rauliruegas

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MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY?
Dear friends: Seems to me that we forgot of one live MUSIC main characteristic that is its natural continuous flow. That characteristic can’t even in our system because we have no " continuity " in what the stylus pick-up under grooves ride due t... 
MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY?
Dear @theophile  : " We know irrefutably that someone is actually singing and someone is actually playing. Even when the sound transmits through a closed building. " Totally right and the main issue belongs to the live MUSIC kind of transients re... 
MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY?
Dear @mijostyn : " I generally stay away from making those kinds of comments Raul because people have no idea what my baseline is, what my system sounds like......" As lewm you have a misunderstood of what I ask through my post because I don´t c... 
MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY?
Dear @mijostyn   You posted 25 posts in this thread and knowing you and your experience levels is truly weird that in no one of your posts mentioned the characterisitcs of the sound you listen in your system that permits that you can have and over... 
MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY?
@lewm   :  ​​​​I agree with @frogman , it's not " immediacy "  where this characterisitc exist even in mistracking. It's like in horn speakers where we have that immediacy kind of sound that does not changes during cartridge mistracking. My firs... 
Developing A List Of Tonearm Candidates For A SOTA Turntable
Dear @mijostyn :  Yes, the Clearaudio looks fine but what dover posted is something to worry about the tonearm bearing design, normally ball bearings are true solid and with no issues but here the design is: balls+magnet and maybe this is what giv... 
MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY?
Dear @lewm @frogman :  So,more or less we agree about the way critical importance of the SPEED transient response. In a live MUSIC event between you and the MUSIC exist almost only the AIR when in a home audio systems it's a nightmare about and t... 
Developing A List Of Tonearm Candidates For A SOTA Turntable
Dear @cleeds  : Other classic combination with the SOTA TT is as @drmuso  already posted the ET-2. Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R.  
question about Balanced signals.
Dear @dukebdevil :  I have  serious  doubts that your amplifier be a TRUE balanced design as you posted. Please read these:   " The voltage gain (into 8 ohms) was 28.4dB via the unbalanced RCA jack. This is slightly on the high side for a THX-ce... 
Experiences With The Ikeda Arms?
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Experiences With The Ikeda Arms?
I forgot the stellar and more expensive ma<nufacturer that as Luxman exist today and is still  expensive: Accuphase, I still own one of its LOMC cartridges. Accuphase was the top of the top in Japan audio world. R.  
Experiences With The Ikeda Arms?
@jperry :Luxman and specially Nagra ( professional/audiophile markets. ) were what Rolex in watch by its very high quality design and build excecution of that design. Today even Nagra has a TT in the market. Your today Luxman has the same kind ... 
Would changing to a MC solve my problem?
Dear @lewm : The OP already has the answers to his questionsand some additional information for he can pull the trigger but instead of doing that he follows posting. Here what I said it: he has the link calculator that noromance posted and that ... 
Would changing to a MC solve my problem?
@traudio : In the mean time to decide what to do you can test the Goldring 1042 that’s not so expensive and that has higher output level ( 6.5mv ) and is a better performer that what you can think for its low price tag: the 1042 stylus is similar... 
Would changing to a MC solve my problem?
@traudio : Ok, then digital is ok so the problem is with analog and that could beaproblem in the V10 or in the H390 running analog. Why insist I in the overall issue? because those 46dbs of gain ( repeat ) is totally enough for any integrated to ...