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| Review: ZYX UNIverse II Cartridge Having recently and repeatedly listened to a ZYX UNIverse (the original) in a system using a tonearm, turntable, and phono stage (Doshi) nearly identical to Doug's, I can say that his verbal description of the sound of that cartridge is near perfe... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, You keep talking about "voltage". There is no voltage difference to be measured across the pins of a disconnected cartridge. I would think you are measuring resistance, in ohms. But maybe I am totally out to lunch (not unusual). You may b... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Still, not recommended. Specifically, when you use any meter to measure resistance (not voltage), the meter puts out a current in order to sense resistance to flow of current. The current put out by many volt-ohmmeters is sufficient in magnitude t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nandric, I just sent you an email re your damaged cartridges. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dover, Love that line about the Oppo and MacDonald's. For the record, I have not eaten at MacDonald's (except for a cup of coffee and a, you should pardon the expression, "breakfast muffin") since 1985. Keep in mind that it was not I who brought u... | |
| 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. |