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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Tom, I am just impressed that you did not screw around and bought the F10. Not an Enzo. Not an FXX for the gold-chain set. A bona fide Ferrari race car that would make Schumacher happy. When you are not swapping discontinued vintage styli among di... | |
| Ayre DPS Bauer vs Artemis Labs IME, a good AC power supply is a major upgrade for any AC synchronous motor-driven belt-drive. Save your shekels and eventually buy the Ayre PS, is my advice. You will appreciate it even more, having gotten accustomed to the sound of your tt witho... | |
| Technics SP-10 mkII speed adjustment question You're right, but was that one, or any model in the DD series, ever supplied with the CU180 mat, OEM? They also made the DDX-1000 and DQX-1000, minimalist direct-drive designs that I know for sure were supplied with rubber mats, had relatively lig... | |
| Tube Preamp Paired with Tube Phono Stage? Dear Actusreus, If what you say is true about the JC3 load resistor for MC, I share your chagrin, but one might always open the chassis, find said 100R load resistor, remove it, and replace it with a resistor of the desired value. I do agree that ... | |
| are some phono stages more resistant to hum? The OP asked whether one or another different types of phono stage might be more or less susceptible to hum. In responding, I brought up the fact that true balanced phono stages are much more immune to hum. Then we got off on this tangent. I don't... | |
| Technics SP-10 mkII speed adjustment question Sebastien, What turntables, besides those made by Micro-Seiki, were designed for the CU180? If what you have in mind are all the Micro-Seiki ones, keep in mind that they are all belt-drive types. In comparing an M-S turntable to an SP10 MkII, both... | |
| are some phono stages more resistant to hum? Dhl,To take your first paragraph, ALL cartridges (except for a very few, among which are some early Deccas and probably some others of vintage origin) are inherently balanced. The typical modern cartridge does not know or care which side of its co... | |
| Technics SP-10 mkII speed adjustment question Dear Sebastien, See above the interchange between me and Tim (Pryso). For sure, the MkII was designed around its stock platter and mat. The OEM rubber mat weighs, as I recall a bit less than one pound. (I weighed mine on a kitchen scale, but I can... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Years ago, Tour d'Argent was another mega-expensive restaurant in Paris. In the late 60s, a good friend of mine took his then new bride there for lunch, on their honeymoon, and spent $400, FOR LUNCH, 45 years ago! Google says it does still exist b... | |
| Technics SP-10 mkII speed adjustment question Sorry, 1000 gm = 2.2 lb. What a yutz I am! | |
| Technics SP-10 mkII speed adjustment question Tim, I know you have quoted that paragraph before, but just now I stopped to think about it maybe for the first time. 500 times 2 gm = 1000 gm. That's a bit more than half a pound. So, by this statement you might say that Technics authorized use o... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? "the MC in casu must be realativ cheap (for now) but also relativ abundant. Say about 100 specimens."I take it you assume we are talking about a vintage MC that is no longer being manufactured. I am not so sure. But we may never know. Among vintag... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Audpulse, I think Raul's fave MC is something much more mundane than that SAEC. I think it's a fairly modern garden variety LOMC. For that reason, Raul is loathe to identify it, because revealing its identity would take the sturm und drang out of ... | |
| Technics SP-10 mkII speed adjustment question The speed can be fine-tuned, if necessary, by fiddling with the PS. I don't know for sure what is done, but Bill Thalmann can do it. However, if the speed is altered by substitution of a heavier- or lighter- than- stock platter mat, that would be ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Maybe we are all a bit played out on the subject of vintage MM and MI cartridges, which is why these other unrelated issues come up.What interests me is not the identity of the MC cartridge that Raul likes so much but rather the reason why he migh... |