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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, In principle, I do not argue with your opinion on the need or the usefulness of a subwoofer. My problem is that in practice, I have never heard an electronic crossover that did not add objectionable colorations right up into the midrang... | |
| Verdier Platine or Transrotor Fatbob I don't think Fatbob levitates the platter magnetically, so there's a difference. OTOH, with Fatbob you can have optional "magnetic drive" used by Transrotor. Both turntables are excellent from all that I have heard and read about them. (I have ac... | |
| Technics: PLINTHS: Dobbins, Porter, or Thompson? Azjake, To be fair, the Beat (Kondo?) is a complete new turntable. This is not to say that I am not envious; I heard the Beat at RMAF and was blown away. Anyway, the OP wants to know about plinths. Do you have a feel for the Dobbins' plinths vs th... | |
| Azimuth and the Fozgometer Rich, I don't think anyone has used the SoundSmith device except Peter Lederman and his alpha testers. | |
| Simon Yorke turntables-audiophile best value? Sheesh. | |
| Technics: PLINTHS: Dobbins, Porter, or Thompson? Cdk84, I don't know anything about the "Thompson" plinth, but you certainly cannot go wrong with either Albert's or Steve's plinth. You might just choose between those based on cost and availability. Albert has recently written that his plinth is ... | |
| Denon DP-59L vs DP-72L vintage turntables Horseface, If you can DIY, you can probably upgrade the function of your table for well under $50 by replacing the old electrolytic capacitors in the drive unit. For a few hundred dollars you could have it done professionally. It's my theory that ... | |
| AKG P8e cartridge coils are known to go bad ? Dear Storyboy, As I mentioned, the problem is usually in the body, which is why I conclude it may have something to do with fragile coil wiring. However, if you are interested in something lesser than the P8 body, I may be able to help. I've got a... | |
| AKG P8e cartridge coils are known to go bad ? Storyboy, I conclude there is "something" that goes bad with the AKG cartridges that must be uniquely related to their design, in agreement with Nandric, because there are a lot of AKGs for sale on ebay with "one bad channel" and "for parts only".... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I have never done anything like this, save to observe (as a child) that after you mess around with paper clips and a magnet, the paper clips become weakly magnetic themselves. So my experience is comparable to that of a cave man with fire. On the ... | |
| Direct Drive TT...vintage era....sleepers.... Violin, The Micro is an excellent set-up, but I would say that the value of that tonearm puts the combo out of the "budget" category for many, and the 505 is hardly undiscovered. None of this matters to your enjoyment, of course. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The Cardas test LP has a band or two that are supposed to demagnetize an MC cartridge. I wonder whether that might help or hurt your stylus assembly, if indeed your hypothesis is correct. (Although you might think it would be bad for an MM cartrid... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea What do you mean by "too clear"? I ask because "clear" would seem to be a desirable quality, and I don't know that one can have too much of it. Do you mean to imply that the sound is "clinical", in the way that solid state can sound if you are use... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Halcro, If Shane had written "Moops" the first time, we could have been further along. What's a "Mook"? I thought it might be another one of those uniquely Australian marsupials.Timeltel, Would it be possible to attempt to restore the magnet by pl... | |
| Direct Drive TT...vintage era....sleepers.... The Technics tables have already been "discovered", but like others have said, I would look for the better Pioneer, Kenwood, Victor, Sony, and Denon tables. IMO, they are all "sleepers" and still quite affordable. (Well, maybe the Sony and Denon p... |