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| Field coil dava cartridge @dover , It is difficult to achieve with three eyes. Bruce Thigpen needs more study in the area of suspension and mass loading. The groove loading at the horizontal resonance frequency of any air bearing arm is horrendous and clearly audible as a ... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @dogberry , A coral version of The Lark Ascending? I did not know a human voice could go that high. Vaughn Williams is an eternal favorite. I am about to retire and plan on completing my ultimate system. Damn the torpedoes! | |
| Current sensing phono stages w/Rega? @hleeid , I have a Seta L Plus that can run either current or voltage mode. For current mode to work really well the impedance of the cartridge needs to be less than 2 ohms. At about 5 ohms gain will be equal in either mode. Above that you will h... | |
| What a difference a setting makes. There is only one "right" SRA and that is 92 degrees. Not all records were cut at exactly 92 degrees but unless you want to drive yourself crazy it is the best average setting. Expensive cartridges are easy, as long as the headshell is parallel to... | |
| Ground voltage!! @lewm , I really like herring. | |
| Generally speaking, are MC cartridges more delicate than MMs? In terms of mechanical integrity and reliability there is no difference. Some MM cartridges have replaceable styluses where this is impossible with MC cartridges. MC cartridges offer a level of performance that is definitively superior to MM car... | |
| System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live @rauliruegas , I think we may have different definitions of point and line source. A point source is a driver that is smaller in all dimensions than the shortest wavelength it is to reproduce. I line source is a driver that is larger in at least... | |
| Field coil dava cartridge I've been absent for too long. @pindac wax poetic all you want. I love that. My own way of saying it is, "I am going to kick ass":-) @ whomever brought the topic up. 12" tonearms are terrible. They sacrifice low inertia and stiffness for an insig... | |
| System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live @lewm , tell me about it. For some strange reason Sowter stopped making ESL transformers and the ones I have found are peanut 50 or 75 to one jobs that will not handle the power I could throw at them. That resistance is primarily in the treble reg... | |
| System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live @atmasphere , not to mention that mine are 8 feet tall which means the volume does not dissipate nearly as quickly as point source systems. Horns can make up for this with extreme efficiency and controlled dispersion. Other dynamic speakers not so... | |
| System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live @rauliruegas , thanx a bunch Raul. I sit 4 meters away. You have to remember That my system is line source. It's volume does not fade with distance like a point source system will. Yes, each main speaker has two transformers. They are nothing near... | |
| System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live @atmasphere , come on Ralph you just squish them in there. Hold that thought:-) @lewm , the 6 ohm MC Diamond has more gain in voltage mode, about 3 dB. It definitely sounds better in transimpedance mode. Bass drums have more punch and the bass ha... | |
| Why do so many sellers take offense to offers on their listings? @mikelavigne , my first three cars were Hondas. I do not take offers and have a polite one word answer, no. I usually am selling something just to get it out of my way and have already priced it below Blue Book value. If audiophiles are so conce... | |
| Turntable isolation Hi millercarbon! Glad to have you back! @nhmanmtb , I rode mountain bikes for decades here in New Hampshire. Our favorite was always Massabesic. My kids would do the logroll over and over again laughing hysterically. Your best bet is to order a... | |
| System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live Lots of opinions here in all directions. Lets take an example. Two weeks ago I saw Smashing Pumpkins and Janes Addiction at the Boston Garden. We were dead center, 20 rows back. It was so loud I had to use my Etymotic ear plugs. The sound was in ... |