rauliruegas
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| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? Dear @lohanimal : well, the VDH advise and my self experiences that even that advise can helps with any tonearm with trough/paddle that normally has it at the tonearm pivot distance and this fact makes things different with the Townshend that doe... | |
| AT-ART9XI Cartridge - Reduced Compliance Dear @keegiam : I listened the ART 7 from where the XA comes but we can think the XA is an improvement over the 7. In the other side the Dyna is very good performer and in reality is a hard call.I like the Audio Technica but I like the Dyna too an... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? @lohanimal : The great Townshend characteristic is that the damping happens where everything start: rigth at the LP surface/cartridge and this is it's unquestionable advantage.About silicon viscosity I think that 10cst is to low and you wil try h... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? Dear @lohanimal : " At first you think images are smaller - in fact they are far more precise and occupy spaces much better. In addition to this surface noise comes down and bass was more preisee to my ears "That’s what you stated with the Sigma20... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? Dear @lohanimal : "" I had a short listen to the FR64s and thought it sounded perfectly good...""Good even that the resonance frequency is ouit of the ideal range. Your experience with confirms the benefits of tonearm damping.Some audiophiles t... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? Dear @billstevenson : " While you seem satisfied with you methodology, I encourage you to try and borrow an "O"scope because I am sure you would like it. "Yes, maybe I like it.Bill I don't want and don't need to go so " detailed " on the cartri... | |
| SAEC WE-308 L or a new tonearm? Dear @jeff1225 : I'm not against the GM only that exist other very good alternatives and Jelco is an alternative.Every audio item in the market were designed and manufactured at an specipic price point so you can't think that the Jelco comes with... | |
| vinyl versus digital redux Dear @seventies : " So vinyl to high resolution digital retains the ’magic’ that many associate with vinyl sound. What other than an electro-mechanical groove-cutting process underlies that ’magic’ ? First than all non-exist that " magic " we audi... | |
| SAEC WE-308 L or a new tonearm? Dear @jeff1225 : Yes and the Kuzma 4Point or the Durand is better than the Jelco and the one you are talking about.As @roberjerman posted: Jelco for less than 1K and for that price is really good performer.Did you in your system comparison betwee... | |
| MM Cartridge Talk Dear @jimmy225 : Your Ortofon is very good performer and you can try these today top performers:https://www.audionote.co.uk/iq3https://garrottbrothers.com/optim-fgshttps://gradolabs.com/cartridges/timbre-serieshttps://www.lpgear.com/product/NAGAOK... | |
| .2mv vs .4mv out for LOMC into 60db gain phono stage? Dear @tablejockey : The one to go is for the XA that its design comes with no magnetic core and obviously less coil wire windings. These characteristics makes a superior alternative to the X1.Your phono has 60db gain and any integrated/line stag... | |
| Is this possible? Dear @daveyf : With out inverse RIAA eq. that can't be in any way no matters what.If your friend is listening everything in good shape then his line stage in reality is a phonolinepreamp, that's all.Which cartridge is using?Regards and enjoy the ... | |
| MM Cartridge Talk Dear @jimmy225 : Which your target with this tread? what do you want fo find out when each one of us own way different room/systems to yours?Do you want to buy 2-3 MM cartridges and try to find out the best ones or just for fun?Appreciated your a... | |
| Analog vs digital? Dear @ebm @tablejockey : " Analog is king. "Could be but where or what are your foundation/facts for that statement other that " I like it more "?I own over 6-7K LPs and own over 18 tonearms, 150+ cartridges and several TTs. I listened too the... | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? Dear @lohanimal : Those white papers are essential to read it for any one in the analog alternative as us.I tested my 64S using the arm wand tape ( and as always setting VTF through/using the counterweigth. Recomended. ) and improved so you can ma... |