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| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Thanks, Trav. I did visit Heaven and did see the photos you mention. It looks kind of crude to me in that the string is passing over two abrasive metal surfaces. I would rather go Jean's way, drill a new hole (as you evidently did do) and line it ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Guys, I have never done any experimentation with headshells. It is only a year or so that I have owned any tonearm with detachable headshell, which i used to consider an anathema and now consider a convenience. So, if the headshell came to me with... | |
| 2 Tubes in processor should both glow the same Color more important than intensity. Cherry red is a bad sign. Orange is OK, usually. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timeltel, But for whatever reason there are lots of audiophiles who despise the "sound" of sorbothane used as a footer or as a gasket. The usual indictment is "muddy". I have no opinion but have stayed away from sorbo for that reason. I have some ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? But here's the thing, Raul: The o-ring is made of a material that is dissimilar from the apposing metal surfaces. When the vibrational energy put into the headshell reaches the boundary between two dissimilar materials, a large fraction of it is r... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Has anyone here done this mod with Peter Reinders PTP? Or are you all using the stock Lenco chassis as a basis? If done with PTP, did you have to drill a hole to accommodate the string and weight? Thanks.Jean, in your earliest posts on this mod, y... | |
| loading resistor question I'm with Doak too. Other good choices are tantalum types made by Shinkoh or Audio Note and Caddock TF020 or MK132. This is the most critical use of a resistor in your audio system, IMO, and the choice does make a difference.It's a bit dangerous to... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Yeah, the Azden was never quite happy with me. I was about to sell it, in fact. My long term goal is to whittle down this "collection" of MM/MI cartridges to 3 or 4 that really float my boat the most. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timeltel, I think you are channeling the great Ricky Nelson who famously sang,"Ya can't please ev'ry-oneso ya... got to pleeze your-self."Nandric will recognize Ricky Nelson's lament in relation to Kant's categorical imperative.Raul, Could be I mi... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, You are reviving the argument. Bad. I will give you one surprisingly pragmatic reason why I generally prefer tube equipment: I know enough about it to build and repair it myself. I will leave out the other reasons while also insisting tha... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dertonearm, I completely agree with every word you wrote. I also think that verbal arguments on the subject of tubes v transistors are about as worthwhile as arguing about one's religion vs another's. That's why I never intended to "go there". I a... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Timeltel, What's up? First of all, I made no statement about a preference of tubes vs solid state. As I am sure you know, ss gain devices have Miller capacitance too. I was only discussing Miller capacitance. I happen to own an Ayre p5Xe as w... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks, Timeltel, Raul, and everyone for your interesting responses. I must say I am surprised at the (high-ish) amount of capacitance Timeltel has found to be optimal with various different cartridges. Also, as regards the inherent capacitance at... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Thuchan, Thank you, but you are talking about MC cartridges, and you are quite correct, added capacitance is never desirable with those. However, for reasons which are too arcane to re-hash here, having to do with the fact that MM cartridges ... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Looks like adjustable headshell offset angle. Nice to have but dangerous in the wrong hands. Strictly for the cognoscenti. |