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| A Turntable History Question And you could see actual rubber bands on full display? That sounds home-made to me. Such a suspension is like a spring suspension and needs to be damped in some way, else a disturbance would linger on. Then a second disturbance could lead to osci... | |
| A Turntable History Question Suspended from where? If you could see the rubber bands, I immediately had the image that it was on a shelf suspended from the ceiling by rubber bands. Because one cannot usually see the suspension of a suspended turntable out in the open. Eithe... | |
| Suggestions for phono preamp for LOMC's I always thought the definition (of RFI) depends upon the source, not the frequency of the spurious tone, but I will of course yield to your superior knowledge. Thanks. | |
| HumminGuru Orbit Vinyl Record Static Remover Nothing against the Humminguru, but the Zerostat should work too, if used properly. Trying to find the definition of "properly" on line can be problematic, I admit. | |
| Increasing a Low output MM I did not say that MI cartridges are universally unsuited to a SUT. True low output MI cartidges (let’s say <1.0mV) will still have about 100X more inductance than a LOMC of similar signal voltage output, but of course they can usually be mated... | |
| Increasing a Low output MM I guess if you could get someone to build you a SUT with a 1:2 or no more than 1:4 turns ratio, that might work. But I think it would be as costly as acquiring a different MM phono stage with more gain. | |
| Increasing a Low output MM Hello, doggy, but this is an MI with an output of 2.4mV. Which has commensurately higher induction than either of your cartridges are likely to have, since for an MI, votage output is proportional to inductive property, and again, the total gain ... | |
| Increasing a Low output MM Sorry. "Oberon", not "Overon". Like the character in Midsummer Night's Dream. There are several reasons why it would not be a good idea to introduce a SUT in the OP’s system. First, most commercial SUTs offer about a 10X voltage gain. If you incr... | |
| Increasing a Low output MM Overon. No. Don’t consider a SUT. | |
| Increasing a Low output MM Just so we are all on the same page, I would not categorize the SoundSmith cartridge with an output of 2.4mV at standard velocity to be a "low output MM" cartridge. The output IS slightly lower than what one typically expects from an MM (~5mV), bu... | |
| Does Anyone Know the History of the Early Sota Turntables? A well conceived magnetic bearing should have no "bounce" in response to external energy like footfalls, etc. If it did, you could have the above problems, especially on a TT with a spring suspension. | |
| Who knew? Meaning no disrespect to the value of proper set up, could it be that some of the improvement in SQ is also due to finding and fixing the open circuit at the cartridge wire, which might have been partial continuity for quite a long time beforehand... | |
| HumminGuru Orbit Vinyl Record Static Remover IMO, you don’t want to ask for “service “; you want to return that unit and receive a new replacement from your seller. | |
| Suggestions for phono preamp for LOMC's Ralph, Do you equate the resonance frequency generated by the inductance of the cartridge being in parallel with the capacitance at the inputs with RFI? I never thought of it that way, as I always thought of RFI as noise that comes from an externa... | |
| HumminGuru Orbit Vinyl Record Static Remover Late response to bdp’s post of 9-19. Static charge, great or small, will instantly distribute itself evenly across the exposed surface of an LP, the side that is in play. Therefore the concept that the Hudson brush neutralizes the LP surface that ... |