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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nandric, I am sure that in some cases your analysis is accurate, as regards why US sellers (or German or wherever) may not want to sell to persons outside their own borders. But there are other perfectly understandable reasons for adopting su... | |
| Sota Sapphire & Lenco 75.. Sota if Lenco has original arm.Lenco if with Acos Lustre, a fine tonearm. IMO, even a stock Lenco in proper trim in stock chassis, with everything adjusted properly and working up to spec, will be superior to the Sota Sapphire. I own or have owned... | |
| MM Phono Input impedance change 47k to 100k ohms I fully agree with everyone else; there is nothing "wrong" with using a 47K load with the Grace or any other MM cartridge. (And, as I think I wrote above, I was not aware that Grace recommended a 100K load, if that is the case.) It's just a matter... | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm Dear Nicola, If I am wrong, then so be it. It was just a guess based on (i) the fact that both tonearms were invented by and originated from persons who resided in this geographical area (Maryland, near Washington, DC) by guys who must have known ... | |
| MM Phono Input impedance change 47k to 100k ohms I'm with Pryso, by the way. I installed a 100K load R in my MM-only phono stage with the eventual intention of installing a rotary switch so I can change the load R downward and/or add capacitance. The switch will optionally parallel another 100K ... | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm Nandric, I believe the "watchmaker" of whom you speak was Herb Papier, the eventual inventor of the Triplanar tonearm. I think Herb used to tell me of his adventures with the Rabco. The Rabco was invented and built here in the Washington, DC/Maryl... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Re the Resomat. When I first saw the photo, I realized that the idea is not new; Transcriptors used it a few decades ago. But the Transcriptors platter that I could remember (because I owned one), with the raised pucks to support the LP off the pl... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Thanks, Doug. I was feeling unappreciated due to not being credited for the loctite idea. (Did you know that autocorrect wanted to change "loctite" into "lactate"? Is there some cosmic significance to that?) We have brass doorknobs in our house, h... | |
| MM Phono Input impedance change 47k to 100k ohms OK. Now I know that Al actually uses 100K, too, and with a SS phono stage, whereas mine is tube-based. Actually, I never knew that there was any written statement from Grace to the effect that 100K is preferred; I am using 100K because that's the ... | |
| MM Phono Input impedance change 47k to 100k ohms FWIW, I have a Grace Ruby which I load at 100K, and I love that cartridge. However, I would not say that 47K is not also appropriate, only that I perceive no downside to using 100K. Now I have to go read Al's treatise on why he prefers 47K. | |
| Zesto Andros PS-1 Tubes 7316s are very good, if you must use a 12AU7 variant. Amperex BugleBoy ECC82s are the best of the true 12AU7s I have heard in my system. | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Spirit, I am interested to hear the Salvation. I am already convinced that the Terminator is a great audio bargain, if you can put up with the fussiness of any air-bearing tonearm. However, I would take issue with your hypothesis that whatever it ... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy Dear Peter, I hate to be a pain in the arse, but you wrote, "I found that the Fieldpiece readings were not repeatable and by just moving the device closer to or further away from the platter, the reading changed, though I know the platter speed re... | |
| Well Tempered Amadeus turntable, giant killer? Does the tonearm hold stable azimuth all across an LP? | |
| Moving coil with a bit less leading edge Guys, don't you think it's possible for music in a good hall to sound crisp AND for a given cartridge to over-exaggerate the leading edge of transients, moreso than in nature (or in a great concert hall)? Both propositions can be correct.Sadly and... |