rauliruegas

Responses from rauliruegas

Phono Preamp. With transformer or fully active
Dear @intactaudio : "  I make SUT's so I'm going to explore those options. You prefer an active stage so that is where your biases are. Tubed vs. solid state are a couple of more of the warring factions. This is where the subjective results co... 
Phono Preamp. With transformer or fully active
Dear @intactaudio : I always say: " every day is a learning day " and througgh your last post confirm it. Really enligthing ! ! in a way " torture road " and sometimes controversial critical and important subject.Thank's again.Regards and enjoy th... 
Looking for tonearm inspiration
@atmasphere  :Again because you did not answer in precise way not even mentioned about:""  wich its radial play, surface finish, material, tolerance ( ABEC 5,7 or 9 ), starting torque which affects the swinging of the tonearm up and down and foll... 
Cartridge Opinions - Sorry
I posted:""" Every audiophile knows the importance to match the cartridge/tonearm combination and to make an accurated geometry alignment. """R.  
Cartridge Opinions - Sorry
Dear @atmasphere : """  but still I was unprepared for what happened next.And that was that the Grado was perfectly able to easily track anything I threw at it. This was a bit of a surprise as a $35.00 cartridge shouldn't have been able to do tha... 
Cartridge Opinions - Sorry
@oldears  : good for you now that you are deep inside the land.R. 
Looking for tonearm inspiration
Dear @oldears : I’m not even touch the tonearm adjustable facilities. So, where are you?, because is not the issue.Read again my post and wait for his " expert " answer to what I asked.Btw, for any expert recording engeneering this fact just can’t... 
Phono Preamp. With transformer or fully active
Dear @intactaudio  : You posted this where we can read:  http://www.intactaudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=752#top "" When we terminate the transformer with a different value, we not only change the load seen by the cartridge we change the behavi... 
Looking for tonearm inspiration
@atmasphere  : "  are several grades harder than those used in the SME arms. "several grades? : how many grades and where are stated ?Harder?, so what:  wich its radial play, surface finish, material, tolerance ( ABEC 5,7 or 9 ), starting torque ... 
Cartridge Opinions - Sorry
@atmasphere  : You have no idea what you are talking about and your statements are boarding stupidity land.Again, after LP cartridge is the most important item in the analog rig.R. 
Phono Preamp. With transformer or fully active
Dear @lewm :  A dedicated external SUT is not builded exactly the same as the transfortmers used in phono stages where the designer knows that the customer can have different MC cartridges ( needs a gain/impedance selector/alternatives. ) and thei... 
Cartridge Opinions - Sorry
Dear @atmasphere  : "  the choice of cartridge is far less important than people make it ou...""Since when?.  Everything the same the cartridge self quality level performance is an makes a difference.All those cartridges I posted are diferent eve... 
Looking for tonearm inspiration
Dear @chilli42 : Wit your XV-1s the Kuzma 4-point, Triplanar or the SME V are good match and very good tonearms.Btw, Sutherland is a really good electronics designer and very good with phono stages.Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,R. 
Clearaudio Titanium V2 MC Cartridge Review comments
Dear @pyma6 : You can't go wrong with either of these options: https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa3bje-miyajima-labs-madake-snakewood-le-new-cartridges#&gid=1&pid=6 https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa3beg-soundsmith-hyperion-cart... 
Cartridge Opinions - Sorry
Dear @klooker : Here some nice alternatives, very good cartridges coming from well regarded manufacturers. https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa407f-shelter-901-mkiii-cartridges https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa3463-zyx-ultimate-100-over...