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| SUT With a Manley Steelhead RC? rdk, where did you get the 50mV spec for phono overload? Since the Steelhead has both MC and MM inputs, and since MM inputs generally tolerate much higher signal voltages than MC inputs, there ought to be two different specs for phono overload, on... | |
| Do you think you need a subwoofer? Raul, I assume you’re referring to the electrical phase of the signal delivered to your subwoofers with reference to the electrical phase of the signal delivered to your main speakers. This is known to make a difference. But usually one can only a... | |
| Best 3A5 / DCC90 / CV808 tubes? You can also buy them from reputable vendors. eBay is a crapshoot when it comes to tubes. I’d stay away entirely. | |
| Best 3A5 / DCC90 / CV808 tubes? It's meant for a high frequency oscillator use, at frequencies up to 40MHz, according to the data sheet. Jason, I don't know what made you think it had to be a pentode, with the designation 3A5. Not that it couldn't be, but why did you think it ... | |
| Use of a splint when changing cantilever and stylus I agree that it seems a bad idea to use the brass insert. It is also interesting that most customers of the anonymous retipper are nevertheless happy with the results, or so we are told. That's a conundrum or testimony to the value of subjective... | |
| AT-OC9XMLvs AT-OC9XSH I guess I am a bad person for daring to mention the Nagaoka. I did so only because it occurred to me that the US prices are close to the same. Meantime I did introduce the ART7 to this discussion. If the output is too low, one might search for an ... | |
| Use of a splint when changing cantilever and stylus A setup for infection. (ID sub specialist here). what do other retippers do when they install a cantilever cum stylus? | |
| Use of a splint when changing cantilever and stylus So the idea is he aligns the old and new cantilevers end to end then bridges the joint with a brass splint, in the sense of a splint used to promote healing of a broken bone? Why brass when one could use a rod made of some typical cantilever metal... | |
| Best 3A5 / DCC90 / CV808 tubes? I don’t recognize any of those alphanumeric codes. What is it? Is it a 2A3 with an oddball filament? | |
| AT-OC9XMLvs AT-OC9XSH Viridian, that $500-$600 price is doable if you buy from Japan, and that’s about what I paid for mine a year ago in Tokyo. I was assuming that most would buy in the US where I think the price is more like $ 900, within shouting distance of the ART... | |
| AT-OC9XMLvs AT-OC9XSH If the phono stage has sufficient gain, I would dare say the ART7 even at $1090 is a good bargain, if one is looking for a LOMC cartridge. And it's likely to outperform the OC9 variants. The price is about the same as that of a Nagaoka MP500 (high... | |
| AT-OC9XMLvs AT-OC9XSH When you guys recommend ART9, which one are you talking about, the original ART9, the 9Xi, or the 9Xa? Because if it is the original ART9, assuming one can still find it NOS, then let me put in a plug for the ART7, the low output (0.12mV) version... | |
| recommendation for phono pre amp and mc cartridge, around 1000$ each Effective mass is a quantity based on the distribution of the mass of the tonearm, from pivot to headshell. The closer to the headshell you add mass, the greater the effect to increase effective mass. So the most efficient place to add mass if y... | |
| Sota Sapphire and Isolation? Thank you, Mike and Larry. | |
| Turntable prices. Is my mind going? OK. |