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| "Harder" cartridge recomendation It would take a truly annoying cartridge to reverse the romantic slant of the other stuff in your signal chain is perhaps a simpler way of re-stating my thesis. The most neutral cartridges I have heard are the TOTL Transfiguration cartridges, the ... | |
| ok to break in phono preamp w/ non lp source? Albert, Thanks so much for letting us know about that KAB device. It seems to be quite a bargain at the price. I just ordered one.As to the OP's question, the output of a CDP would drastically overload the input of any MC phono section and probabl... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Bill, If you have been in the hobby that long AND you are a dealer, it is no wonder that you are crotchety. Spirit, Readers should keep in mind that the benefits of the Terminator 3Pro are accessible to most without having to use the Salvation tur... | |
| "Harder" cartridge recomendation I have been following this thread for a few days. My first reaction to your post, Bydlo, is that you are asking the wrong question. By starting with the EMT turntable, tonearm, and cartridge, you were bound to end up with their combined sonic sign... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Tubed1, I don't think Buddhists observe any "sabbath". Thus, I think the monks hum every day, just like a miswired Grado.I was interested to read that others like and admire the TLZ as much as I once did. I must give it another try. Here is a case... | |
| Sota Sapphire & Lenco 75.. I use a Dynavector DV505 on my Lenco L75, but it is also mounted on a PTP3 (see Lenco Heaven) in a 65-lb slate plinth with an elaborate aftermarket bearing by Jeremy, platter dampened, Boston Audio Mat1, Walker Audio Motor Controller. The Lenco th... | |
| Is tonearm bias a compromise, maybe a myth? Tony, When the stylus is tracking an actual LP, the friction that causes skating has everything to do with the grooves. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Tim, The XTZ is the "super" version of the TLZ. It was TOTL back in the 80s. Grado introduced it to stimulate sales after the TLZ had been on the market for quite a while. I always was curious about the XTZ myself. The TLZ was a great cartridge an... | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm Dover, You wrote, "The Dynavector arms use the same electromagnetic horizontal damping to counter the high horizontal mass in their biaxial design."Actually, the DV tonearms are some of the pivoted arms I had in mind when responding to Ralph that ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nikola, I have never broken a cartridge in my audio life. You can trust me. | |
| Is tonearm bias a compromise, maybe a myth? "As soon as I think I'm out, they pull me back in..." (Michael Corleone)Doug, I think the genesis of the skating force is a bit more complex than simply that of a force pulling the stylus toward the center of the LP (or the spindle). Skating force... | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm Is having equal vertical and lateral mass a part of the definition of a linear tracking tonearm? I would not think so. I guess you meant that it is one of the best SLs you've used, because of the low lateral mass, as opposed to any air-bearing SL ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Decca has virtually no cantilever. Which is why the old heavy Deccas would beat the hell out of the LP groove. Compliance = 0. A hyperbole to be sure, but not far from reality. | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm The thing is, in reality the Rabco is a pivoted tonearm, not really a pure SL type, because it must pivot in order to activate its servo. Once this was pointed out to me, I lost my mojo for it. Never owned one. | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm Oldears, That was the classic TOTL set-up back in the early 80s, a TD125 with a Rabco SL8E. The sight of it in an audio salon (remember those?) used to provoke a case of envy in me, back then. |