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et-2 damping trough-good idea or not?
Dear @ct0517  :  """   negates the need for a damping trough.. """my fault. So for you resonances does not exist or already puts/are at zero in the CF/magnesium ET wands and does not needs that kind of damping.Now, clear to me and again : my faul... 
Vinyl “Pops & Clicks” eliminators
Dear @jhajeski : Any thing additional in the signal where must pass it  affects that signal with some kind of degradation but today that kind of audio items are way advanced in design/parts and build quality that the best is to listen it.@mike_in_... 
Mounting Triplanar Tonearm to SME 20/2 Turntable
Dear @snackeyp : First than all contact directly to SME asking for advise(help I think they will help you: enquiries@sme.co.uk   or  +44(0) 1903 814321 In the other side you can do it only with those two holes or with the 3M tape but you don’t l... 
SME and OL tonearms....
Dear @teleos : I like OL but I like SME too and the SME models you listed  has removable headshell that's an advantage to interchange in easy way diferent cartridges.Btw, no one of those SME has knife bearings but ball races.Regards and enjoy the ... 
et-2 damping trough-good idea or not?
Dear @ct0517  : I know that the ET designer is not even close ( it's far away ) to be a " stupid " gentleman that designed and promotes a damping way in his tonearm where he took the time in the design, manufacture it and the time to make the meas... 
et-2 damping trough-good idea or not?
Dear @frogman  : """  HOW DO YOU KNOW? How do you know what the actual sound is on the recording after being subjected to all those unknowns;..."""I did not. My common sense tells me that if at each link in my room/system I try/put all kind of di... 
Cartridge upgrade for vintage TT - MM or MC?
Dear @elangley01 The today AT cartridges are really good and the Ortofon too. Even you can look to the all new options that Sumiko has in its new cartridge designs.You can't wrong with either inside your budget and with new today cartridge designs... 
et-2 damping trough-good idea or not?
Dear @ct0517  : I appreciated your posts, now you ask for my objective here but you did not answer my question about your own experiences with that ET damping that the designer promotes for good reasons.I'm talking that in normal conditions we can... 
et-2 damping trough-good idea or not?
Dear @ct0517  : """  When they are put against a moving vinyl record which is not perfect, and has imperfections I discussed previously - like the ripples; these imperfections, since this is a vibration resonance activity - EXCITE - the resonance... 
Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍
Dear @edgewear : """  So the use of aluminum cantilever has nothing to do with 'ignorance' on the designer's part ... ""could be butb in some cases low knowledge design levels is one of the reason for aluminum cantilevers.In this thread I posted ... 
Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍
Dear @halcro : """ in this Thread you are hearing two ’identical’ cartridges with the ’cantilever material’ the only difference. """identical?, who says that. In this thread exist at least two posts that say different " things " about. In one of t... 
et-2 damping trough-good idea or not?
Dear @ct0517  : Through my audio years I learned that well damped tonearms designs always performs and sounds better that non-damped ones.I remember at least the experiences with 3-4 of my tonearms: Micro Seiki MAX, SME V and Audiocraft where a... 
Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍
Dear @clearthink : Thank's for your advice that some times is true but here I have good experiences not only with cartridges but with Highphonic.R. 
Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍
Dear @harold-not-the-barrel  : Nice to read you are enjoying Highphonic R5 cartridge that was at the middle of the overall Highphonic models.As I said Highphonic made it very good cartridge designs with very good quality performance faraway of tha... 
et-2 damping trough-good idea or not?
Dear @ct0517  @frogman  : I understand the issue of tonearm/cartridge resonace frequency."""  Please note that the tonearm now responds much more slowly due to fluid damping.... """That could affects in some way the freely cartridge stylus riddin...