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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Acman, I may have said I can hear the effect of the Boston mat, but I do prefer it at the moment to all the other mats I have around here, on the Lenco and the SP10 Mk3. The "effect" is a good one. I do use the stainless steel platter mat that ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Jlin, Assuming that the "RMS" specification is made, you are correct, but over my lifetime of looking at cartridge specs, I am not sure I can say I have regularly seen that. Nevertheless, good point.Raul, That AT looks like an exciting combination... | |
| Alternative names for "ZYX UNIverse" cartridge Thanks, Doug. I searched for info on the 4D/Atmos and found your and Paul's review of same. You apparently hit the nail on the head, because all other reviews cited the same virtues and deficiencies, pretty much, for the 4D vs the UNI. I would con... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm "Ultrasonic". I don't doubt you for one minute, but WTF does "ultrasonic" mean in this context? Stereophile reviewers are notorious (in my mind anyway) for uncritically re-stating just about any pile of BS given to them by the manufacturer of a pr... | |
| Cartridge find Audio Technica AT155LC - any good? Caveat Emptor. It seems one doesn't know whom to trust in this apparently shady business of internet sales of vintage phono cartridge styli. Bluz Broz is another company that has misrepresented product, in their case it was Acutex styli. Are there... | |
| Alternative names for "ZYX UNIverse" cartridge HEREThis is what I meant, the R1000AIRY3G sure looks like a UNIverse, but then again, there is a family resemblance among all ZYX cartridges. | |
| Alternative names for "ZYX UNIverse" cartridge Thanks to all, and I was especially hoping Doug would respond. First of all, I cannot be right or wrong, because I was making no assertion; I was merely asking the question. Second, Doug is correct; I may have been thinking of the dual names given... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm Oh yes, I meant to add that the gibberish you (Dover) quote from the NVS website does not really tell us for sure whether it uses a servo mechanism. Could be that they are talking about the ways in which they assure the synchronicity of an AC sync... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm Dover, This is what I fear as I grow older: "continuous shrinkage". If you can help me avoid that, please do send the relevant information. | |
| RCA to balanced yeah. ok. But someone who does not know the "common" usage of the term gain might go away thinking that a transformer is an active element. That's all I was trying to clarify. | |
| RCA to balanced I don't usually think I can catch John in error, but in this case I think it's better to say that SUTs or any transformer, can alter the ratio of current to voltage of whatever is put into it. In the case of a SUT, voltage of the phono signal goes... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? That's the thing with mats. There are schools of thought, just as for drive systems, etc. Some like to elevate the LP away from the platter, a la the old Transcriptors tt. Some like to use a mat that approximates the characteristics of a vinyl LP.... | |
| Jean Nantais Lenco Reference mk. ii user feedback Hey Divo, You've got a very interesting system. How do you like that Haniwa cartridge? (Sorry, OT.) | |
| Hum decreases with tonearm position. Huh? The motor on the Rega P3 may or may not be of low quality, but quality has nothing to do with the hum. The problem is that the glass platter affords no shielding against EMI emitted by the motor that may or may not interact with the cartridge. As ... | |
| After market Motor + Belt drive for Verdier I wonder if anyone has mated the Verus rim drive motor or the VPI one to a Verdier. That nice thick platter of the Verdier would seem to permit use of either one. I am not an unqualified fan of those devices, on principle, but actual users seem ha... |