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| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. Raul, Might you not like the strain gauge cartridges, if you believe RIAA is a major culprit in signal degradation? I understand that you did not care for the SoundSmith one, because it was inaccurate as to frequency balance, but I know guys who a... | |
| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. Mapman, What about tubes vs transistors? Is it absurd for some to prefer tubes, an "older technology"? For that matter, are we all absurd for preferring to continue to play records at all, when there are so many modern less fussy digital alternati... | |
| "Harder" cartridge recomendation Nandric, I am equally guilty of this, but if you sold several of your tonearms and cartridges that are not in use and never will be in frequent use, I would wager that the resulting funds might pay for an Ortofon Anna. I know this is true in my ca... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Spirit, Most of us are in no position to join you in praise of the Salvation, because most of us, nearly all of us, have not seen or heard it, But I think we get the idea that you like it. However, you are correct to note that many of us, includin... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Dear Dover, where can I buy a precision grinder for vinyl? I think your idea is great, only I would have used the other copy of each record. You could grind down each of the two LPs on opposite sides, then glue the one with the un-ground side A to... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Ct, Long ago I decided to take the ascetic route as regards a few basic principles in my audio system:(1) No air bearing SL tonearms, because of the fuss involved and the ugly accessories needed.(2) No bi- or tri-amplification and therefore no mul... | |
| "Harder" cartridge recomendation Raul prefers digital?This is like finding out that God does not believe in God, which would bother me, if I believed in God.I honestly don't think that "many" of us here prefer digital. There may be a closeted few who do, but not "many". For me di... | |
| "Harder" cartridge recomendation Acman, AFAIK, "Travisty" does = "T_bone". They are the same guy, who lived in Tokyo and then moved to HK about a year ago. I believe he used "T_bone" on Audiogon and "Travisty" on AA. What I intended to convey is that there is a second person who ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Tim, wasn't there an "MCZ" Grado? I seem to recall comparing it to the TLZ, back when I was making a decision whether to purchase one vs the other. The TLZ so clearly blew away the MCZ, or perhaps it was the MZ, that I quickly realized that the ad... | |
| Nottingham TT - external power supply? I second the Walker Audio unit. I used it in conjunction with my Notts Hyperspace, and it made a truly remarkable improvement in the sound of the turntable, much more obvious than I would have expected. And I found that the phase switch was indisp... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dlaloum,Needle Doctor carries replacement stylus for TLZ, for $250! I asked them whether this stylus assembly is (1) true NOS (a leftover from the old days, in other words), (2) made currently by Grado as retrofit for TLZ cartridge, or (3) an afte... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Thekong has a good point. Here is where art and science intersect. Ideally, you want the LP to be completely inert and for all mechanical energy put into it by stylus motion to be drained away so as not to come back to the stylus tip after resonat... | |
| Who uses high end TT setup for vintage records ? I agree with Viridian. | |
| "Harder" cartridge recomendation Can anyone direct me to the post by T_bone (Travis)? He and I were in direct email contact for a couple of years. Last year, he told me he was moving to Hong Kong from Tokyo. I was in touch with him during the moving process, and now he seems to h... | |
| "Harder" cartridge recomendation Nandric, "some LOMC's are better than whatever MM cart there are".Would you let anyone else get away with such a permeable blanket statement? I think not. Anyway, in defense of Henry, I am sure he means that among cartridges he owns or has heard i... |