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Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Halcro & Raul,Thanks for your comments.Regards, 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
I would like to know how much of a compromise in performance occurs when loading these various MM/MI cartridges at 47K? Must one invest heavily in a phono amp with variable cartridge loading or find one with 100k loading in order to achieve the ex... 
Ortofon MC A90 cartridge
http://www.turntables.lt/features.html#Tonearm_Reed2AAccording to this website the Reed 2A (12") has an effective mass of 16 gr. 
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The Miyajima Mono cartridge has breathed new life into my jazz mono recordings. This evenings fare:Cookin' The Miles Davis Quintet. My second issue blue label prestige outplays the Analog Productions reissue. 50's jazz at its best.June Christy, So... 
SET owners, need help with Rectifier tube
Thanks for the input. I will give Upscale Audio a call. 
Review: Allnic H 3000 phono preamplifier Tube preamp
Carl, very good review. Your description of what you are hearing with the H-3000 parallels the results I am getting with the H-1500 phonoamp. I was fortunate enough to have a friend loan me his H-1500 as he was moving up to the H-3000. I kept the ... 
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Whew!!! Three Guitar Virtuoso's. Al Dimeloa, John McLaughlin & Paco Delucia."Friday Night In San Francisco" Philips Records. Speakers Corner Reissue. Stellar recording musically and sonically. Want to test the speed of your system? This is the... 
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Great to be back. Finally obtained a new front end rig. Currently breaking in a new cartridge. This recent setup did not get in the way of a new record I recieved today.Thorens 125th Anniversary 3 record set. First of all let me say the packaging ... 
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Slipknot1, do you own or had an opportunity to hear your above mentioned Symphonie Fantastique, Argenta reissue on Decca by Speakers Corner? If so I am interested in your appraisal. Regards, 
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Two different performances of Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastic.One with Massimo Freccia, conducting The Royal Philharmonic on Chesky. The other with Thomas Beecham conducting the French National Radio Orchestra on HMV Concert Classics. I love both per... 
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Midnight Sugar-TBM Supercut label. A swinging Japanese trio playing jazz & blues. Excellently recorded.Are there any "high" recommendations for DaveBrubeck's "Time Out" 45 rpm?Thanks again 
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Mozart, "Concerto for Bassoon"-Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra, Bernard Garfield, Bassoon. Columbia Masterworks Mono recording.Offenbach, "Gaite Parisienne"-Fiedler, Boston Pops RCA 45 rpm & Chesky 180g pressing. I wanted to hear how the 45 rp... 
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Rushton,Thank you for responding. 
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Can anyone offer input on the RCA Heifitz recordings on Classic records? I know the performances are excellent. Did Classic do a good job of remastering these performances?Thanks 
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Follow up to Ravel:"Rapsodie Espanol" 45 rpm. This set does not include Ibert's: "Escales" aka "Ports of Call" which is on the 33 rpm version.