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| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? Thanks, Mark. That's a lot more information than I can glean from the Denon literature from that era. And the schematic is beyond my comprehension. Others, including Technics as you note, have spoken of the Technics SP10 motor as being of the DC t... | |
| 30 ft rca run too long for a phono to preamp? For a few hundred bucks you can have an electrician install some more dedicated outlets on the side wall farthest from your speakers. Then with an understanding wife and some rearrangement of furniture, you can move all your front end stuff, most ... | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? Mark, Just out of curiosity, do you know anything about the build of the motor in a Denon DP80, iron core or coreless? I do know that it is a 3-phase synchronous AC motor the speed of which is controlled via the servo by varying the frequency of t... | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? Dear Ralph, I would have to agree with Axel. Platter mats (pads) have received LOTS of attention during the vinyl renaissance, both in the aftermarket and from turntable manufacturers. Just do a search of any website that features products for vin... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Axel, I think you are safe. Your critiques are not so damning. You left room for alternative opinions. Moreover, since many of these cartridges are no longer made or the companies do not even exist (except for Ortofon, AT, and Lyra), there is no d... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, I guess it is unfair to ask you or anyone else to declare that a cartridge is "bad" sounding. It might be best to try grouping them in terms of overall performance, as you suggest. | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? Jb0194, The fact that your turntable still runs at the correct average speed after you added all that mass, especially a heavy periphery ring, is not proof that there is no deleterious effect. But I don't think the Dual has a servo mechanism at al... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, I will say in advance, thanks for recommending the M20FL to me and for all your other previous good advice. Axel, where are setting VTF, and are you loading at 100K or 47K?It still would be worthwhile to know what cartridges did not sound so... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? By now, one could make a very very long list of MM and MI cartridges that have been recommended, sometimes with extravagant claims re performance, over the long course of this thread. It would be informative to know what cartridges you guys, espec... | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? Good point, Ralph. Also, if you use this un-named but "very heavy" pad (I assume you mean "mat") on an SP10 or the like, it may have a negative effect on the performance of the drive system, since the servo mechanism was designed specifically for ... | |
| Triplanar RCA out to Balanced out for MP-1 BTW, My assumption that your hum will be 100hz or below is based on my guess that you live somewhere that has 50 Hz mains frequency. The hum will be at 100 Hz or at 50 Hz, depending upon the rectification of your amplifier. If you live with 60 Hz ... | |
| Any word on the Blue Angel "Mantis"? Raul, "fumigate"? Were you quoting someone else? | |
| Triplanar RCA out to Balanced out for MP-1 Nandric, Obviously you need to be comfortable with whatever you do, but I guarantee the hum associated with poor grounding of the tonearm will not hurt your speakers. It's 100Hz or below in frequency; even the midrange is not involved. Moreover, i... | |
| Triplanar RCA out to Balanced out for MP-1 Nandric, You made me think. The shield for the Triplanar tonearm wires contacts the tonearm body where via the clamp at the base of the mount. So in effect, the shield per se grounds the tonearm body to the preamp. This may be why I never needed t... | |
| Triplanar RCA out to Balanced out for MP-1 Nandric, Try it both ways and see what happens. The very worst that can happen is hum; no risk of damage to anything except maybe your speakers if the volume is turned up too high. I own a Triplanar which I converted to XLR jacks from RCA jacks. I... |