neonknight
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| As An Experiment I Stuck A Few Things Under My Pre-Amp And Am Now On A Quest First of all I do want to thank all those who have taken the time and effort to respond with their experiences and what pathways they have chosen. As we can see there is very little consensus on how to tackle this issue. There is a whole gamut o... | |
| Dream Amps I Could Not Afford 20 Years Ago Now Undesirable When I was a college student in the late 1980s I dreamed of a pair of Apogee Caliper or Celestion SL600, and Martin Logan CLS. I also dreamed of a Linn LP12/Ittok/Koetsu Rosewood. I was a part time salesperson in college in an audio store and the ... | |
| MM Phono Stages With Greater Than 40 dB of Gain? @lewm Sounds reasonable. Tracks with I would expect for total gain needed on the phono stage combo to allow the cartridge to be at its best. With the T2000 supplying 35dB then I need 45 to 50 dB from the phono stage. | |
| Brinkmann Bardo Then ring a dealer and ask what they sell used models for and Bobs your Uncle. You got a accurate used selling price. | |
| Brinkmann Bardo Do a search on Hifi Shark, it should give you the largest cross section of listings and sold items so you can get a ballpark in value. | |
| Compliance of a First Generation Kiseki Blackheart I suspect that 20 dyne compliance is a 10 Hz based number. I put the cartridge on a SME V and it sounds lovely! I have it slightly tail down, and when I hit this current position, I was listening to an album that had so much lower bass than I had ... | |
| MM Phono Stages With Greater Than 40 dB of Gain? So far it seems to get that level of gain is going to be had with tube based phono stages. Are there any solid state alternatives? @mulveling The MC2000 . .05 mV, so a bit lower. I have the T2000 which is listed as having 35 dB of gain. I think... | |
| Curious Why Benz Micro Slid Into Obscurity @mulveling Aidis is using some petrified materials, which is closer to stone than anything else. | |
| Curious Why Benz Micro Slid Into Obscurity @mulveling Thanks for the post. It is informative. I find it intriguing that they build their cartridge frames out of brass versus many of the more exotic materials being used. The LP and LP-S looks to sell.for $5K which is not terribly high in t... | |
| A Discussion About What Level Of Analog To Stop At @kennyc I had similar thoughts about the Walker, and all that brass is ugly! The Scheu turntable weighs 85 pounds, so it's kind of high mass When I first bought it I emailed Scheu inquiring about arm board and lubrication. Never heard from t... | |
| Curious Why Benz Micro Slid Into Obscurity @lewm You have statistical support for the claim that "what cartridges" are at a price point of $1K or less? Even so that category used to be one where the ACE was a major player. Looks like the current model is about $900. It just struck me as o... | |
| Curious Why Benz Micro Slid Into Obscurity That is pretty much the definition of speculation....guessing. Yet this is observation. Go back and look at threads of recommend me a cartridge. The answers rarely, if ever say Benz Micro, and never a specific cartridge. We hear Hana, Dynavect... | |
| Compliance of a First Generation Kiseki Blackheart @hiendmmoe Mine is the first generation cartridge, not the new version. Mine would have been produced in the late 80s or early 90s. | |
| A Discussion About What Level Of Analog To Stop At I like a BM Ruby? That is news to me. | |
| Compliance of a First Generation Kiseki Blackheart I did install the Kiseki this afternoon, and got the set up set. Of course I need a bit of fine tuning of tracking weight and VTA. This long body is a bit of a bastard to get on the SME arm, but it does fit. But the initial impressions are very po... |