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| I am at the end of my rope, please help The problem here is that Audiorader is not always responsive to the questions, which perhaps is understandable given the large number of inquiries. But as a result, we are going off in all directions basing our ideas on incorrect assumptions in so... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timeltel, Re "just buy it". No thanks. I am on a strict cartridge diet until I have had a chance to evaluate the ones I already own. I could only be tempted by a Technics 100C at this point.Re the Shibata stylus/beryllium cantilever. It's a bit co... | |
| I am at the end of my rope, please help Audiorader, You are getting some questionable advice along with some good advice. Just do what Atmasphere has suggested, and you will likely be thrilled with the result. IOW, since it IS quite unlikely you have identical defects in two entirely di... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Yes, it is an aberration, my purchasing my first solid state amp since 1970. I wanted deliberately to have an amp that I could not screw with, so as to be sure I will henceforth have music. I have even been shopping for used subwoofers. The commen... | |
| I am at the end of my rope, please help You posted on VA as well, and I took a shot at it there. But now I see something that eluded me previously. You say both here and on VA that you took your measurements directly off the tonearm wiring. I now see also that you changed BOTH your tone... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Well, I just bought a solid state amplifier to use until I get my tube amps up and running. I decided that the revisions I want to make will take too long to tolerate the further delay in gratification. Should have the amp by Friday or before. The... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Halcro, Just be careful that the bulging midrange doesn't push you right out of your listening room and into the hallway. Your obvious problem of course is that you do not yet have an EPC 100C Mk4. If and when you do get one, you will see the ligh... | |
| Whest MC REF V - my new christmas present Dear Dcarol,I hope you don't mind my asking a few questions. Your opinion counts, since you are one of the few who has heard some of the different Whest models in your own system. So here goes:(1) Can you tell us what are the other elements of you... | |
| Cryo'ed LP's Geoff, You were not serious about "cryo"-treating your LPs using your home freezer, were you? I assume you know that temperatures attained in a home freezer are nowhere near low enough to have any effect on molecular or atomic organization of any ... | |
| Try a different turntable? Mickeyf, I apologize if I sounded a bit harsh. However, we can move on. I am well aware of the theoretical issues you bring up. That's why listening and forming one's own opinion based on actual observation is so important. Between the cogging at ... | |
| Try a different turntable? It's really a matter of one's personal taste in music reproduction, ancillary equipment, etc. I certainly agree that any of the 3 technologies can be made to sound very good such that there will be some among us who prefer any one of the 3 over th... | |
| Try a different turntable? Mickeyf, It must be nice to know stuff without actually experiencing it. You can get a job in the circus. I know this is a waste of my time, but please tell me how and why a belt-drive turntable motor is immune to cogging, whereas it is a major bu... | |
| Try a different turntable? Dear Mickeyf, With reference to your post up the page wherein you assert that the "motor is solidly coupled to the platter" in a direct-drive design and infer that this is a problem, I urge you to remove the platter from a high quality direct driv... | |
| Debuzzing a Wheaton TriPlanar problem Wow! Why so glum? Send it back to Tri, and he can tighten up the bearings to restore the proper ground connection, if that really is the issue, which I am beginning to believe it is. None of the strategies you mention could be expected to cure tha... | |
| Try a different turntable? Dear Magister, I am not so dogmatic as some of the others re direct- and idler-drive turntables vs belt-drive ones. I merely suggest that you try one of the other two species to go along with your VPI, if you want something really different from w... |