if you can help.Thanks. | |
| My new Soundsmith Straingauge cartridge By the way, the rationale for that idea is based on the fact that batteries are not entirely free of noise. If you use enough uF, you can remove the hash from the supply before it hits the SG. | |
| My new Soundsmith Straingauge cartridge Spirit, If you are in a DIY frame of mind, you might try bypassing the battery supply with a bank of high quality low voltage electrolytic capacitors. Use lots of microfarads. I and others have found that bypassing batteries that supply CD player ... | |
| MC Step Up Math The math required is high school algebra. The concepts are a bit more difficult to grasp, but one really need not grasp them exactly, if one grasps the math relationships.The results are "unpredictable" only in the sense that mating any two dispar... | |
| 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... |