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| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? A related issue with using air dielectric capacitors in phono stages would be drift as air heats up or humidity changes. Thus it would be difficult to maintain accurate RIAA. On the other hand I guess the pF values in RIAA would be relatively easy... | |
| Vinyl pressing mistakes Could be worth a fortune to some eccentric collector, like the famous air mail stamp from the 20s, with the upside down airplane. | |
| Static on turntable The cause of the (negative) charge on an LP surface is either direct transfer from another charged object, like you, the operator, who got charged up by walking across a carpet wearing leather shoes, or friction, like when you pull the LP out of a... | |
| Phono Stage in inputs for 2 tonearms DSA Phono 3. J&R 3180 Phonolinepreamp | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? I used to use the Multicap RTX caps for critical applications. (Those are the polystyrenes.) But in my listening opinion, the teflon capacitors that came along later are far better (REL or other). In fact, now I cannot bear the RTXs, and I have a ... | |
| Static on turntable Elliott, those are all worthwhile thoughts. But the haphazard occurrence of the problems doesn’t rule out static charge, in my opinion. That’s the nature of the beast. | |
| Static on turntable Yanking the new LP out of its paper sleeve most certainly charges it up. Carbon fiber brushes are not the most effective way to neutralize the charge thus acquired. I would advise you to invest in a Zerostat and learn how to use it properly. Al... | |
| Tale of two turntables Adam, Koetsu's love high mass tonearms, is the first brand that comes to mind. I run my Urushi in a Fidelity Research FR64S with an Ortofon LH9000 headshell, which alone weighs 18g. Although I have had the Urushi in technically superior tonearms... | |
| slide in phono stage for Accuphase C-2450 preamplifier - is it any good? toronto, I am a proponent of "phonolinepreamps" when they are designed and built to a high standard, as is likely the case with Accuphase. From an audiophile point of view, they offer phono function without the extra chassis, which eliminates outp... | |
| slide in phono stage for Accuphase C-2450 preamplifier - is it any good? You are very unlikely to get an informed opinion here regarding the two choices of Accuphase phono modules, unless perhaps you tell us more about them. Because I doubt any one here owns an Accuphase preamp with phono. | |
| SUT help Pindac, I know nothing about your phono stage and certainly never said or even implied that it was inferior. Originally, I was merely asking about how the term "Transconduction" might apply to the mystery phono stage that you like. The way you us... | |
| Tale of two turntables The idea is you don't really know what the turntables are doing until you switch the arms AND cartridges from one to the other. (The two preceding posts recommend switching cartridges only; I disagree.) Personally, without any listening, I would t... | |
| How often, and how, do you clean your stylus? Humminguru s-duo. For the man with cojones. Never heard of it before now. | |
| How often, and how, do you clean your stylus? Of course the electronic stylus cleaners do not work through cavitation and could not possibly do so. You need a liquid medium in which to generate the bubbles. There is no claim that I ever saw that they operate by cavitation or that they are ev... | |
| How often, and how, do you clean your stylus? Not necessary, in my opinion, but not wrong either. If you are referring to microscopic exam of the stylus. Maybe a little lax, if you are referring to cleaning the stylus tip at least perfunctorily. |