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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Aolsala, You wrote, "Cartridges in the late 70s and early 80s are truly better than anything in the 60s. I am sorry but speak with any engineer in cartridge design and he will agree." I guess you may be feeling battered by now, but as far as ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks, Silvio. As an owner of a Grado TLZ purchased about 25 years ago and resurrected from storage thanks to this thread, I have been struggling to get the best out of it (again). If I recall correctly back when the TLZ was my one and only cartr... | |
| How to accomodate a balanced only phono stage ? Al, Interesting point you make re not losing signal strength. That runs counter to my actual experience when I accidentally grounded one half of the signal in a full balanced set-up. But now that you say it (and now that I realize I knew it, and y... | |
| How to accomodate a balanced only phono stage ? Elizabeth, Keep your shirt on. Nothing I wrote was incorrect. And it may help the OP, if the OP is concerned with the details of this hobby. And most of us here are already nuts enough to be that way. On the other hand, your comment that cartridge... | |
| Grado TLZ ??? In general, lowering the pivot point will tend to favor low frequencies. But don't go overboard with that, because the cartridge will sound dull eventually. I am listening to the TLZ level with the pivot and have no complaints about bass response.... | |
| How to accomodate a balanced only phono stage ? Just keep in mind that the typical "RCA" cable will have only one conductor for the signal. The "ground" connection in an RCA-terminated cable will typically be carried on the shield that surrounds the "hot" wire. In balanced configuration, there ... | |
| Denon DP-59L TT - straight arm or s-shaped arm? Elizabeth, Can you define "modern high compliance cartridge"? To most vinylphiles, "modern" = moving coil, and real "high compliance" = moving magnet or moving iron. Your phrase is kind of an oxymoron, unless you divulge your definitions of the tw... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? As Timetel knows, the Bluz Broz website is replete with errors, if their descriptions of the various Acutex styli is in any way typical of the rest of their listings. | |
| What is the Phono stage you have finished with? After a very cursory review of the posts above, I note that no one has listed an Allnic phono stage as his or her favorite. Have any of you auditioned the Allnic, either the H3000 or the H1500? I am intrigued by the LCR RIAA equalization. Few if a... | |
| Attention K&K phono pre owners: Thank you, John. Do you mean to say that the Maxx'd Out uses a transformer on the input side? I was not aware of that, and it is not obvious from the photos on the website. So is this new transformer upgrade employed at the input? I thought you we... | |
| Attention K&K phono pre owners: Sorry. I went to the URL you provided above, and I see that the latest upgrade is a change in the JFET used in the hybrid cascode at the preamp input. The post says nothing about an input transformer, one way or the other. | |
| Attention K&K phono pre owners: Thank you, John. Do you mean to say that the Maxx'd Out uses a transformer on the input side? I was not aware of that, and it is not obvious from the photos on the website. So is this new transformer upgrade employed at the input? I thought you we... | |
| Grado TLZ ??? Thanks to Raul, I have been listening to my TLZ of late. I bought it new about 20 odd years ago (very odd, indeed). After cleaning and enhancing the contacts, it still holds up. I am not sure the XTZ was much of a real improvement. I don't recall ... | |
| Attention K&K phono pre owners: Can the Maxxed Out K&K phono be configured for true balanced INPUT, using XLRs instead of RCA jacks? (I know that it can be built for balanced OUTPUT.) Thanks. | |
| Grado TLZ ??? Rich, No question that the TLZ has about 1.5mV output. You would need a phono stage with enough gain for the typical high output MC cartridge to get the most out of it. I am listening to mine these days using an Ayre phono stage set to lowest gain... |