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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regarding the efficacy of loading MM cartridges at around 100K ohms instead of 47K, I discovered this myself many years ago by accident. (I soldered in the wrong resistor; when I then replaced the 100K one with a 47K one, the sound was definitely ... | |
| Record mats for vintage tts Ralph, That's a pretty dogmatic approach, but thanks for your post. The Herbie's is "rubber", or something that looks and feels like rubber. The BA Mat 1 is graphite, which would seem on principle to be a good idea. Both have their admirers. Lenco... | |
| Would Like To Hear From Strain Gauge Owners Hxt1, So I take it that Raul alienates you because of his preference for solid state phono stages (i.e., his own) and his dislike of the Denon DL103, plus the fact that he is a bit dogmatic at least on the former subject. Notwithstanding these fac... | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables Ketchup, I would say there's nothing very great about the build quality of a Lenco L75. The drive system is completely novel and full of potential problems, but it works very very well, if you perform a few mods here and there and get rid of the s... | |
| The necessity of a plinth Dazzdax, You raise an interesting question, and I am glad that Raul responded with his experience. One logical reason for a heavy plinth on the SP10 was put forward by Mark Kelly, a person whose opinion commands respect. Mark noted that because of... | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables Mrjstark, We are in the same boat. One reason that I am tinkering with these old tts, idler and dd types, not belt-drives, is that I have heard all the best belt-drives that cost less than $5,000 and already know that my Lenco in giant plinth can ... | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables Mrjstark, It's really a question of whether the highest forms of modern technology are being applied to tt development at all. Perhaps the Monaco Grand Prix tt is an example that would tend to answer the question in the affirmative, but there are ... | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables There are moments, when driving a late 50's Porsche at 9/10ths, when you're in the groove, that really can't be equalled and certainly not beaten by any modern sports car, even a modern Porsche. Something has been lost, just like in the LP vs CD c... | |
| Reason for buying old/classic turntables I will frankly admit that I have become smitten with vintage tts only in the last year after acquiring a Lenco in a "giant direct-coupled" plinth. The Lenco was immediately perceived to sound better than my Notts Analog Hyperspace, so the Notts ha... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Rnm4, The same goes for me. I only wanted to enliven the discourse. There's really no way that Jean could have an underlying motive when he states that he likes the Technics SP25 better than an SP10 MkII; I hope it's understood that I also think t... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Rnm4, I have and had no intention of starting a fight. All I'm saying is that when one says X is due to Y, Y ought to be true. If Y is not true, then it cannot be a cause of X. Without being specific, I take issue with some of Jean's Ys (his presu... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Rnm4, you are correct. I misspoke. I should have written that Jean does propose his hypotheses as facts, without having done the experiments necessary to prove the hypotheses, as you also suggest. Or if he did them, he does not present the data. | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Dear Jean, With all due respect, and speaking as a happy owner of one of your Giant direct-coupled Lencos, I must nevertheless take issue with some of the bald statements you've made in this last post, many of which are repeated from previous post... | |
| What loading do you use on your Dynavector XX2MKII Islandman, I'd be curious to know what speakers you are using and what happens to the sound as you increase the load resistance that you find less pleasant. I am just very surprised that 10-ohm loading sounds best. | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III Hiho, Go over to Lenco Lovers and take a look at the PTP3 top plate, made to conquer the very problems you cite as regards idlers. I'm working on that one, too. You can have a used Lenco and a PTP3 for under $500.Do you think one could just remove... |