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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nikola would love Rocky and Bullwinkle, I think. There is a pretty good movie, but the original cartoons are better, Nikola. I bet you can find some on Youtube. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dostoyevski and Kierkegaard. Later, Sartre.Albert, I am green with envy that you got that Stanton. Darnit! If you hate it, please keep me in mind. I have not been watching Audiogon for that gem. I gather you have not got your Mk3 back from Bill. | |
| Has anybody tried the Reed 3P? Yes, Steve's tome started out talking about azimuth, so when he got to talking about anti-skate (abbreviated "AS") I did not originally pick up on the change of subject. Mea culpa. Doug Deacon has also been a critic of the AS device on the TP, but... | |
| Has anybody tried the Reed 3P? Dear Steve and Nikola, Thank you both for describing the 3P. I can't quite visualize the new way of adjusting azimuth, but I take your word(s) that there is no step backward, only forward with the 3P.Steve, can you elaborate what you mean when you... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Was my dream too, in college, to become Dostoyevski. In medical school, I lived in a basement apartment by myself, in the Bronx (blue collar part of New York City). I hated medical school in that year of my life, but I did not wish to go to Vietna... | |
| Has anybody tried the Reed 3P? I agree with Geoch on the issue of azimuth adjustment. I really like the Reed tonearms that rotate the headshell but not the arm tube. Geoch (and Nikola), are you saying that the 3P now adjusts azimuth by rotation of the arm tube? Does Vidimantas ... | |
| Vocals sound slightly high pitched? Anti-skate affects pitch??? | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I was feeling bad for perhaps being too harsh, Nikola, but your responses were great fun to read. So thanks for your sense of humor, Balkan or otherwise. FWIW, I do not much care for parts swapping. I take much more pride in thinking up ways to ch... | |
| Vocals sound slightly high pitched? Dear Toxic, At this point, I would go ahead and check the speed with a strobe device. There are websites where you can download one for free, but you will need to print out on a 1:1 scale. Let us know whether you can confirm that your DP300F is ru... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nikola, I must take issue with your last post. You do have a tendency to side with audio "authority" in most cases, and here you have done it again. I assure you it is quite possible to make real and meaningful improvements in analog electron... | |
| Vocals sound slightly high pitched? Just because the turntable sounds obviously way too fast when you set it on 45 (the presumptive "other speed"), does not at all mean that it cannot be running slightly fast at the 33 setting. You should check speed with a strobe device; there are ... | |
| "Making Mono" for checking Azimuth The aforementioned guru does in fact use an SME V tonearm. Funny how that works. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Me and Hannibal Lecter. I am flattered; I think. I don't much care for liver, however, fava beans or no fava beans. | |
| "Making Mono" for checking Azimuth In contrast, I know of a guru who claims that if your optimal azimuth is more than 2 degrees off vertical, you should send your cartridge back to the maker as defective. I do not agree, but he is quite adamant that in most cases azimuth adjust is ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dave Garretson and I went down the road of modifying our Atma-sphere MP1 preamps together. At first, I taught him a thing or two, but he has been flying on his own for some time. His workmanship is exceptional, really professional, far superior to... |