rauliruegas
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| SME 20/3 --- tonearm recommendations!? Dear @syntax : """ energy transfer, forces to cantilever..."""where are in your tonearms the measurements of those characteristics, can you share with us?You think you have not mediocre designs, well measurements is the best approach to " see ... | |
| BEST HARMLESS/SIGNATURELESS SPEAKERS CAPACITORS. Dear friends: As I said before I had not high expectations changing the Wima FKP-1 instead the V-caps Teflon Cu at the input of my Levinson’s amplifiers.I have to say that even that I bougth the 10% tolerance model in Wima ( because the 5% was out... | |
| Is there a physical and ritual connection with the analog LP? Dear @whatjd : Not to me, the only sense for me is the physical and emotional connection with MUSIC. That's all about and it does not matters the media.Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,R. | |
| Anybody out there re-cantilever their cartridge with a Soundsmith Contact Line diamond ? Dear @fourwnds : the Reference one stylus shape is a special elipthical Grado design, so you can expect that its sound could be the same.In the other side it depends who made the re-tipping and with which kind of cantilever and stylus. It's a l... | |
| Anyone listen/own to the Yamaha GT-5000 Turntable? @lewm : I only said that the " novelty " came at least from 1985 when Viv or other today same designs had nothing yet. The rSA 1 ( I owned ) was unipivot and his headshell rotates, diferent from the Yamaha and certainly the Viv ( magneto-oil floa... | |
| best phono stage under 10k Dear @analogluvr @millercarbon : Herron is a good unit nothing more. The OP is looking for top league where Herron just can't play.It does not compares against FM Acoustics, Grail VDH or other ones out there that are in a way different league.R. | |
| Anyone listen/own to the Yamaha GT-5000 Turntable? Dear @lewm : "" I do like about it is the very novel and interesting underhung tonearm....""It's not a " novel " tonearm, Yamaha made perhaps the first ( that kind of " novel " design. ) tonearm type design in 1985.Yes the vintage GTs were D... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth @lewm : """ is that we often don’t have correct data for our particular sample of cartridge or tonearm.. """so then why bother about the myth or the existence of that ideal resonance frequency range, now I got it. Thank's.R. | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth @noromance : a mistake, must say: " that myth exist ..."" | |
| Anybody out there re-cantilever their cartridge with a Soundsmith Contact Line diamond ? Dear @jsbail : Normally when we have not the kind of money that the manufacturer ask for a replacement damaged cartridge then the best option is to look for a re-tipper and Soundsmith is very well regarded and you will preserve the more importan... | |
| replacing tonearm question? Dear @simao Ask directly to VPI.Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,R. | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth @syntax : If you got it 15 years ago then your other post makes no common sense at least if you think that the important issue is what is rigth and not what we like.lewm said : " " The vinylista is free to try anything. "" and that is not the main... | |
| best phono stage under 10k Dear @saxaudio1 : There are really good alternatives and if you want to buy you last phono stage and no matters what you have to go for SS designs and avoid the tube or hybrid alternatives that's not made it really for LOMC cartridges just can't ... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Dear @noromance : """ a gentleman, fellow enthusiast, and does not deserve some of these pretty abrasive posts..."""It could be a gentleman but that's not the main subject it's nothing personal against or in favor of his " person " in the threa... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Dear @syntax : If it's true almost all what you said but nothing of that really matters if the tonearm is not well damped.A tonearm/cartridge resonance frequency out of the ideal frequency range it's a lot more prone to develops resonances/dist... |