lewm
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| SME 20/2 Finger Lift Hum IMO, if there were an overall issue with grounding the tonearm (i.e., if there were a potential difference between his tonearm and his phono stage, for example), the hum would be audible at all times, whether or not the OP touched the finger-lift. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I think we have broached this topic in the past, but can we talk about headshells? I am looking for some relatively light weight ones, so I can permanently mount some of my favorite high compliance cartridges. On eBay it's easy to find expensive a... | |
| SME 20/2 Finger Lift Hum Your body is creating some sort of ground loop. If this is really an issue, you could cover the finger lift with some heat shrink tubing, or any other form of insulation. But be aware that this will increase tonearm effective mass. Otherwise, the ... | |
| Stand out phono stages Dear Programmergeek, I am sorry and surprised to learn of your frustration with the Io Eclipse. This is the sort of thing that causes end-users to abandon tubes in favor of solid state. Don't give up too easily. You might contact Albert Porter; he... | |
| Low vs. High Output MC Cartridges Dear Frogman, I am too lazy to re-read all the posts to find out who it was that praised the Clearaudio HOMC. Someone did, and I meant to cast no aspersions on that person's opinion. Anyway, sorry for sounding a bit strident. There is no rule to g... | |
| 24 feet DIN to XLR phono cable for Graham Phantom? FWIW, Planar speakers have virtually nil radiation to the left and right of the panel, in a plane with the panel. So, you can probably get away with mounting your tt and preamp near the speaker, if you can place them in the plane of the speaker pa... | |
| 9-in arm for SPUs with easy VTA ? FWIW, there was a guy selling repro B60 bases for FR on eBay, for $400. I bought one for my 64S. It's perfect in every way. I think he sells them as he makes them. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear John, I had experience with Acutex styli, where they claimed to have an OEM version of a stylus assembly that I found to be obviously NOT OEM. This is one example. Fortunately for me, I figured it out before purchase. In fairness, this could ... | |
| Low vs. High Output MC Cartridges Frogman, If you re-read my statement, note that in all cases I used the qualifier "as a class". This is to warn the reader that I mean "in general", i.e., I did not mean for what I wrote to be taken as a hard and fast rule. In other words, I was s... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nandric, I am so glad to learn that Frege tried to help Wittgenstein but so sorry to note that he was obviously unsuccessful. My dear sister studied Wittgenstein for a time, in order to gain credits toward a PhD in Sociology. However, Prof Wi... | |
| Low vs. High Output MC Cartridges "A moving inductive coil travels accross the constant magnetic field by Faradey's law and getting a voltage drop between its first and last coil transferred through the pick-up arm wiring harness to your phono preamp... LOMCs have substantially le... | |
| Low vs. High Output MC Cartridges Dear Marakanetz, You wrote, "One more important point:Low-outs are less sensible to RFI or EMI or turntable motor noise. The tolerance in phono preamps to EMI or RFI may also come onto the game with low-out MC, but the implementation of proper EMI... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nandric, You wrote, "What is exactly the problem by your specimens? Ie any idea why the stylusholder do not fit?" I never meant to imply that I have any problem. I was just saying that by visual inspection I can see that the stylus assembly o... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timeltel, The real question is "Who's on first?"I examined my AKG stash. Indeed, it is clear that there are two kinds of "P8ES", and I own one of each. (I never noticed the difference until last night and thanks to R and N.) As I recall, the stylu... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? This reminds me of an Abbott and Costello comedy routine. (Sorry, Nandric, Abbott and Costello were a mid-20th century frenetic American comedy team that made people laugh by arguing with each other, before Tito.) So let me get this straight for m... |