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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Fleib, I now recall that Kelly's issue with tubes was this very one of the problem of matching them in a balanced circuit. Mark went on to design and implement a balanced circuit wherein the imbalance is automatically compensated for. His own... | |
| Do 45 RPM records need higher anti-skate setting? Omsed, Point taken. Sorry.John, The tonearm is stationary, resisting the force of friction on the stylus tip which would tend to want to pull the tonearm clockwise in the direction of LP rotation. But I have privately wondered about a tiny centrip... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Fleib, Your argument about duplication of parts sounds exactly like one that I heard several years ago from someone who is associated with Mapleshade Audio. That was their argument against balanced anything. With all due respect, I guess this... | |
| Best vintage or modern tonearms for Denon DP 80 My DP80 is mounted in a slate slab, weighs about 75 lbs. For feet, I use three small cans of Mandarin orange slices in water, available at your local supermarket for about $6, total. To the bottom of each can, I affixed a Black Diamond Racing tipt... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Henry, I will keep you informed privately. Not too many here would be interested. I won the thing (Victor QL10) on eBay. The seller says it spins too fast and cannot be made to spin at 33 using the adjuster. After exchanging messages with him... | |
| Do 45 RPM records need higher anti-skate setting? Oh yes, it was you to whom I was responding, Omsed. It was you who used the term "centrifugal". So what's your point? I did find my response, and I don't see where I ever said anything that could be construed as attributing skating to a centripeta... | |
| Do 45 RPM records need higher anti-skate setting? Dear Omsed,The question was around the two terms "centrifugal" and "centripetal". I was pointing out that in Newtonian terms there is no such thing as centrifugal force, that the force holding a body in circular orbit around an origin is centripet... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Fleib, You wrote, "Unless the parts in both sides of the preamp are perfectly matched, and not almost perfectly, performance is worse." Can you explain? If there is not perfect matching between the two phases, then one does not get optimum CMR, fo... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I sure am not going to challenge the wisdom of Mr. Hansen. If he says to do it that way, do it that way. However, the DIN plug is at the upstream end of the cable. For sure, at the DIN plug side, all grounds have to go to the one pin on the DIN co... | |
| How to increase the gain on a preamp Not really. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I did some reading on the VK10. Although I found nothing that directly addresses my question about the circuit design, I did find plenty to convince me that the VK10 must be truly balanced, from input to output. There was one mention of a built-in... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Don, I just read your long post addressed to Raul, wherein you talk again about "quasi-balanced". In fact, one of the best ways to avoid or cancel hum is by using balanced connection, from the cartridge to the phono stage (as you stipulate), ... | |
| How to increase the gain on a preamp Most likely he switched to a ceramic cartridge. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Halcro, I just bought a malfunctioning TT101 in the context of a QL10. I got the Victor tonearm and plinth along with the TT101, at a price about equal to the value of the Victor tonearm alone. Yes, I am bragging. I have the hubris to think t... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? While I like Art Dudley, based on his "attitude" to this hobby and its importance in the grand scheme, I would not choose him as an arbiter of my own thinking or actions in the context of the hobby. He has a decided bias in favor of devices that c... |