mulveling
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| Why do so many people have problems with bass? Yeah it’s hard, for a lot of reasons - both limitations of the transducers and acoustic complexities of the room. I can’t stand thumpy / thwacky bass that sounds disjointed from the music - which is really easy to do, even with high end gear. I al... | |
| Ever Damage A Stylus Using Cleaning Brush? @prof I’d be very surprised if your cartridge is worn after only 18 months. That’s hard to do; your Benz uses a very high quality stylus and doesn't track heavy. With a heavily worn stylus, you’d most likely hear a sonic fuzz/grunge/haze type di... | |
| Phono Stage Gain - how does it impact sound? I used Sonic Frontiers Phono 1 as my main stage for a while. Sweet sound, spec'd at 64dB but apparently measures around 60dB. There was a very clear line where cartridges ~ 0.45 - 0.5mV would sing with that stage. - full dynamics, good bass, balan... | |
| Tyler Acoustic speakers It’s been a long time - over 15 years. I had the Tyler Taylo Ref Monitors, twice. REALLY liked those. Sweet midrange, large soundstage, sparkling treble, good detail. Bass extension sucked, as to be expected for a monitor of that size - which affe... | |
| Paper cone drivers/natural materials Been basically married to Tannoys with paper / pulp cones for over 15 years. I like some other speakers with modern materials, but love my Tannoys. | |
| 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... |