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| Lehman Black Cube or Fisher 500C? Dear Lisnr and Jig, Read this review from Stereophile: http://stereophile.com/historical/605fisher/A restored 500C will at worst compete with the Lehman and Line 3, plus you get a very good sounding amplifier in the bargain. I would not assume tha... | |
| Lehman Black Cube or Fisher 500C? I'll take a stab. You only need one phono stage, either the one built into the Fisher, which is probably strictly for high output MM cartridges, or your Lehman. Either of those could be run into the Symphonic Line 3. It's probable that the Fisher ... | |
| What would be the best "attainable" Denon turntabl Hey T, Do you like to track at 100 gm? Just kidding. If their torque figure is accurate, then the max VTF before speed variation should calculate out to be just about 75% of the value given for the SP10 Mk2, which has 6 kg/cm torque, if memory ser... | |
| What would be the best "attainable" Denon turntabl Torque of DP500M motor = 4.5kg/cm. That's impressive and up there with the SP10 Mk2. DP500M chassis remounted in a better plinth with an upgraded tonearm might be quite something. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Yes, that is the simplest answer. But, as Einstein said, any hypothesis should be as simple as possible but not simpler. | |
| What would be the best "attainable" Denon turntabl Don't know why the DP500M is so unloved, but the Technics certainly stands as a best buy, by all accounts. (I own vintage types.) | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I just realized, in the post I cited, Al is discussing the math. The verbal explanation is a few posts up the thread. The latter may be sufficient explanation for most. The formulae will not need to be memorized for the quiz. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timeltel and everyone else,Almarg has explained the relationship of load capacitance to frequency response for both MC and MM cartridges, better than any explanation I have seen. For me it unravels the paradox of how increasing capacitance could i... | |
| What would be the best "attainable" Denon turntabl Johnny, Do you use the 500M? If you do, and if you like it, then fine. But others have roundly criticized its quality of construction and performance here and elsewhere. However, Denon did just start to market a souped up audiophile version that m... | |
| MM cartridges and capacitance Al, Thanks so much. This is the first clear explanation for the apparently paradoxical effect of added capacitance on the treble response that I have come across. Makes perfect sense, now. Your post above should be archived somewhere. | |
| Confused about compliance matching with airbearing For those with a technical bent, John Ellison described a simple and clever way to measure actual tonearm/cartridge resonance, over on Vinyl Asylum. I suspect you can find it by searching on "resonance" or something like that. But you do need some... | |
| Albert Porters after market panzerholz plinths The more I think about it, the more I agree with myself re my statement about poorly designed plinths. Denon plinths definitely hold back the ultimate performance of Denon turntables, with the possible exceptions of the DK300 and DK2300 pliinths. ... | |
| What would be the best "attainable" Denon turntabl The DP75 on Hifido may be gone by now, but I would jump on it if I were you. You get a high class tonearm in the bargain, which is why I would bet it has already sold. Hifido is good about shipping to US or other. | |
| Albert Porters after market panzerholz plinths Tim, I think a suboptimal plinth can do negative things to the sound that cannot be corrected by choice of tonearm or cartridge. So, first of all, it is important to be happy with the plinth. Ah, but how to define "happy"? | |
| Albert Porters after market panzerholz plinths Nealw, What "other designs" are you referring to? It seems to me that the integral armboard is most usual with plinths. Outboard pods for mounting the tonearm seem to be the exception rather than the rule. In principle, I don't like the idea of a ... |