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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Prior to this unnecessarily bitter dispute, I had always assumed that the difference between a P8E and a P8ES was merely the stylus assembly. Ergo, one can put a stylus meant for P8ES (stylus name X8S, I always thought) onto a "P8E" body, thereby ... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy Ack, I think your approach is a good one. Find independent ways to measure tt speed and compare them. But I think it is "dangerous" in the logic sense to assume that your particular alternative method is the gold standard. It's more data of a diff... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? NIkola, "Parse" means in this case to deconstruct the phrase and consider how its elements contribute to meaning. You do this frequently and well. If "not particularly" is to have a meaning, we need to have a sense for what is "particularly rigid"... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric would ask you to parse the phrase "not particularly rigid". But I won't. One of my curiosities about this arm is based on ownership of a Reed tonearm and auditioning of a Talea tonearm. The two have a certain something in common, which you... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Sorry. Should have written "P8ES" instead of P8E in all instances.Dear Nikola,You can be certain that I know why I won the auction in question. I think the fact that no one else bid on the Grace 714 may be an indication of waning fascination for v... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I own a P8E and a P8E Super Nova vdH. I must listen to them one of these days. Cannot tear myself away from the 320. Too lazy to mount a new cartridge, might be another way of putting it. I can easily see that they are both "low riders" as Raul su... | |
| Solid State Phono Pre-amp Recommendations For cost no object:(1) Raul's 3160 Phonolinepreamp(2) AMR PH777 (or whatever it's called)(3) Sooner or later someone will come here to tout the Whest Ref V or one of the lesser models. | |
| How good does a TT have to be for a good cartridge I actually think it's the other way around. With a cartridge that is just "good", low- to middle-priced, plus a really good tonearm well matched to the cartridge and and an excellent tt, you can get better results than using a very expensive cartr... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy FWIW, the KAB device uses (1) a much larger than usual diameter of strobe disc, which should enhance its accuracy, and (2) a battery-powered strobe which cannot be affected by variations in AC line frequency. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I bought two Koetsu Urushi's from a dealer in Akihabara, the electronic district in Tokyo, via the auspices of my son who speaks perfect Japanese. We had to wait two weeks for them to be made on special order. Of the two, one had a "fairly" straig... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy Ralph, By all accounts, a really accurate subdivision of the phases plus really accurate control of voltage and frequency can render a major noise and vibration reduction in 3-phase AC synchronous motors, but my disclaimer is I don't know nuthin'.... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Don, What the heck is a "refresh"? Raul really has not defined it clearly. I hope he will comment further.In general, does it surprise anyone that a new cantilever/stylus, which must also include a new suspension (or a "refresh") would be an ... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy Dev, Just read what Dertonearm is asking that bearing to do. (Did you take note of the 110-lb platter?) Then imagine the special tooling and labor required to make the bearing in very small numbers. Then you will understand the cost. Based on typi... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy I found a website where the owner installed a Papst motor in his Thorens TD124 and compared its performance to that of the turntable with its original motor. He liked the musical "drive" with the Papst but preferred the Thorens motor for its lower... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy I owned a Sota Star Sapphire III with vacuum for many years. It was eclipsed handily by my Nottingham Hyperspace, which revealed to me that piano music does not have to have the wavering pitch that I always heard with the Sota. In fairness, the la... |