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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Dgob, My point was merely that there is no absolute truth or value to a phono cartridge, or as Santayanna wrote, history teaches us that history teaches us nothing. (This is completely irrelevant, but I love it.) I should think that any great... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Dear Vertigo,I was trying for humor too, in conjuring up the image of Win lugging two Saskias to Denver. Anyway, for me it would be much much more thrilling to meet Penelope Cruz than to hear a bunch of old farts argue about the "sound" of two ton... | |
| SME 20/3 or Oracle Delphi VI or Garrard 301 Mauidj, Well, you asked, so I will answer. The Mk2 and Mk3 are quite different from each other. I know it sounds like the Mk3 would be just a later version of the Mk2, but that is not so. Both tables were marketed at the same time, although the Mk... | |
| SME 20/3 or Oracle Delphi VI or Garrard 301 Actually, I think it was his single action (rather than any stated opinions) of preferring the Technics to the Walker in his home system that gained Albert a lot of notoriety here. I love my SP1 Mk3, but I do not assume that it would be superior t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, A belated apology. I was of course thinking of the Basis turntable line, not of the German-made Basis electronics. I understand now. | |
| SME 20/3 or Oracle Delphi VI or Garrard 301 Albert is able to speak for himself. He is a successful professional photographer who has a long history of interest in truly high end audio, as an end-user. I believe you can see his current system described and listed on this site. A few years a... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Umm dear Vertigo, You are a true optimist. Here are problems with your proposal:(1) It closely matches the original plan for the 2010 shoot-out, which did not happen as planned BECAUSE the two tonearm makers could not agree on cartridges, or more ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, Thought you had a Kuzma Reference, not a Basis Exclusive. Or do you own one of each?Raul, Your and Dertonearm's goal is a lofty and desireable one, but I view it/viewed it as virtually unobtainable, because the principles among us live th... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Timeltel,In your dissertation on wires Litzian, were you talking about headshell leads? IMO and IME, the best headshell lead is no headshell lead. Because of those poor quality connectors at the rear of the headshell and the poor connectors a... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Halcro, All I am saying is that if some medium mass tonearms sound good with a given cartridge and some others in the same category do not sound good, then the cause is unlikely to be related to effective mass per se.Dear Raul, Would rather n... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Halcro, For what it's worth (not much), the Triplanar is firmly in the medium mass group, at 11 grams. Don't know about the Phantom, but my guess is that it too is in the medium mass group. On the other hand, most Reed tonearms longer than 9 ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul,You wrote, "Well that korean Silvaweld design looks unimpressive but only looks as that because you are really impressed with!"Really? You have some information on the Silvaweld SWH550? Because I was unable to find any information anywhe... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nothing happened to the Ayre. Decided to try the Silvaweld, because there was a great deal on eBay, and because I have a certain belief that the designer knew what he was doing. Plus, the Silvaweld got a fantastic review on Positive Feedback a few... | |
| SME 20/3 or Oracle Delphi VI or Garrard 301 Yeah, sorry. Got carried away. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dave is correct about my/our mods to the MP1 phono section. You and I once discussed this, Raul. Well, if the MMC1 does not mate well with the MP1, I can try it into the MC inputs of my Silvaweld. But the Silvaweld seems to use a JFET gain stage a... |