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| Thoughts On Turntable Clamps And Weights I’ve found the sonic distinctions between various weights & clamps to be subtle at best. That said, over time I’ve settled on Stillpoints LPI as favorite. The real value of a center weight comes when used in conjunction with a ring clamp to e... | |
| UPS Driver Literally Drops Package with New Hana Umami Red Those UPS,FEDEX, USPS, and Amazon delivery guys work very hard every day, often for much longer than 8 hours to meet a quota. Give them some credit. This minor incident is being blown way out of proportion in my opinion. Hear hear. They do a gr... | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum That’s an awful story. Very sorry to hear this happen to you. Shame on MoFi! This makes a case that the traditional distributor / dealer model for cartridges is broken. One of the worst "middle man" arrangements in this hobby. Huge (multi -$K) ma... | |
| Suggestions please. Your favorite 3, 12ax7 tubes Mazda silver plate 12AX7 are my easy favorite. They can be a tad bright, but their dynamics, detail and sweet mids more than make up for it. However avoid the 5751 silver plates - they're a ridiculously bright mess. Next is GE 5751 TMBP, specifi... | |
| UPS Driver Literally Drops Package with New Hana Umami Red I would not be alarmed at all. Any cartridge packaging I’ve ever seen should be able to handle that no problem, especially after packed for shipping with outer box. What kills cartridges dead is having a cleaning lady lol. The coil wires look ver... | |
| Ortofon Kontrapunkt C vs. Cadenza Bronze Nor would I. It is the Kontrapunkt C that is going to get a new stylus! Oops! That's what I get for reading fast and sloppy, sorry. Yep, that's exactly what I'd do. Get the Kontra retipped and hope for the best. Whatever FG you can get. I would... | |
| Ortofon Kontrapunkt C vs. Cadenza Bronze I used to own the Kontrapunkt "c" and later owned 2 Cadenza Bronzes. I still have a Bronze. I share many of your feelings -- the Kontra seemed a bit more fun and satisfyingly musical somehow. The Bronze offers a slightly more restrained and "prope... | |
| Tube microphonics people posting their experience with microphonics. The worst offender in my experience is OS (they are never really New) 6SN7. Jerry @carlsbad2 Yes, I share that experience. Old GT series 6SN7 from the 1940s are notoriously microphonic. Thi... | |
| Sequential Tube Monoblocks Totally depends on the manufacturer, but it’s ALWAYS better to have factory matched pairs or at least consecutive / close serial numbers. Hand wiring will have more chances for variance than PCB, obviously. Some manufacturers will also make minor ... | |
| Tube microphonics IMO tube dampers on power tubes will have no effect unless you’re doing it for the look. Never had a power tube be microphonic in the slightest. I’ve also never had any damper solve a microphonic tube issue in a preamp -- the solution in that case... | |
| Tube microphonics Maybe. I’ve only rarely heard any tubes acting microphonics in power amps, and only for very old NOS tubes in the V1 / input slots. Amps are very far downstream in the gain structure, so microphonics are rarely an issue. Tube preamps and phono sta... | |
| Matching the cartridge to the phono stage @ajones82 those last numbers are the signal to noise ratio relative to a reference input level (the “typical” MM and MC cartridge output levels), as calculated by the IHF A weighting standard. The A weighting heavily de-emphasizes bass (power supp... | |
| Matching the cartridge to the phono stage You mentioned Benz and Soundsmith. Many Benz LOMC cartridges have high-ish internal resistance, like the Hana SL (33 ohms). So those are just as difficult to match with your phono stage as is the SL. Specifically, these Benz models are: Gullw... | |
| "Can You Lift Yours?" Well, yuh....but ones' personal form factor remains the bottom line, esp. when the hands hit the chassis... Unless your posted pic is a file photo from youth gone by, you've got a built-in 'cheat'. *mock grumble* And it's vaguely reassuring tha... | |
| Recommendation Request for Tube Power Amplifier At your budget, looking for a classic tube sound, and needing at least midrange power -- I think restored vintage or vintage inspired amps are the way to go. I started out in tube amps with restored Heathkit and Eico amps. They sound wonderful. ... |