rauliruegas
Responses from rauliruegas
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear @dlcockrum : Yes, I still think that the Empire 4000D/III is a great performer and now that you mentioned MicroAcoustics design are really good but people just did not take in count and this could be a " mistake " for audiophiles because othe... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear @lewm : """ as the TK1Ea and TK3Ea used to have the regular stereo generator of the initial AT120 family models (780 Ohm/490 mH), while the TK5Ea, TK7Ea and TK7LCa used to sport a higher inductance variant with 800 Ohm/550 mH). """this inform... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear @harold-not-the-barrel : I tested my 170/180 cartridges with several headshell types and where I found out the best performance in my system was with the Audio Technica MS-10 that is a magnesium one with damping rubber in the top plate.@chaks... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear @chakster : Yes, I know very well the information in that link, as a fact the very first time here in Agon was me whom posted.Now, I respect KA opinion ( who pass on. ) but it was only that and his system and priorities way different from min... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear @harold-not-the-barrel @chakster : The AT 20SS is almost the same AT20SLa, difference is that the 20SS is hand selected and its quality level performance is a better one. Btw, in AT line dos not exist that super shibata stylus but just Shiba... | |
| Cartridge with broken coil wire Dear @leicachamp : The @mofimadness is a good option and here you can see that this re-tipper can re-coil, as a fact you can see a picture on a Koetsu recoil job:http://www.northwestanalogue.com/cartridge-repairs.htmlRegards and enjoy the MUSIC NO... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear @steverino @jessica_severin: Audio Technica was a not so small corporation where Signet was one of its independent divisions.Over the years AT was developed new MM/LOMC cartridges, tonearms, microphones, headphones, analog and digital accceso... | |
| Cartridge/tonearm shaking and other questions Dear @kalali: In reality you have only one " trouble " because the first one is just normal. The second one means that the tonearm/cartridge combination you have are not a good match and sometimes its resonance frequwency coincide with frequency r... | |
| Cartridge with broken coil wire Dear @tooblue : Degaussin a LOMC cartridge always is a risk because the coil wires are tinner than a human been hair.Degaussin can burn in the coil wire. Sometimes happens and sometimes not depending on the degaussin intensity. Seems to me that th... | |
| How do tell when my stylus is too much worn? Dear @don_c55 : Yes,but M97 came with different stylus shape and inside the shape different dimension. They came: conical, two different ellipthical and hiperellipthical too.Anyway, microridge or replicant or VDH2 goes deeper in the grooves and th... | |
| Cartridge with broken coil wire Dear @leicachamp: It's not convenient to re-solder if those ones are the coil wires that needs ( is a must to. ) to go direct solder it to the output pins with no additional junction in between.Any single additional junction in the coil wires mak... | |
| How do tell when my stylus is too much worn? Dear @don_c55 : " I have old records played many times on cheap old MM cartridges from the early 70’s that sound "mint" with expensive properly setup MC cartridges of today. "in those old times cartridge stylus tip was conical that let the deep ... | |
| How do tell when my stylus is too much worn? Dear @don_c55 / @czarivey / @boxer12: The issue is " deeper " than manufacturer specs or what we think and experienced about.Many years ago Ortofon published what they found out on the stylus tip wear. They make several tests and declared that the... | |
| How do tell when my stylus is too much worn? Dear @rrm: 800 hours? looks not excessive. Now, manufacturer can tell us that stylus tip can goes over 1K hours or even 2K hours.Now, the stylus tip degradation can be faster when LP's are not well cleaned and when the stylus tip is used not well ... | |
| Mounting a tonearm over a hole designed for Rega-style tonearm Dear @nrenter: Try to find out the Rega RB900 or 1000 or 600. These tonearms are very good performers and compete with those you name it.Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,R. |