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Dec 09, 2011	Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nikola, As per your swiss cheese metaphor, think of it this way: You now own enough Acutex 412s to become a dealer. You have cornered the market on Acutex 412. If price goes up, you are a winner.
Dec 09, 2011	Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, Lay persons such as ourselves should be really careful in ranking famous musicians based on our perceptions of their musical abilities. I take my cue from professional musicians. One of my local idols is a jazz pianist who is also a professo...
Dec 09, 2011	Graham Phantom Supreme? In theory, I side with Doug and Dertonearm. In practice, I think I can "hear" connectors with MC cartridges and not so much with higher output MM and MI cartridges. I empirically assign blame to the low output of the MCs in question. However, the ...
Dec 08, 2011	Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I agree, Raul. There are so many great sax and other horn players who get very little mention these days. Among other lesser stars I admire I would include on tenor sax Joe Henderson, Charlie Roush (who played with Monk for many years and was a na...
Dec 08, 2011	Best Platter Material The Kenwood L07D comes with a 5-lb stainless steel mat, a la the one Albert describes. I am a big fan of my L07D with this mat. I also like the SAEC SS300; like the M-S mats, it's no longer made but usually can be found on Audiogon or eBay for sal...
Dec 08, 2011	Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nandric, With MM and MI cartridges, the coils are not so at risk as they are with MC cartridges. You can safely measure R without concern. Sorry to learn that you got the wrong pizza from the Italian source. Anchovies ain't so bad if you hold...
Dec 08, 2011	Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Fleib, I have all of Dexter's work on Steeplechase. Found them in one place at one time and gobbled them up. His Scandinavian sidemen on those LPs are great, too. I've also got one or two of Shirley Horn on Steeplechase. Back in the day, aficionad...
Dec 08, 2011	Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dgob and Pryso, I once read that Miles Davis had a very difficult time composing for that movie. I think at one point they just improvised while watching the action. Anyway, after it was over, Miles declared that he would be doing no more movie so...
Dec 08, 2011	Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, Re Keith Jarrett. I think his label was ECM, like Chick Corea who is another under-appreciated artist. Anyway, Keith Jarrett was and is quite vocal about his preference for viinyl over CDs. He is a kindred spirit, as well as a fantastic artist.
Dec 07, 2011	Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? It's not that Acutex would be stupid; it's more their estimation of the intelligence of the buying public. The most cost-effective thing they could do would be to build the same body and equip it with different styli to sell at different price poi...
Dec 07, 2011	Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dgob, It's OK, appreciated in fact. We are both OT in this case anyway. But where can I get a German copy of "L'Ascenseur"? That music is haunting, and I only have it on CD. A friend who now lives in France says that he has the LP for me, but it m...
Dec 07, 2011	Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I think it has something to do with seeing Dexter Gordon as an actor in the movie "Awakenings", the story of the first use of L-dopa to treat what was essentially Parkinson's Disease in persons who had "frozen". Dexter was so powerful in his suppo...
Dec 07, 2011	Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Alex, Thanks for that. I have the package insert and so could have figured out some of that stuff, but the author of that long post knows, shall we say, perhaps TOO much about Acutex.Raul, Thanks for your insights. Please forgive me if I say that ...
Dec 06, 2011	Best Vibraplane Compressor Substitute? I read somewhere that a Vibraplane owner was using a tank of compressed air to keep his active unit happy. Thus no need for a potentially noisy and much more expensive compressor. Except you have to keep an eye out to be sure the tank does not empty.
Dec 06, 2011	Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? So, does anyone know whether all that distinguishes a 310, 312, 315, and 320 from one another, in either M or LPM body, are the different styli? If so, one may as well send off a used LPM312 as to send off a new LPM320 or the like.