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| Do Blue Dots applied to LP labels improve sound? Is this a serious question? Are "Blue Dots" the actual name of a product? I use sticky dots on record labels to indicate to myself that I have previously washed that particular LP with my VPI RCM. You can buy them in any stationery store. Most of ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Halcro, Laws of physics are supposed to govern the interaction of tonearms and cartridges, Dertonearm notwithstanding. And, apart from reputedly superb bearings, the 66S has no mechanism for ameliorating resonant peaks, etc, that are supposed... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timeltel, I want to listen to the 320 on a consistent basis in order to hear how or whether it changes character during break-in. My 315 is a used stylus assembly, so I don't know whether it will be 100% up to standard, anyway, so no rush with tha... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? In reality, we have very little common ground even among our analog-happy selves. There is Halcro with high-end transistors and a 3-way electromagnetic speaker, me with all OTL tubes and an ESL, Raul, with his multi-amped system of selected differ... | |
| Nude Turntable Project Great post, Henry, and I was not aware of this thread until this moment. As you know, I was one of the many who was and is in disagreement with Raul regarding the necessity for or value of a heavy, dense plinth to go with a DD turntable. But as Pr... | |
| Koetsu Blue Lace Onyx vs. Coralstone Andromedaaudio, Thanks for that review. I am a long time happy owner of an Urushi, and I have had to absorb a lot of snide remarks from those who think Koetsu's are passe'. However, the review sucks. He seems to have reviewed a platinum version of... | |
| suggestions on MM to MC upgrade Dear Danielvradenburg, You must mean 250,000 ohms or 250K. Correct? Or are you really loading your MM at 250 ohms? Thanks. I am rather surprised that you hear so much difference between 100K and 250K loads. Do you have any idea of the capacitance ... | |
| Whest Audio MC REF V MK4. My new toy. Dear DCarol, From now on I promise to listen ONLY with my ears. Listening with my eyes has been a frustrating experience. I understand what you mean to say, but I cannot apologize for my curiosity regarding circuit design and implementation, espec... | |
| Whest Audio MC REF V MK4. My new toy. How does the 30RDT SE stack up, for MM/MI cartridges? Has anyone tried that combo? | |
| It,s Impossible Synergy for less than $20K: Lenco tt with any number of good vintage Japanese tonearms that are available for under $1K + your MM/MI cartridge of choie + good tube phono and linestage + OTL amplifier (many Futterman and some Atma-sphere, Graaf, Jo... | |
| Art Audio Vinyl Reference vs Maxxed Out K&K Taylor, et al. I hope you know I was joking in my post above, wherein I suggested that in my brief conversation with him, Kevin regretted that he was stymied in completing the Sonus Veritas by "business". He seemed quite happy with things as they ... | |
| Art Audio Vinyl Reference vs Maxxed Out K&K I spoke to Kevin myself recently. Seems that his pesky customers and the business they are bringing is getting in the way of finalizing the Sonus Veritas(?). So, if you guys will just leave Kevin alone, he will eventually market the SV. But I saw ... | |
| Whest Audio MC REF V MK4. My new toy. I hate to be a nattering nabob of negativism (thank you, Spiro Agnew), but if something is "staggeringly amazing", how could one expect it to get significantly better with a different power cord? And if it does, what descriptor is above "staggerin... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? You are definitely correct; when the phono or system gain is marginal, any MC is likely to suffer by comparison to any HO cartridge, This is definitely not the case in my system, so something else must account for it. And I say this with true unce... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Frogman, Your comments are quite interesting, because to me, on my system, the one thing about MM/MI cartridges consistently is that they are very dynamic and very rhythmic, the latter because I think I perceive the leading and trailing edges of p... |