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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Viper, Usually there is no actual capacitor at the input to a phono stage, except when one is deliberately added in order to properly load an MM cartridge. If you see a discrete capacitor in there, then yes you can measure it with a very good qual... | |
| RS-3 owners: Seeking anti-skate help I should add here that I heard the RS-A1 at Dave's house and was similarly impressed, since I was familiar with the sound of Dave's system as a baseline. Very lively and therefore life-like is the best way I can sum it up. To paraphrase what Dorot... | |
| RS-3 owners: Seeking anti-skate help Thanks, Quiddity, for correcting me. I am guilty of believing the box that the RS-A1 comes in, rather than thinking about what is actually happening. It's good to know you're still out there somewhere. Would the pivoting headshell have any effect ... | |
| RS-3 owners: Seeking anti-skate help As far as I know, the whole rationale for the design of the RS3 is to eliminate the skating force. To the extent that there probably is some small amount of friction in the pivot point of the headshell, that may generate some skating force, but it... | |
| Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik Dear Raul, I read with interest and some surprise your comments above regarding the fact that you were disappointed in the PC-1 because of the price/performance ratio. You stated that at half its retail price (i.e., ~$3,000) you would rate the PC-... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, Just to be certain I am not misunderstanding your last long post above, I take it that the following MMs have ranked as "stellar":Audio Technica ATML 170 and 180 OCC, Grado The Amber Tribute, Grace Ruby, Garrot P77, Nagaoka MP-50 Super,... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, Have you found surprising virtues in old MCs, as well as old MMs? I did see here or elsewhere that you were fond of the Supex (or one particular model of Supex). | |
| ZYX cartridges I gotta say that "back in the day" I heard many a B&O cartridge and was underwhelmed, tho I'm not certain that I ever have heard the specific model that Raul mentions. The ones I did hear cast a flattering sheen on the sound and made everythin... | |
| ZYX cartridges Dear Sirspeedy, Why not just enjoy the fabulous cartridge you already own? Just because there is a "newer" version does not necessarily mean it's a better version. Did Piedpiper say it was lower in output? That makes it all the more problematic fo... | |
| ZYX cartridges thanks, Raul. But I have searched the internet on several occasions for the MMs that you have found to be so excellent, and I have yet to find any of them for sale anywhere. If you can help me find one, I'd give it a listen. I do indeed have an MP... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Well, we're using the Lenco chassis, and most of us are not using the Lenco tonearm and plinth, so it's not really a fair comparison to the WTR. But by any standards, the WTR w/tonearm is very difficult to work with if one wants to change cartridg... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II I suppose I'll get slammed for writing this, but I have had a lot of exposure for the last 10 years to my friend's Well Tempered Reference table and arm, and I find nothing there to yearn for. The sound is invariably overdamped and unexciting. And... | |
| ZYX cartridges Thanks, Doug, for your usual thorough and knowledgeable comment. It was your praise of the Triplanar cum UNIverse that got me started thinking about ZYX, since I use a Triplanar, too. From what I've read at the Sorasound site and above, it would a... | |
| ZYX cartridges Redtop, I now see your problem. You have been listening to "ZXY" cartridges and comparing them to the Shure V15. Everyone knows that those ZXY products are not so good. Here we are talking about the ZYX product line, any of which should blow away ... | |
| ZYX cartridges I don't think you guys appreciate Redtop's great sense of humor. Very funny, RT.I was hoping for some descriptions of the many different variants of the Airy 2 and Airy 3, why they are different, how the structural differences effect sonics, etc, ... |