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| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dear Nandric, I have met Thom Mackris a few times, and we exchange emails occasionally. I hold him in very high regard. His turntables are works of art that employ very heavy plinths that do not have a "deck" surface surrounding the platter. I hav... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Rich, There has not been much discussion here about modern day MM and MI cartridges, and it is certain that some of them are very very good. The thread per se is focused on vintage. I have curiosity about the upper end of the SoundSmith MI line... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dgob, Oops. I see that you have touched all bases. Sorry for wasting everyone's time with my last post. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Dgob, Did you try Expert Stylus Repair in England, as regards your Technics repair? The world does not end with SoundSmith, good as they are. It's certainly worth a shot. Also, did not Raul say he had one of his Technics rebuilt by van den Hu... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Banquo, Anything Jean says and does is (1) brilliant, (2) revelatory, and (3) unappreciated by the rest of the audio world. I thought you knew that. Moreover, if it costs a lot (or more than he wants to spend) it must be crap. I do give him c... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Cantaloupe? Where do you ever see canned cantaloupe? I toyed with the idea of stewed tomatoes, peas, corn, etc. Anything that is sloshing around but has some substance. Cantaloupe might work if the water content is high enough. Note that I am taki... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Banquo, Is it a Sony tonearm, can you tell? Some of those were pretty good though they are under the radar these days. They are designated PUA-XXX series, I think. Effective mass might be on the high side for an Empire, which may account for the "... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Hey Chris,You can always elevate your turntable by putting some big tall feet under it, to enable you to use a more massive pod. How about that Vyger turntable? The pod would be 4 feet high or so, judging from photos. In brass, that would be signi... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Banquo, Thank you for your response. I must say I don't understand why you cannot identify the tonearm in question, unless you heard the "muddy bottom end, etc" at a friend's house, and he cannot provide the info. Sorry to bug you, but it wou... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Banquo, Sorry for your klutziness but it happens to us all once in a while. You wrote, "The cart had a muddy bottom end that drove me crazy, and it was deficient in dynamics." In what tonearm? | |
| OTL Tube Amp for Maggie 3.6? Dear Ahendler, I cannot tell whether anyone else has already pointed this out to you. You concede that the Zero is an autoformer (not a transformer) and then you bemoan the idea of using one because you would be sticking a "transformer" in the sig... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System No matter how you set it up, it will be of great interest to me to learn what you think of the SP10, in light of the pantheon of great turntables you have at your disposal. | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dear Thuchan, If you find that you enjoy the SP10 MkII but would like to get more out of it, you might consider the Panzerholz plinth made by Albert Porter, the Steve Dobbins treatment (removes the motor assembly from the chassis, etc) or a slate ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Mine has got to be 25-30 years old and does have a small brush attached to the inside of the cap, just like Caig stuff. (I doubt I could find the Cramolin in my large house if I wanted it, but it always turns up when I am not looking for it.) | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Thuchan, I assume you know this, but in case not, thread size is M5. What material(s) are you using to build your plinth? |