rauliruegas

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On Step Ups and the Importance of Managing Gain
Dear @folkfreak : Not really, the best phono stages has not transformers in its design, are active high gain designs.Tenor is not of the best out there. In its design the transformer is a must to has but this transformer does not means is one of t... 
New Air Tight PC-7 Cartridge...a contender??
Dear @daveyf : A contender?. Well today almost any LOMC cartridge is a real contender, there are not a lot of differences between cartridges and cartridge designs. Same type of coils, cantilevers, stylus shapes or body build materials. Are so simi... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear @harold-not-the-barrel : The eq. RIAA curve is measured between 20hz and 20khz and when the recording signal in the LP grooves goes inside the phono stage is applied the inverse eq. RIAA that gives as a result a flat frequency as was in the r... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear @frogman : Yes, original performance is the same but it's home reproduction sound is different.I understand perfectly your point of view. Now, every kind of expression/musicality/rythm comes in what the microphones pick-up during the recordin... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear @frogman : """  Absolutely not true. """Look, when we have a 2db deviations in a signal curve as the RIAA against " no deviations " then we have a different kind of sound . Please tell me why that is not true when the fundamental notes and a... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear @chakster : I don't think that PL of SS post in this thread never because is me who started this thread. Is a long and " old " history " that was developed precisely because his unique Strain Gauge system.As you said was Panasonic ( Matushita... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear @analogluvr  @frogman : Each one of us has to do our job. Belive me that I did it for years not months and in all this time I learned a lot.Unfortunatelly there is no rules about , we have to learn and stay/try to mantain a self training to h... 
Grace Level ll
@chakster : Too resonant. 
Can't set rake angle right even lowest VTA (digital microscope checked)
Dear @goldeneardoc : VPI tonearms has a especial kind of alignment that's not Barwald or Löfgren and that kind of alignment cause a overhang of deviation of 2mm. against the other alignments y could be the reason of the trouble you have about.I th... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear @analogluvr : """ your preference for digital and solid state tells me that you listen with your head and not your heart. .................................................................. You may have spent a lot of time studying these thing... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear @frogman @pryso : """ you’ve confused me again with your statement, "Remember that my main target in my home system is to stay nearer to the recording not to the live experiences."How many of us can have the experience of hearing a recording ... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear @downunder : That AS TT is nothing especial. Appeared in 1983 along the heavy weigth fashion of all those old times. Yes, a very high inertia moment that can helps to speed stability but with draw backs too. Nothing is perfect.If you observe ... 
Audio Technica AT ML-180 Cartridge Advice
Dear @ateal: I can't understand why you are taking so much trouble with that AT. If I was you I just put on sale and at the same time look for other MM alternatives that can be vintage or today ones that are very good performers.If you insist in y... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear @frogman : For years Mike was an analog lover and as thousands of audiophiles and music lovers digital was a forbiden alternative. For some time now he " understand " digital scenario and its top quality performance and today he is really dee... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear @frogman : I dont think we are around circles but if you think are " circles " is better because a circle is closed not something that just left in the " air "/open.I respect your position on the subject but I posted clear evidence of all the...