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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul and others, what tonearms and headshells are you using with the P76? I am wondering whether there is a commonality to your listening experiences. I am probably going to try mine in a Dyna DV505 first. | |
| New tonearm: wish to upgrade from DV 505 Price range? (It appears that you are willing to go high.) Cartridge preference will then be a determining factor. IMO, there is no such thing as THE best tonearm; it is all about synergy between table/tonearm/cartridge. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, Axel, Dave, Frogman, et al: Yes, it's got to have something to do with the hugely different gain characteristic of MM vs MC. But if this is all, then why don't MI cartridges stand out head and shoulders above the rest? A well-designed MI car... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III Hiho, It is quite possible that your speed "error" (if you want to call 200 rpm a mere error) is due to a leaky or deceased electrolytic. The best way to find that out is to replace the lytics with new ones. It really does not matter much what bra... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III Dear Raul, I hope you are correct, for your own sake. I would argue with your conclusions:(1) You misunderstand the potential problem. I/we do not say that electrolytic caps will "dissolve" or physically leak damaging fluids into the circuit (alth... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III Actually, unless it's a Mk2A, it is at least 30 years old, since date of manufacture. Obviously, I agree with Albert. My Mk2A had been fully serviced by Panasonic/Technics in 1989 and was not used thereafter; it was still in its shipping carton wh... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III Rnadelman, Look for a good standard SP10 Mk2 or 2A. (There is some scuttlebutt around that the 2A is less reliable. The excellent person who has serviced both my 2 and my 2A and many of Albert's tables sees no important differences. I think the 2A... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III Had a similar experience this weekend with my Denon DP80 in slate with a Triplanar/Colibri. A friend brought over an LP of Ray Brown playing with Laurindo Almeida. The first cut is "'Round Midnight". Almeida plays a little solo verse, and then Bro... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, I saw a photo of the ZYX on VA. You might check the threads there. It has a tiny blue ball at one end which is said to soak up resonances. (How often have we read that line?) Hence my allusion to your remark about "the ball" being in the cou... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, Have you seen the new $16,000-ZYX? Evidently the ball is not only in the LOMC makers court; it is also on the cartridge. By my calculations, one can own anywhere from 60 to 100 MM cartridges for the price of that one. | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III Here's the thing. If you fire up your SP10 MkII while it is just sitting naked on a shelf, you will see that IT will "do a little dance" (altho I never saw one make a little love). It does a little dance because of Newton's 3rd Law of Motion, and ... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Jock strap gives better bass response and lower rumble. I don't like the hf response with panty hose. | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III Dear Raul, You were once kind enough to post photos of your SP10 with "no plinth". As I recall it does sit in a piece of plywood, but it is supported underneath the chassis by some Audio Technica or similar compliant "feet". I always thought that ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Just when you guys convinced me to try it, the Sumiko Andante P76 for sale ad seems to have expired. Ah, well.... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III FWIW, I have removed and replaced the platters from two different SP10s, a MkII and a Mk2A, in order to lubricate their bearings and in order to replace electrolytic caps in the electonic module. (In medical training the aphorism regarding procedu... |