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| Ever Damage A Stylus Using Cleaning Brush? Guys who leave the sound on while cleaning: has that ever actually saved you from anything? Seems like by the time you're aware of a mishap, it would be too late. Plus a large sudden JOLT of sound thru the speakers is just as likely to damage the ... | |
| Rogue pharaoh II or Cronus Magnum III ? I still own and appreciate their Apollo Dark monoblocks. Haven’t heard the hybrids, but heard good things about the sound. That said - I have no interest in their hybrids. Their "killer app" is full tube power amps, made in USA, with a really grea... | |
| Ever Damage A Stylus Using Cleaning Brush? The cartridge is only about a year and a few months old. I actually don’t want to fiddle with it unless absolutely necessary. After a very arduous cartridge alignment session a while back I hit "gold" and got the best sound I’d ever had. Not sur... | |
| Phono Stage Amp @mulveling For now, One more question; or asking for verification: TT -> SUT -> MF M1 (MF M1 input from SUT is MM not MC) then lastly, Care in choosing RCA. Ground from TT to SUT and, if necessary, ground also from SUT to MF M1 Am I unde... | |
| Ever Damage A Stylus Using Cleaning Brush? @prof Well, even though I could swear the tone changed a bit, things still sound fantastic so I’ll have to go with "it was my imagination." I can admit that I had a similar experience many years ago, with an Ortofon Windfeld MC. A good friend... | |
| Phono Stage Amp MC input Frequency response RIAA/IEC ±0.2dB Input sensitivity 300µV in for 300mV out (at 1 kHz) Input impedance 47KΩ THD at 1 kHz 88dB “A”-wtd. Line level outputs 1 pair RCA (phono) left and right 300mV rms nominal No dip switches. Are you sugg... | |
| Phono Stage Amp The root problem is WHY crank the volume up just past half way and there tends to be distortion. If the M1 can’t provide enough voltage to feed the downstream components, then the preamp volume control should be able to turn all the way to max t... | |
| Ever Damage A Stylus Using Cleaning Brush? Most would cringe at my Magic Eraser usage. I use a drop of water, and do a dip and then a gentle back & forth "rotational scrub" before lifting again 😂 Then repeat on a dry section. Plus a few simple dip & lifts for good measure. Use a dr... | |
| Phono Stage Amp @cinqcepages What is the output of the E.A.T E-Glo Petit? E-Glo max gain is 70 dB. For your 0.25mV Goldring, that gives an output of about 0.8 Volts (790 milliVolts). On paper, it’s a good choice. Your current M1 yields only 0.15 Volts (149 m... | |
| Ever Damage A Stylus Using Cleaning Brush? But I infer from the replies this is unlikely. Is that because to move the stylus off center at all it would actually require a movement of the whole head shell, like when one is adjusting tracking? It's because any forces the stylus / cantile... | |
| Is it worth using an Anticable level 5 for a PHONO PREAMP? Overkill? All this talk about "closed minds" but in this case OP asked a specific question that was NOT "convince me expensive power cables are stupid". Agree with @ozzy62 the usual cable bashing is tiring. | |
| Phono Stage Amp The MF M1 phono stage has an MC-mode gain of only 56 dB (you calculate that out from its listed 500 uV input to 300 mV output). That’s pretty low. I wouldn’t be comfortable using that with any cartridge below say 0.6 mV. If @rodman99999 is right a... | |
| Ever Damage A Stylus Using Cleaning Brush? Ah yes, I remember the audiophile nervosa from my first few years of high-end MC cartridge’ing :) 15 years now, some 2 dozen MC cartridges, lots of cleaning, and never any damage caused by cleaning. The real risk is too little cleaning. It’s almo... | |
| Is it worth using an Anticable level 5 for a PHONO PREAMP? Overkill? 8 AWG is a bit overkill for a phono stage, yes. That doesn't mean that it won't sound good, or that you won't like the effect. Phono stages have an absolutely constant power draw (unlike power amps) so you don't need "uncompressed power delivery"... | |
| Is there a strategy in preamp tube placement? Yeah largely sized tube elements combined with lots of gain is a challenge. It’s also hard for those flimsy mica spacers to tightly hold down the grid/plates/cathode spatial relationships enough versus the gain factor, especially after all these d... |