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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Guess I'd better break out my 420STR. I think what you are calling "dark" in the Stanton sound is what I call "rich" (in ambient details). Also, the SP10 Mk3 probably slightly brightens up the Stanton, compared to a belt-drive. | |
| Linear tracking vs. Pivoted tracking tone arms. Oh, I'm not arguing against SL tonearms as regards geometry. That would be illogical. I admit I am just too lazy to mess with one. So much else in my audio system requires regular care, and then there is my penchant for tweaking. Sometimes I just ... | |
| Linear tracking vs. Pivoted tracking tone arms. Dave, I had not seen those data from John Ellison. Thanks for the URL. Actually, given the premise that one cannot "hear" tracking angle error; one can only hear tracking distortion, I find it surprising in fact that there is so little difference ... | |
| Linear tracking vs. Pivoted tracking tone arms. Dover, I do think Tony has a point about mating an air-bearing tonearm with a spring-suspended turntable. I think I have read elsewhere that such a pairing can cause problems. Especially I was dubious how a Linn LP12 would mate up with the ET2. (S... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Dover, I agree with you about expressing one's opinion so that others might benefit, but it is rare to find a reviewer, here or in the audio press, who is up to the task. To do it well requires a lot of time and thought. Very few guys get it ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, All hypotheses about why one cartridge sounds different from another, based on one man's opinion, are possible. So your idea about why I might prefer both the Grace and the Stanton to the Acutex is not for me to challenge, but I don't want t... | |
| Are there any other EAR 834P modders lately? Zenbret, You wrote, "Passive preamps and attenuators add resistance to the signal path and boost the voltage." That statement is kind of a mess. Some passive preamps do employ transformers or autoformers as "volume controls". Such devices can chan... | |
| Linear tracking vs. Pivoted tracking tone arms. Kinda have to agree with Ketchup. Was going to say the same thing. Check your friend's set-up accuracy and his cartridge, if indeed there is any basis at all for your hypothesis that his playing your LPs on his rig damaged them. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I can only say that the BluzBros "NOS" styli for the Acutex's are not NOS in the usual definition of that term, which means to me that they would be originally manufactured by Acutex in the era when the cartridges were being sold to the public. No... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Henry, the other confounding fact is that well before a 16kHz harmonic is invoked, my hearing has checked out at around 12kHz or below. Yet without a doubt I can hear the subtle differences among cartridges of which you speak, on instruments like ... | |
| Does mfg's name/model affect your opinion of sound Back when I was too young to buy anything but was developing opinions, I always thought the Marantz components sounded better than the corresponding McIntosh products. Was I influenced by the faceplates? Possibly. But I was also influenced by the ... | |
| Do you leave your platter spinning while switching Notbananas, Don't you have to "pick your poison"? If you leave the tt running at all times, then you accelerate wear on the moving parts (tt bearing, motor drive shaft and pulley) and the belt that connects them. No free lunch. But I can see that ... | |
| Linear tracking vs. Pivoted tracking tone arms. I just found this quote in the DV507 MkII brochure:"The DV507 bi-axis tone arm has a large inertia for horizontal movement and a very small inertia for vertical movement. We shall now explain the reasons why this is advantageous.It is well known t... | |
| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. Thanks. Did you like the Panasonic or the Sao Win? Perhaps this is an unfair question, since you may not have heard those cartridges in many years. I have heard that the Euphonics is perhaps the best of the bunch, but this is only one person's opi... | |
| Linear tracking vs. Pivoted tracking tone arms. Atma-sphere et al, There is one type of pivoted tonearm that exhibits the property of a low vertical inertial mass with a high horizontal inertial mass, a la most SL tonearms. That is the Dynavector DV series. Rather than try to translate what Dyn... |