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| Turntable speed accuracy It's actually 1.80018... I think it's a repeating number. Let's hope Mr. Sutherland set his timing thus. Otherwise, the instrument is off by .00018 sec per revolution. Apparently this much error would drive some of us crazy or to a new turntable. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? In the context of the old Decca cartridges, the conical version certainly was thought by most to be superior to its elliptical counterpart. I don't recall the model name for the conical/spherical one that HP so adored, but I bought the elliptical ... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy Dear Henry, What about listening? When you set the table up using the KAB vs using the Timeline, were there any audible differences? If the KAB was that far off, on the slow side, you ought to have heard it in the form of pitch distortion and/or r... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Does anyone here agree with the notion that a spherical tip is optimum for a stereo cartridge? I have no doubt it is a good way to go for mono.I owned a London Decca and used it for a few years. I don't remember selling it, so maybe it is buried i... | |
| What constitutes a "high output" moving coil cart? I third what Nsgarch wrote regarding HOMCs vs the best of the MM and MI variety. | |
| Some tables have soul and some not I think you (Inna) are conflating "soul" with what Harry Pearson first called a "dark" sound. And having owned a Notts Hyperspace, I can agree that on that basis the Notts had soul. I am going to guess that tt's with big heavy platters and belt dr... | |
| Some tables have soul and some not I think you (Inna) are conflating "soul" with what Harry Pearson first called a "dark" sound. And having owned a Notts Hyperspace, I can agree that on that basis the Notts had soul. I am going to guess that tt's with big heavy platters and belt dr... | |
| marantz 10b and 10b tubes Some very common tube types are readily available anywhere. However, most of the tues in the 10B are relatively esoteric. If you do a google search on the tube type(s) you need, you will typically get a list of vendors. Then you can contact each o... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I think once the CIA and MI5 have investigated this, we will learn that all cartridges in the world are built and repaired by a single gnome who lives on a mountaintop somewhere in the Alps (if you find out exactly where, he has to kill you), plus... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The same guy who told me that ES does at least some of the work for vdH also told me that they will not install the paratrace on cartridges sent to them by parallel companies; paratrace is only for private individuals who go directly to ES for the... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks, Don and others, for your response. I have heard that Expert Stylus does great work. Since I, like most of you, own many cartridges, it would be no big deal to part with one for several months, if it needed repair. As I understand it, Exper... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Don,You wrote, "...back in June, I emailed Expert Stylus to have a cantilever/stylus replacement done." But when did you actually send them your cartridge? Just out of curiosity, what cartridge was it and what did they do to it that took 6 months ... | |
| Balanced XLR to RCA Adapters: Good or Bad? Hiho, This hobby is ABOUT hassle. No-hassle solutions are barred. It's not ok to avoid hassle. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? OK, guys.If the terrorists take out Audiogon again, we all meet at Raul's living room exactly one week later. The secret code word is "MM". Raul, be sure to keep a supply of chiles rellenos and cerveza on hand. | |
| Vintage or new turntable Thanks for correcting my syntax, Viridian. I should have written that the turntables in question (that I own and use) are no longer supported by their respective manufacturers, and among those manufacturers, one (Lenco) no longer exists. This obli... |