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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Davev, I finally had a chance to look at my Empire. It is indeed a 1000ZE, no X. I think I will give it a long break-in before spending yet more money on it to buy a new stylus, but thank you very much for the "tip" on where to buy it. I will give... | |
| Most fancy tonearms Dear Nandric, I have not visited the site, but my tonearm is called "RS Labs A-1". While it is a bit esoteric, more than a few of them have been sold and it is very much in production. I don't know whether or not "47 Labs" has anything to do with ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I am listening only to the sound of ice melting off my rain gutters. We have had no power since some time Friday night/Saturday morning. Since it is going down to 14 degrees F tonight here in snow-covered Washington, DC, I am contemplating deserti... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear DU, I actually thought you might be joking. I enjoy dry Aussie humor and dry British humor as well. But there is a core to your remarks that is of course true, and I said as much myself a week or two ago. Anyway, we are on the same page. Mean... | |
| Stand out phono stages John, If you can get away with only 10-ohm grid-stoppers, perhaps you could get away with none at all. (I have forgotten what tube types are used in the K&K that might require grid-stoppers.) In circuits that really need grid-stoppers, 100 ohm... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Downunder, Relax. This is fun. There is no need to take it seriously. I am still happy with my M20FL Super. Just the other night it was going head to head with my van den Hul Colibri and doing quite well in the comparison. So for a few more bucks,... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dean, You can e-mail me privately if you wish. | |
| 15,000 LP's - What to do with records? I'll take a thousand NOS jazz LPs off your hands any time. Where are you located? | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, I am a bit confused by your reply, but thank you just the same. You seem to be suggesting that I should listen to the 1000ZE first, before buying any stylus, and that I should post photos of the stylus/cantilever here before spending an... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I think the Empire cartridge I just bought is going to be a true "1000ZE", without the "X", based on a communication with the seller. I need help with two questions: (1) Do I need to find an "X" type stylus assembly (whatever that means) to get th... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? You can find a lot of information on tonearm geometry by searching on the VA site. It was also discussed on one or two Agon threads. And there are whole websites devoted to the subject. But mainly the choice of the various alignment methods has to... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Tim, I think EQ is a separate issue that definitely does play into one's listening impressions. The potential value of a phono pre with an adjustable EQ cannot be understated, especially vis a vis my collection, which includes many many early... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? All this discussion of VTA jogged my memory of the old days when my Grado TLZ was my one and only cartridge. In addition to my serendipitous discovery back then that the thing sounded better with a 100K load vs 47K (because I inadvertently soldere... | |
| M20FL Super Compliance? Dear Derek, I think up above you wrote that the predicted result was 8 to 9 Hz, using the equation and the parameters you note above. So if ALL of your input data are off by a little bit (due to age of cartridge, the variability of dynamic complia... | |
| M20FL Super Compliance? Guys, Bottom line is that the HFNRR test LP is not good for determining tonearm/cartridge resonance because the actual recorded frequencies do not necessarily match what the label says, at least as claimed by several knowledgeable contributors on ... |