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Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Fleib, 'the 981 IS a 980 with a matched stylus'...The 'is' in your statement suggest the identity relation between the two except for the stylus. But from my and Acmans post from 12-29-12 it is obvious that there areother differences which ha... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Professor, 'Ask the professor' is a very understandable question. The problem is what to do with the answer. I have read somewhere that matalurgy is more an art than science. But 1.475 registered alloys is not what I anticipated as your answe... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear comrade Don, Richardkrebs mentioned 'Pandoras box' while I know no better exampel than the identity relation.What the logicians actually mean and need are the corefering names such that whatever is true about, say, Vienna is also true about W... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Acman, If I understand you well you actually wantedmy 981 in Texas in order to switch your 980 for my calibrated 981 ? OK but what kind of compensation do you have in mind? 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Acman, There may be something wrong with your cart. Why should you assume that your cart is ok and my 'wrong'?Both are individualy measured with explicite mentioning that those measurements apply only to the carts by whichthe data are provide... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Acman, According to the calibration data sheet each cart is individualy calibrated so the info provided by a cart appllies specificaly to the measured cart. By myspecimen the vertical compliance is 30 mm/ Newton as Ialready mentioned. The dis... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Hi all, Does anybody owns the Stanton TH 981 ? I just gotone. The prefix 'TH' refer to Thorens and means or implythat Stanton made his 981 HZS for Thorens. As far as I knowthe only Thorens worth mentioning were those which were sold without the to... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Dover, I have no problem at all to admit that I waswrong. Anyway if math. is involved I usualy skip the wholesubject matter. And I just started to like you. How about 'Fourier analysis' as a separate-separate thread?Regards, 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Dover,It is an old tradition to try to nail subject matters with categories or classifications. Those however are verbal and belong as such to language. The other partis called 'reference' while the aim is to point to the so called 'reality'.... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear comrade Don, Imitation is usually interpreted as a compliment but this does not apply by the so called 'intellectual property'. Shibata was a trademark while nearly everybody wanted to participate in 4 channel adventure. That is why we got 'S... 
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Dear Lew, Your Grace (what a name!) 714 was in high regard in Holland in the 80is. I would not mess with the pivot but only stiffen the headshell and than try. A friend of my owned one and was very fond about this tonearm. As faras I remember it w... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Henry, You got it wrong again. I am an Dutch lawyer but from Balkan origin. Otherwise I could not afford all those tonearms, not to mention all those carts (grin).Regards, 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Henry, Nikola does not agree with the 'curse'. On myKuzma there are the Reed 2A and the Triplanar VII in constant use.They just got as present Miyabi and Benz LP S. On my SP 10 there is (one of) my beloved FR-64s. So no problems of any kind w... 
AC power anomalies disrupt only phono stage?
Dear Henry, Ever thought about to use a battery poweredpre? I have never such problems with my ASR Basis Exclusive. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Raul, Even your errors have value for us. The styluserror in particulare has the therapeutic value. I bought at least 8 single styli but actually thought that this is very smart thing to do. Those are namely much more difficult to get then th...