mijostyn
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| Cartridge Impedance Lewm is entirely correct. For LOMC cartridges the input impedance should be set at 10 times the internal impedance of the cartridge or a little above anywhere between 50 and 100 ohms covers most modern cartridges. It is not one of those areas wher... | |
| Amplifier current vrs watts; why is current more important? Hi atmasphere. I love your amps by the way. If I had reasonably normal loudspeakers I'd have a pair for sure. I have my eye on a pair of Soundlabs which I understand do wonderfully with your MA 2s.I am not sure I understand your last statement. Ar... | |
| Tube Pre Amp or Tube Phono stage Davey I'll second tomwh you want to get a tube phono stage. A 6922 base unit like some of the older ARC units will have tight bass and extended highs leaning more towards the SS side of things. A 12AX7 based unit will give you warmer bass and soft... | |
| SME Setup With Slotted Headshell That is highly unfortunate. Great cartridge for that tone arm! It's going to sound great. Most Protractors use LofgrenA. Mike Fremer prefers Lofgren B. I don't know anyone who likes Stevenson. It improves distortion at the end of the record and g... | |
| SME Setup With Slotted Headshell Hi dhcod. The three important variables here are effective tonearm length, overhang and offset angle. The sliding head shell is a great addition. There is no industry standard for stylus position in space relative to the mounting holes. If you use... | |
| Does removing anti-skating really improve sound? Lewn Theoretically you are correct in that varying tangency will change the force vector but in real life the error is so small it does not account for much. You are mistaking velocity with record speed. As the modulation increases so does velocit... | |
| Cartridge Recommendations I'll second the Lyra Delos | |
| Does removing anti-skating really improve sound? Actually Lewm groove velocity takes into account the length of the path the stylus travels through the groove. The more tortuous the higher the velocity. The force required to move the stylus back and forth is seen by the system as friction. So, t... | |
| Does removing anti-skating really improve sound? Larry, yes when the groove velocity (modulation) increases friction of the stylus in the groove increases increasing the skating force. Groove velocity also decreases as you move to the center of the record. Now, do you set your tracking force to ... | |
| Identify a Resistor in an Audio Research PH3 No color code? I have a PH 3 SE. It is something like 20 years old and absolutely wonderful. I have no plans on replacing it. Simplicity at it's finest. All you need is a selection of Takman 1% 1/4 watt metal film resistors. audiocollective.co.uk ... | |
| Odd question... power compared to? For the money you can not beat the Parasound. It has the same effortless nature heard in the JC1. Nothing bothers it. Frankly there is no Mac amp that I would take over it. Macs have a way over smoothing over fine detail giving them a warm easy to... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? Get a test record with vertical and lateral resonance test tracks and see what happens. | |
| What are the top 3 dream speakers you wanna buy next regardless of price? Oh and Cleeds, All subjective reviews are biased. If not by money and favor than by experience right or wrong. Specs are one thing, how something sounds is another far more complicated issue. Again I say you have to know what you want to hear and ... | |
| What are the top 3 dream speakers you wanna buy next regardless of price? Hi Cleeds, JAs measurements are great until he gets to some newer electronics that are more accurate than his test equipment which he frequently admits too. His waterfall plots are great and tell you a lot about how a loudspeaker will react with a... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? Holter, The SME V is too light for the Lyra Atlas, a cartridge of intermediate compliance. I suspect you are seeing the woofer take off up between 15 and 20 Hz. Add one or two grams to the head shell and let us know what happens. |