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| 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... | |
| Need help trouble shoot: weird noise Do you mean "Deedeedeedee..." (repeating D sound) or "Deeeee...."?Most important, do you hear the noise only when the platter is spinning, or even when the turntable is "off"? | |
| Rabco SL-8E Vs Top Quality Pivoted Tonearms Agree in general with Nandric, Dover, and Notbananas. There is a parallel thread on Vinyl Asylum with some interesting comments from David Shreve, who apparently can significantly upgrade the performance of the Rabco, at some expense to the owner,... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Chris, My wife will occasionally whip out her credit card before I can get to mine, and believe me, it's been a LONG evening. We are married for 35 years. (And yes, she has her own income to support her credit card.) But I can attest that in New E... | |
| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. Dear Raui,The aim of my post was to wonder out loud whether you have ever played with the vintage strain gauge cartridges, and if so, what you thought of them. I know already that you are not a fan of the SoundSmith one. By the way, I think it's t... | |
| Acceptable level of hum at max volume? Actually, I may have overlooked one factor that does differentiate tubes from transistors, and that is with regard to the filament supply. I suppose it is possible, even in an indirectly heated triode, that noise in the filament supply could leak ... | |
| Moving VPI TNT, Wheaton Triplanar, Transfiguration Ctlphd, You got a lot of good advice from those who would otherwise go ahead and let a moving company pack your turntable, tonearm, and cartridge. However, the whole idea is a nightmare for me, unless you are looking for a way to get rid of your g... | |
| Acceptable level of hum at max volume? True hum, by the classical definition, is 60Hz OR 120Hz noise generated by unrectified AC voltage getting in to the signal path or by improper or inadequate grounding. The frequency would depend on the configuration of the rectifiers in your power... | |
| 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... |