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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, On the tonearm issue, you have said that the standard correlation of low effective mass with high compliance is only a gross way to determine what combinations of tonearm and cartridge will perform optimally. Is or are there one or more tone... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? As regards tonearms, I have long thought that we should discuss what tonearms work best with these rather high compliance cartridges. Modern tonearms tend to have been designed with low compliance LOMC cartridges in mind, so not only are the good ... | |
| Albert Porters after market panzerholz plinths Dear Nikola, If my slate plinths are at all "beautiful" it is only because the company that cut the slate for me does a nice neat job. Once I got the slate slabs back here, I just sealed them with a mixture of oils, and that's all I did for beauty... | |
| Albert Porters after market panzerholz plinths Isaac Newton gives us the best reason for using a massive and well-damped plinth. It's his 3rd Law of Motion, which is summed up thusly: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The motor of an SP10 Mk2 and especially the Mk3 has ... | |
| Albert Porters after market panzerholz plinths Raul, You wrote, "So, this subject is more of what we are looking for about: quality performance or better look." Is there no room in your universe for an opinion that differs from yours? I respect your personal opinion that your SP10 Mk2 sounds b... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? But, Raul, you did not think the "Gold" version was as good as the other; correct? I have an NOS Gold version but have not auditioned it yet. I am slow. | |
| Albert Porters after market panzerholz plinths Can't comment on Albert's product except to say I am certain it is very high quality. But I have "refurbished, replinthed, and rearmed" some of these direct drives in slate and/or wood (Technics Mk2, Mk3; Denon DP80), and the results are worth the... | |
| Koetsu owners cartridge set up ? That's it. I think mine is a Tsugaru. The common belief of those who are not so fond of Koetsu cartridges is that they are lacking in the frequency extremes, highs and lows. Most listener's would agree that the midrange is sublime. I would take it... | |
| Koetsu owners cartridge set up ? I think all Urushi's are the same, but I own the one that is black with gold flecks of paint on it (can't remember the Japanese name for that). The Vermillon (red) may sound different from the rest because reportedly it has different coils. At one... | |
| Koetsu owners cartridge set up ? Andromedaaudio, I am notorious (in my own mind) for misreading other people's posts, but I don't see where you have specified which Koetsu you own. Among the "non"-Platinum non-stone-bodied Koetsus, I think the Urushi is unique in that it has bett... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? My listening experience is in agreement with Raul's; HOMC cartridges as a class have never sounded as good to me as LOMC or MM/MI types. I have owned a couple of Blue Point Specials, a Benz Glider (original version, I think), and a Transfiguration... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Weseixas, The Grado cartridges under discussion here have included the TLZ and XTZ and the one called "Amber Tribute", which Raul likes a lot. Another one is the Signature III (or something like that). The TLZ and XTZ are purely vintage devic... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I am a virologist by trade (I.e., I do research on viruses). After 30 years in this field, I see that work done 20 or more years ago (some of it by me) is being repeated by the younger group of scientists, only using more modern technology to prov... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, That is one phenomenal review (of the AKG P100LE). A few months ago I picked up an AKG P8ES vdH II. How would that one relate to the P100LE. I wonder since in both cases the stylus was made by vdH. My cartridge is very similar in appear... | |
| Dynavector XV-1s loading question. Thom, Allen Wright (a noted preamp designer) is very outspoken on this subject, over on the TubeDIY forum. He has insisted for a long time that LOMC cartridges sound best with a 47K ohm load. I've got an MP1, too, albeit a highly modified one. For... |