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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Axel and Downunder, I have been doing an analogous comparison to Axel's, listening to the Ortofon MC7500 and the Ortofon M20FL Super. The MC7500 was in effect replaced by the Per Windfield but is different in construction. The comparison is confou... | |
| Anyone own a Pioneer Exclusive P3 ?? When the Mk3 is finally ready for audition, I will replace the Mk2 with the Mk3 on the same shelf with the same tonearm/cartridge. Then we will see. Those who have owned both tell me the difference in sound is not "amazing". Over on another thread... | |
| Anyone own a Pioneer Exclusive P3 ?? Downunder, What you say seems to be true. In ca 1980 the standard for measuring S/N ratio changed, to give everyone bigger numbers to brag on. I think then Exclusive re-defined the P3 to P3a with maybe some minor changes, if any changes at all. No... | |
| Anyone own a Pioneer Exclusive P3 ?? Congrats, Downunder. I thought you had settled on, or settled for, a P10. I've now got a Kenwood L07D and an SP10 Mk3, neither of which are yet in service. But can a P3 be far behind? | |
| Upgrade from TW Acustic Raven AC-3 to what? Dertonearm,In the spirit of this discourse, you wrote "all great turntables able to provide those lowest 2 registers (and by doing so donating to the listener all the upper registers with increased ease and transparency as well...) will feature a ... | |
| Upgrade from TW Acustic Raven AC-3 to what? We all agree. We just may or may not agree on what is a cow and what is a racehorse.Syntax, I am blown away by the description of your speakers. They must be remarkable. | |
| XLR waste of time ? Dear Gallant_Diva, You wrote, "XLR circuit has two to three times the complexity of RCA, not to take away the transparency and purity of the signal."That is the old argument for those who believe that single-ended circuits are per se superior to b... | |
| XLR waste of time ? Jimjoyce, The XLR connector is just a better design than an RCA one. Thinner pins for less eddy current problems, better contact, firmer connection, etc. This is not to say that ALL XLRs will sound better than ALL RCAs, because as you infer there ... | |
| Upgrade from TW Acustic Raven AC-3 to what? Alectiong, Since there seems to be a consensus that Vibraplane or Minus K is a sine qua non for mounting a suspension-less turntable, why not buy one of those two and try it with your AC3, before making up your mind. Either platform will be compat... | |
| XLR waste of time ? Yep, I agree with everyone else. Except what Ghostrider says is not totally correct. In fact the Ayre IS a fully balance piece, and in order to take advantage of that you do need to access its XLR inputs and ideally drive it with a balanced signal... | |
| Upgrade from TW Acustic Raven AC-3 to what? Peter, "Well-healed" indeed. Maybe after dropping that lead platter on your big toe. I have been impressed by the Walker too, every time I have heard one. | |
| effective mass ??? Jlin, Can you reference the article in Hi Fi Choice wherein they measured or in some way estimated tonearm effective mass? The Fidelity Research has a stainless steel armwand, or so I have read, that was quoted elsewhere to give a MUCH higher effe... | |
| Upgrade from TW Acustic Raven AC-3 to what? What Syntax wrote is the Truth."Hi Jfrech, good as the AC-3 may be, there must be room for improvement, otherwise TW wouldnt have come up with the Black Knight..." Not necessarily.More expensive does not equal better. But if you are really unhappy... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Thanks, Doug. I did not mean to sound snotty about Nieman, but I guess I did. I knew Herb Papier for his last 15 years or so. He was a very careful listener, and he did not do anything to his tonearm that he himself did not try out in his own syst... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Can anyone tell me why the damping trough should be such a negative as claimed? Do you think it is the damping per se or is it resonances set up by the physical presence of the trough and paddle? In that regard, have you all checked that the screw... |