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| 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. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Don and Dent, I am very puzzled by Victor's statement as you (Don) report it. This seems contrary to the very raison d'etre of a company calling itself "Balanced" Audio Technology. Without having researched the VK10, I too would assume it has... | |
| Galibier Teres Redpoint tape drive "LENGTH"? Doug Deacon is the font of wisdom and experience in this area, other than perhaps the maker of your turntable. | |
| Question on FR 66s I am privately wondering how one can cite the true pivot of the FR tonearms to an accuracy of 0.5mm, since the top of the bearing housing is a flat circular plane, IIRC. (The FR64S is not in front of me as I write this.) So, you need a REALLY good... | |
| Best vintage or modern tonearms for Denon DP 80 The Victor is a "steal" among vintage Japanese tonearms at its current cost, IMO. I use a Dynavector DV505 with several different MM and MI cartridges, including the Grace Ruby, very happily on my DP80 and on my Lenco, FWIW. | |
| Inner groove "Rumble" A la Casey's good idea, this speaks also to the question of whether you are hearing "rumble" or "hum". The power amp transformer could induce hum, not rumble. |