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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nicola, The prices you quote are for the whole cartridge with stylus, correct? The last OEM D98S stylus I ever saw for sale was from pickupnaalden. He wanted about $300 for it. While I digested the asking price, it got sold to someone else, a... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nandric, If you read my post, you can see where I clearly say that I own the 980LZS. (There is no such thing as a "991", as far as I know.) I have never heard the 980HZS. I know that Raul has stated here that he prefers the HZS. It's an acade... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Griffithds, I believe there are one or two Grado MMs that do cost over a thousand dollars. However, in general you are correct, and even the most expensive Grado is not in the ballpark of the cost of the most expensive MCs. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, To answer your question, I would have had to be present at the original performances. There would be a difference too in terms of where I was sitting in the concert hall or night club. I accept both cartridges as alternate facsimiles of... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Dear Halcro, Prompted by Geoch's posts above, I read up the thread from there and came to your post about the unusual behavior of your motor/platter with the 1.8kg M-S copper mat on it. What is the weight of your platter alone? If the weight of th... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Timeltel, OK, as an observer, but he was almost certainly over 60 years old at that time. He did fly a B47 bomber for real, I think, in the early 50s, during the Cold War when we had bombers up in the air 24/7. carrying nuclear weapons. I hav... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? No one can assail Thuchan's stated preference based on his listening, but I tend to agree with Geoch; using the felt mat will certainly change the sound from that of the bare copper mat. However, if one does not like the bare copper mat, I believe... | |
| SAEC 308N vs 308SX Thank you, dear friends. Together we have groped around in the dark and finally found the light switch due to collective efforts. I even have some information now about differences between SX and N, but maybe not the whole story. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hole in the middle? Just move your speakers closer together or angle them more to focus on the listening position. That should fill in any "hole in the middle" that is truly due to extreme channel separation.Timeltel, Were you implying that praise... | |
| SAEC 308N vs 308SX Dear Nicola, I do not think so badly of the SAEC 308, just because of the weird geometry. As I said, the very small angle of offset of the headshell (12 degrees) means that there will be less skating force than for any of the standard geometries (... | |
| SAEC 308N vs 308SX Dear Nicola or anyone else, What do you think was meant by the statement you quoted: "it is not advised to optimize the geometry, or the resonance of the system will change to such an extent that the arm will not track properly."What does that mea... | |
| SAEC 308N vs 308SX Tonight I had a chance to go poking around on Vinyl Engine for more info on these two tonearms,(1) It appears that Nicola may be correct; the "N" may stand for "NEW". On VE, there is a reprint of the brochure for 308NEW.(2) The 308SX is shown with... | |
| SAEC 308N vs 308SX Yes, Raul. You were correct earlier when you mentioned that the 407 (at 9 inches) is a bit shorter than the 308 (at about 9.5 inches). | |
| SAEC 308N vs 308SX Dear Nandric, thanks for your insights. Please do note however the title of this thread, which is to say that I do know about the SX and N versions, but I want to know what differentiates one from the other, especially since the SX is now valued a... | |
| SAEC 308N vs 308SX Yes, I know about the VE data, and I did see your earlier post, now that you've reminded me. In fact, I just mentioned that VE gives the two null points. I have been meaning to compare their numbers to Stevenson and Baerwald, just for interest. Th... |