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| 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... | |
| Inner groove "Rumble" Adam, Have you checked your turntable bearing? Now that your rumble is generalized, I am guessing you have either run out of lubrication in your bearing and/or your bearing is worn in some other bad way. | |
| How to increase the gain on a preamp Dear Elizabeth, There are several alternative explanations for the OPs reported observation. That's "plain as day" to me. Anyway his "remedy" is "almost found". Perhaps he poured some snake oil on his phono stage. | |
| Lenco L 75 turntable, need 60 cycle capstan, There is no capstan on a Lenco L75. Do you refer to the idler wheel? The idler wheels are the same diameter for all, so far as I know. Here is a quote from Lenco Heaven:The Lenco motor is a 4 pole ac motor, which keeps itÂ’s speed synchronized with... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Storyboy, That's a good story. 99.99% of cartridges have no such strap. As I noted above, some vintage cartridges, like the Decca's, did have such. Think of it this way: what happens if you make a mistake wiring your cartridge? Answer: the channel... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? "Some phono guru told me that phono cartridge is basically a " balance " device.It is not. It is neither balanced nor single-ended. It is correctly called "floating" source that can be used either way. Much like a battery. The connection to the ci... | |
| How to increase the gain on a preamp How do you guys know so much?Marcel has not told us bupkes about his system. | |
| Grace F-9 broken stylus Two words: Sound Smith. Get the ruby cantilever with line contact stylus, for $250, and you will never have "cartridge envy". But meantime, learn more about the art and science of phono reproduction. If you are insecure about the word "cantilever"... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Whoops! Sorry Timeltel; I believe you are the professor, not Don. No disrespect to you either, Don. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Don, With all respect as our professor, your statement "You can not truly wire a phono cartridge to the phono stage in a truly balanced mode" is not correct. Cartridges are inherently balanced devices, except for some rare exceptions like som... | |
| How to increase the gain on a preamp What Onhwy61 said. | |
| Inner groove "Rumble" "staccato-like popping" Can you guess in what frequency range? Rumble is very low frequency stuff, as the name suggests. |