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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I recently bought an AT13Sa off eBay, just because it was so inexpensive, and I was curious about it. Can the later styli in this series be used on the AT13? I refer to the styli for the AT15Sa or SS or the AT20Sa/SS. Thanks. | |
| TriPlanar Tips Nandric, I take it that you would LIKE to have an extra bias or anti-skate weight suitable for applying a very small amount of bias or anti-skate force. Any competent machinist could make that for you, it seems to me, using the original "normal" s... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Nandric, You were correct to abandon the use of a groove-less disc to set AS. I just do it by ear. It was very obvious that the Urushi was in need of AS after a short listen without it, since I knew well how the Urushi sounded with AS. Without it,... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Nothing like a good, firm bottom, I always say. | |
| TriPlanar Tips Hold the phone, Doug. In order to make the Colibri mount-able on my Triplanar, I had to use an alu insert between the cartridge and the headshell. The insert, after I machined it to a minimum mass, weighs almost 3g. Then because of the insert, I h... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Nandric, I think we get a total of 4 counter-weights, as you indicate. One is the major one that goes up against the pivot. Then there are three additional supplemental counterweights of increasing thickness and weight. I guess we've got the weigh... | |
| TriPlanar Tips I think Nandric is talking about the anti-skate weight, which he calls the "bias weight". Did you other guys really get three different anti-skate weights? I sure didn't. Nandric, please correct me if I'm wrong. | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Francois, I have some limited reading comprehension of French, because I have studied Spanish and Latin. In going through the thread, I saw interesting photos of what looks like a bearing assembly. Can you tell us whose product that is? Is it avai... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Poor Tri, he is headed for a new version of "normal". Congrats to him and the Mrs, in any case.Ralph I fervently hope you are wrong. I got obsessed with setting up my Lenco in slate, so I have not yet tried to mount the Colibri on the Triplanar us... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Advice: Give it a try. Should be at least OK, if not just fine. I don't know the compliance of the Aida, but the Ace Space would qualify as "medium mass", which means it would work well with the upper end of low compliance and the lower end of hig... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, If you read my post you will see that I acknowledged that the AT12Sa is probably below the AT15 (and the AT20, as well). My question was whether anyone here had listened to an AT12Sa. In other words, how do you know for sure that the AT... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hey guys, I just took a flyer on an Audio Technica AT12Sa off eBay. It seems to be lower down on the totem pole from the AT15 and 20, but it does have a Shibata stylus. And it was relatively cheap. Any experience with this one? | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? Thanks for the help, Mark. I actually found a plain old push-push switch that will likely do the job, but the relay is my next option. This is just to switch a Lenco motor on and off, so sophistication is not a priority. | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? Ralph, I agree completely with what you say re the effect of plinth-ing. I was surprised that the slate plinth had such a profound effect on the "sound" of my Denon DP80. I would have thought that a direct-drive system would be rather a closed one... | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? Axel, You mean the "momentary" switch like the one I tried to use can also be used with a relay? That's an interesting point. There's no place to hide the relay in a solid slate plinth, but perhaps a small one mounted underneath would be unobtrusi... |