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| vpi super SSM rim drive vs grand prix monaco To add to the confusion, I don't think you should limit yourself to GP Monaco, as your direct-drive alternative to rim drive. And you could potentially save yourself a lot of money in so doing. | |
| Alternative names for "ZYX UNIverse" cartridge Dear Doug, Thank you for your advice. I note that you couldn't resist taking a shot at the Koetsu, any Koetsu. It's OK. I forgive you. I haven't listened to my Urushi in so long I've forgotten whether to defend it or not. Are you sure you were awa... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, Believe me, I am amazed at the amount of listening and judging that you are able to do. My own "listening day" is about 2 hours long, if I am very lucky, except sometimes on weekends. During the week nights, my wife is usually wanting to get... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, Do you ever go back to one of your earlier "reference" cartridges, just to get some idea where you are in your odyssey? (Surely, Odysseus himself did not chart so arduous a course as yours through a sea of cartridges.) I guess you do do... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, I particularly am interested in the Luxman tube gear. They made an OTL that looks very interesting, among many other efforts of theirs from the 70s. I still own a (solid state) Luxman T110 tuner that I bought new in the 70s. It is not quite ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Kant! Oy!Dover, Have you, or has anyone here, ever heard the Pioneer Exclusive line of amplifiers? I was for a long time especially tempted by their model 5A (I think it was) which affords balanced operation. Hifido occasionally has a pair to sell... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nandric, Don't you think that, for audiophiles, the descriptive "crap" does have a categorical meaning? Once this or that has been designated as "crap", surely none of us would like to touch it. Unless of course, one man's crap is another man... | |
| How to reverse phase on a cartridge? On top of everything else, who is to say what is "correct" phase? Only the listener who can perceive a difference when phase is shifted by 180 degrees at all frequencies, by any of the maneuvers desribed above. Yet, as far as I know, there was no ... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm Dover, Please lighten up. I am probably guilty of not studying your posts with the dedication that they deserve. Nor am I guilty of criticizing you if you might have been incorrect about whether or not NVS uses a traditional type of servo mechanis... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nicola and Timeltel, Please lighten up on Raul for using the word "crap" with respect to any cartridge or headamp or SUT. Don't you realize what that means? That means that none of us has to buy it. Do you know what a (financial) relief that ... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm Ketchup, In response to your question, which I think was aimed at Dover, I wrote after Dover's post that I visited the NVS website and did not find the word "servo" mentioned there, which still leaves open in my mind the possibility that they don'... | |
| Alternative names for "ZYX UNIverse" cartridge Ldvalve, Thanks for the tip. The Ayame seems to be a nude UNIverse made for sale in Australia. Have you heard it? It must be a real featherweight, given that the fully enclosed (or at least partially enclosed) UNI is already very lightweight unles... | |
| Alternative names for "ZYX UNIverse" cartridge Thanks, In-shore. I did not mean to imply that buying a UNIverse would be a "mistake"; it's just that I have been getting so much bang for the buck with these other cartridges that I have become a bit impecunious (love that word). Indeed, I have n... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I'll still wait to hear from some of you who can compare the ANV to the other flavors of the month, before spending $1200. I've got the Precept 220XE/550ML in-house for much less money. | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm So, Richard, are you inferring that the GP Monaco claims for the speed of their speed correction system are not so earth-shattering or envelope-pushing as one was led to believe, given what Goldmund did two decades earlier?The Reference was always... |