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| Ortofon MC A90 cartridge Is it superior to the Ortofon M20FL Super? (KIdding, guys.) I own an MC7500 that I am very fond of as well and which has qualities similar to those you guys are describing. I never owned an Ortofon cartridge until I recently acquired these two, an... | |
| Using XLR for Phono out Dear Rfsayles, Yes, most cartridges, with very few exceptions, are inherently balanced devices. Neither side of the output wires are grounded. In an MC cartridge, the two outputs come from either end of the coil, etc.By the way, I had a wonderful ... | |
| RS-A1 set up Go to Vinyl Engine. There you will find an English translation of the owners manual. But all you really need to know is that "underhang" is correct. The recommendation is that the distance between the spindle and the stylus tip should be 19.5mm (i... | |
| Using XLR for Phono out I went to the Cambridge Audio website. It is really impossible to tell from the verbiage on the website whether the actual circuit is a balanced one or not. However, the comment in the letter, that the XLR input "gives cancellation to common mode ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? OK. So what he is really saying is that in the "right" tonearm, there is one "right" VTF. What's the effective mass of the Linn Akito tonearm? One beauty of the Dynavector DV505 (or any tonearm with interchangeable headshells) is that one can cont... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Ray, Am I having deja vu, or did you not make a similar comment the first time I mentioned the TLZ on this thread a few months ago? I think you said that some guy on a Grado thread was adamant that the VTF had to be 1.62 or 1.65 gm for best r... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I have to say that I so enjoy the Ortofon M20FL Super that I still have not auditioned any of the other MM/MI cartridges I collected before starting to listen to them. This includes an NOS B&O MMC1. Of course, I did start with the Grado TLZ, T... | |
| Restoring a Transrotor Skeleton...help Funny. I did not bat an eyelash at the notion that TransROTOR had once made a turntable called the Skeleton. It sounds right for them. On the other hand, the Transcriptors turntable was originally just called "the Transcriptors turntable" or maybe... | |
| Using XLR for Phono out Dear Pete, Spaninc, et al: Here we go again. Based on all that I have been able to read at the websites of the respective manufacturers, the GCPH does have balanced phono circuitry, whereas the Xono does not. This may account for Pete's observatio... | |
| Using XLR for Phono out This question, and ones in a similar vein, comes up all the time. In this specific case, if your linestage (the Cambridge 840E, I guess) is balanced, then there is an advantage to using the XLR outputs on the GCPH. If your linestage is single-ende... | |
| Upgrade from TW Acustic Raven AC-3 to what? That's another whole can of worms. But if the top surface of the platter is already copper, all that you would be doing by adding a copper mat is to increase the effective total mass of the platter. Sonic qualities should not change much. (Famous ... | |
| Upgrade from TW Acustic Raven AC-3 to what? Aoliviero, Difference between your Raven AC and Alectiong's Raven AC = 2 extra motors on his. That's why I suggest he should try driving the platter with only one motor. And you are correct, platter mat can make just the kind of subtle difference ... | |
| Pioneer M-22 or Pass Aleph 3? Whoops! I see you refer to the Luxman M05. By bad. | |
| Pioneer M-22 or Pass Aleph 3? Dear Peter, When you mention an "M-05" amplifier, are you referring to the PIoneer Exclusive M5? If so, can you tell me what you know about it? I have a chance to purchase a pair of Exclusive M5a monoblocks but no chance to audition them, as they ... | |
| Well Tempered Amadeus VS WT reference The Reference has a massive dense plinth, and the lightweight platter is coupled to it in such a way as to sink vibrational energy away from the platter/LP. From photos, it does not appear that the Amadeus plinth is nearly so elaborate in construc... |