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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Fleib, You do have a point; my ESL panels have a step-up transformer, so it might be safe to do away with the fuse, but I believe that the fuse also protects the circuit of the amplifier.Direct-drive OTL for Sound Lab has been discussed ad nauseam... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Fleib, In an OTL amplifier there is nothing between the output tube and the speaker. Therefore, if an output tube arcs over or otherwise fails catastrophically, there is real potential for speaker damage. By far most output tubes commonly use... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? If anyone here has a blown $59 fuse, I will donate an Acme fuse so we can cut them in half and find out indeed whether there is any difference at all between them. I am curious. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, Perhaps it is you who should tell me what is the difference between one silver/ceramic/cryo-treated fuse that costs $16 and another silver/ceramic/cryo-treated fuse that costs $59. Pixie dust? (Just kidding.) For me, the Acme fuses are an ex... | |
| Micro Seiki, or TW AC-1 Syntax, Thanks for putting this foolishness in perspective and for the laughs. | |
| Micro Seiki, or TW AC-1 Steve, Glad you have come to enjoy the L07D. Does the TT101 have coreless motor? I would have guessed that it has a Denon-like motor, i.e., iron core. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Funny.Except in this case the added part is the most relevant part.Or maybe not; in both cases the body is slave to the addenda. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dave, So I gather that (for $500?), SS sells an entire stylus cum cantilever assembly for the Grace? What bothers me about that is the fact that one is replacing not only the stylus, cantilever, and associated suspension, but also the male part of... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Perhaps vdH is more fascinated with the beautiful women of the Ukraine than he is with repairing another Colibri. Who can blame him?It was slowly dawning on me that Axel was raising his prices. Now that Nicola mentions "400 Euro", I am both flabbe... | |
| Upgrades to Analog System I agree with Syntax. Rhea was a bit disappointing to me, altho I heard it in someone else's system. I have also heard the Signature version, in the same system, and it is a lot better. However, the cost of the upgrade might not be justified, since... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I think the manufacturers realized that endorsing the idea of directionality was yet another good way to promote the sale of $50 fuses; if direction makes a difference, then surely all the other associated less controversial mumbo jumbo makes sens... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, You make a good point; I have no idea either why fuses on the AC line make such a difference, but "silver" and "cryo" are part of the audiophile mantra. We believe in those twin gods, don't we? What's even crazier, not to say much crazi... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Fuses are generally used for good safety reasons. To bypass a fuse with a wire, silver or otherwise, requires some solid knowledge of what you are doing and the possible negative consequences. Sometimes, it can be done safely. Most of the time, no... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? To you guys and any other BAT amplifier users, I have six matched pairs of NOS 6C33Cs, selected by and purchased from Victor Khomenko of BAT, himself, about 10 years ago. They are available for sale. I originally bought them, because my own Atma-s... | |
| Help: Replacement Caps Advise Sounds like you need an electrolytic capacitor, all of which are polar, as Jallen infers. Very good ones include very large ones made by Mundorf (which may in fact be nonpolar; I forget) and more reasonable size polar ones made by Panasonic (TS-ED... |