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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Ray, If you haven't read this whole long thread, I wrote at least 3 times that many years ago when the TLZ was my regular cartridge, I accidentally loaded it at 100K ohms (or more likely at 94K ohms with two 47K resistors). During my next listenin... | |
| Cartridges better than Colibri XGP? IMO, there are so many structural variants of the "Colibri", as partially outlined by Mike Lavigne, that I don't know how any one person could say he knew the sound exactly. Not only do the materials vary but also the output voltage seems to vary ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks, Ray. It's good to have independent confirmation of my preliminary impressions. I always did like the TLZ and only went to an HOMC in order to be "in fashion", I guess. I do remember auditioning the next lower priced Grado model at that tim... | |
| What phono preamps are balanced Pedrillo, Most likely the 5th lead from the Graham 2.2 is just to ground the tonearm body to the preamp chassis. It's a toss-up whether you would even need to connect it. With my RS-A1 tonearm, I had hum until I ran a ground wire from the body to ... | |
| What phono preamps are balanced BAT is balanced. I don't know who said it wasn't. AFAIK all BAT products are true balanced types.Rhea has a single-ended phono section followed by a balanced output section. This means that you have to hook the cartridge up to the phono input in s... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, $2800 for the Amber. Need I say more, even if it IS Australian dollars? I will look for a used one. How do you rank the Amber at this point in your odyssey, compared to cartridges you've heard since your original posting that founded this th... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul and Dave, Thank you for the information. My TLZ, after only a few hours post it's resurrection, is definitely not happy tracking at 1.5gm. (And now that I think of it, that was the VTF I used to use with it back in the 80s.) Perhaps this is b... | |
| Cartridges better than Colibri XGP? This is an impossible question; any response is going to be purely subjective. And since you cannot get into someone else's head, I suggest that all you will get is a list of opinions from the probably very few of us who have ever heard a Colibri ... | |
| What phono preamps are balanced I think I misspoke. After further investigation it seems the Aqvox is balanced for MC inputs and single-ended for MM cartridges. | |
| What phono preamps are balanced Pedrillo et al,I am fairly certain that the Aesthetix Rhea does NOT contain a balanced phono amplification circuit. The Io does. I am also dubious about the Aqvox (read the promos carefully) and the PS Audio GCPH. (Someone will no doubt correct me... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? At long last, thanks to a rainy Saturday here, I finally got my MM system up and running. As previously mentioned, I am using a Lenco/PTP3 mounted in slate with a Dynavector DV505 tonearm running into an Ayre P5Xe phono stage set for low gain, the... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, Yes, I think you have aptly described the process. Just like me with the Colibri. It is now my "flavor of the week", except that since I don't get to listen as much as you do, my favorite flavors last longer. I was just down at the Kennedy C... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, All I can find on eBay is an AT15 stylus assembly, not a complete cartridge. Am I missing something? | |
| RMAF 2009 Analog Report + Meet and Greet Sorry for my verbal (or written) excesses, Mr. Schroeder.Thanks for the more detailed description. You guys ought to do more to get out the word(s) on this product, since it does seem special. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, When I made that "flavor of the week" comment, I by no means was thinking only of your posts. You were actually more laid back than many in describing the Andante P76, for one example. You are clearly the leader here, but sometimes ther... |