lewm
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| How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? FWIW, In my opinion, it's not so much a matter of tubes v transistors; it's more to do with current vs voltage drive. I say this because I own one fully ss phonolinepreamp and one that is mostly tubes, albeit with a hybrid input stage. Both outpe... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? I looked for the Paradise on line. Found a thread that included many favorable opinions of 3- and 4-box versions. Seems to be a mix of SS and tube gain devices. Since it’s got tubes for gain, I doubt it operates based on current or transconductanc... | |
| How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? It’s unlikely you’ll change your mind over time. But for completeness, wait 50 hours. Then you will know for sure. | |
| Continued misadventures with Ortofon 2M carts Not every aftermarket headshell will mate properly with every tonearm that has a “standard” mount for a removable headshell. You could be running into that sort of mismatch, leading to new problems. It’s a matter of trial and error. Stick with the... | |
| Wonder product? And even extreme azimuth angles off 90 degrees does not have much effect on channel balance. (I’ve measured this.) More likely the Puffin can be set to operate like a Fozgometer. But I agree with Mijostyn, after years of trying to adjust azimuth e... | |
| step-down transformer You could in theory do that, but be mindful of the impedance transformation. If you used a 1:10 SUT, then you want your MC inputs to have ideally 470 ohms impedance, so that with the SUT hooked up backwards, the MM cartridge sees 47K ohms. I don'... | |
| Please Help. J. A. Michell Gyro SE - Speed Issue How is the belt going to cause this problem? | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? I don't know or didn't know what a "transconductance" phono stage is, but I do know that the word "transconductance" has a specific definition, in that it is a measure of how voltage output changes with respect to current input, usually measured i... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? "Transconductance" = voltage mode amplification, the way you are using the term? | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? dogberry, To the question posed in the first paragraph of your post, most of us would say "of course not". We each hear differently for reasons that have been belabored here many times over. At the same time, I would like to think that when we sa... | |
| Cartridge for Denon DP 3000 NE Raul, I am not absolutely certain, but in re-reading the OP, it seems to me you can't blame all the problems on an incompatibility between the Grado cartridge and the new Denon TT. Seems he had issues with other cartridges as well. Depends I guess... | |
| Step down transformer for a turntable Nearly all TT motors draw less than 25W. So selecting a 50W step down gives you 2X headroom. In fact even 25W is high for a TT motor. | |
| Step down transformer for a turntable Elliot, yes, plug your 100V step down into 120V AC outlet. That’s why they call it a step down. I’ve got a DP80 and a Kenwood L07D each plugged into its own 100V step down. A 50W 120 to 100 transformer is more than adequate for any TT that needs 1... | |
| Cartridge for Denon DP 3000 NE Intermittent problems like these are often the most difficult to diagnose and eliminate. Sometimes the physical acts required to change a cartridge or IC, the plugging and unplugging can create or mask the issue. Check the solder joints at cartrid... | |
| Cartridge for Denon DP 3000 NE "I decided to upgrade my turntable in part because a persistent hum associated with the white cartridge wire..." Maybe you should have investigated that phenomenon further before investing in a new TT. White wire usually carries left channel "hot"... |