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| Variations of the Micro Seiki MA505 tonearm Thanks for the informative responses. Just to be clear, tho, the sample I own is a MkIII with a removable straight arm tube. Since it is of this late type, can it utilize the optional azimuth-adjustable headshell that you (Thom) describe? On earli... | |
| Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik What is voltage output of Empire EDR.9 and 750LTD? | |
| How to get 100 accurate azimuth? Rushton gave you the best answer. Also look on the Vinyl Asylum for the article by B Kearns on azimuth. He and Victor Komenkho are the ones to trust. One or both of those guys remark that adjustment of the azimuth has very little effect on output ... | |
| Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik Back in the '80s, I used to run a Grado TLZ. I think in those days I had a Keith Monk's unipivot tonearm (mercury contacts, probably banned by EPA at this point) on a Thorens TD-125. At times that Grado was magical. I do remember that it was demon... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Helen, If you don't mind using up about half your space, you COULD try Quad 57s in your small room. It would be like having the best, most transparent headphones ever made. | |
| MC cartridge output measurements I have the sneaking suspicion that most manufacturers now adhere to the 5 cm/sec standard, since that makes it appear that their cartridges have a higher output compared to ones with rated output based on velocity of 3.54 cm/sec. I don't even know... | |
| MC cartridge output measurements ARmstrod is correct if output in mV has a linear relationship to velocity in cm/sec and if any constants in the equation are equal to 1.0, which is probably essentially true, in this range of velocity at least. | |
| tubes and analog I agree that Raul's integrity should not be held in question based on this misinterpretation or misunderstanding or whatever it was. | |
| TOP Format I agree pretty much with Mikelavigne, except I would move SACD up to rank with "other vinyl" and "other high quality analog tape", but higher than FM. The ranking at #3 and #4 is VERY dependent on the sample, i.e., differences among individual LPs... | |
| tubes and analog Kudos to Dr. Geddes but he has apparently rediscovered what has been the accepted wisdom in audio for probably more than 20 years. The only way to account for the fact that many folks prefer tube preamps and amplifiers despite the fact that they t... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Thanks, Etch and Frankhertz. Don't need no stinkin' step-up, because I just finished modifying my phono stage for more gain, and it's working great driven by my Koetsu Urushi. (Seriously, if I did require a step-up, the Jensen would be my first ch... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II I had my first listen to a mighty Lenco on Saturday, playing my own records on a system that is otherwise foreign to me. I was floored by the HUGE soundstage, fabulous sense of depth and pace, and yes bass response in spades. Rumble? What rumble? ... | |
| Questions about and source for Kuzma Reference tt Thanks, Azjake. Are you a user? If so, have you compared it to other top tables? | |
| Atma-Sphere with which speaker cables? I've been using Alpha Core Goertz Silver cables with my Atma-sphere amps for several years with no complaints. Yes, the Alpha Core cables are relatively high in capacitance, compared to some others, but this will not at all negatively affect the p... | |
| Balanced in phono stages preamp? Not to beat a dead horse, but you wrote, "Lewm - didn't mean to say that balanced was bad just that there were trade offs." Not only did I not say that balanced was bad, but I was trying to say that I prefer it and why. Also, I was trying to conve... |