lewm
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Yes, I own a few hundred CDs and SACDs (the latter because the Sony SCD777ES was their "flagship" SACD player, second only to the SCD1). And I am very curious to sample hi-rez digital off the internet, as well as to be able to play my own CDs and ... | |
| Can a heavy tonearm be agile ? Gosh, I don't know if the RS-A1 is "one of the lighter tonearms". That large counter-weight dangling at some distance from the pivot point would add in a big way to the effective mass. But in general, I also think it's foolish to make such general... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? An interesting cartridge of obscure origin can be a "bargain" to someone who owns no or only a few other cartridges, but what is it to those of us (notice I include myself) who have more than a dozen other cartridges of similar or better pedigree?... | |
| New Shelter 901-iii At current exchange rates, 128K yen is more than $1500. Be sure you want it. | |
| What Sets Price on Turntables? Isaac, I do believe that rrog was being facetious, and rightly so. But for less than $600, you can probably find a Lenco idler. This is not to say that you must not enjoy what you have. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Henry/Halcro, I enjoy the banter, but in this case, I don't get the point. Are you trying to say that you find the additional screw-head on the surface of the repro B60 to be offensive to your sense of esthetics? Yes, I do find those fiber-gl... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Contrarian that I am, I mainly built the slate plinths on my own to flout the very high prices typically charged for them and the snotty attitude of one vendor, as well as to find out if slate is any good for a plinth. Anyway, I would never claim ... | |
| New Schroeder linear tonearm, any thoughts? Looking at the photos, I assume that at the distal end of the arm wand there is a bearing of some kind (I have read elsewhere that it is not a string-type bearing) that must have lowest possible friction. How then does the mechanism in the base "k... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? "Practical"? Practical is a one-box CD player. Not one bit of what we talk about is practical. I designed the slates to work with surface-mount tonearms. I have a very competent water-jet guy who can make holes in them wherever I want, for tonearm... | |
| Proper Mass Of Tonearm for MC Cart The more you play with this stuff, the more you find that rules are made to be broken, so don't sweat it too much. | |
| Proper Mass Of Tonearm for MC Cart The title of your post and the question you seem to be asking do not match so well. What is it you really want "suggestions" about? MCs are typically low in compliance. Such cartridges generally sound best in mid- to high-mass tonearms. There is a... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? For the $600+ difference in cost between the price for an original that you quote and the very fine copy that I bought and which works fine with my FR64S "silver wire inside", I will happily live with the disappointment that my knurled knob is 17m... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, FYI the rear tonearm mount on the L07D can be made as large as one wants (which means it can project to the rear of the turntable as far as one's shelving will permit) when in the first place one is making a new mount on a custom basis. A... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, I guess the very same reproduction version of the B60 was or is sold both on eBay and on Audiogon, so I imagine you bought the same product I bought. I noticed it is pretty "stiff" to adjust the height, but how did you change the lubrican... | |
| Lenco L75 tonearm compatibility There is really no limit to what tonearm you can use with the Lenco, The turntable, when properly refurbished and mounted, can reveal very subtle differences among very expensive tonearms. I would think more about what cartridge(s) you will use, a... |