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mint best tractor gone?
Dear @mijostyn  : Mint was using what you ask for: Löfgren A or B and if the customer ask nothing then MINT  protractor came with Löfgren A.   R.  
Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge
There you can look from where came the flat frequency. Your loading measures you did it just does not gives you flat frequency as you already posted.   As I posted, that's what you like and it's fine with me. Why that " big deal ".   R.  
Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge
@kevemaher  : Grace load values for the F9 produce a flat FR ( quadraphonic or not. ).   " The very small decrease in low freq response below 100Hz does not, to my mind and ears, drive my system beyond neutral. " The key words in your statement... 
Best Full-Function Preamplifier
Hi: this is 3160 information and the 3180 is even better not for a very wide margin because at this top quality level is not an easy task to outperforms audio units but we think we did it and I'm ejoying:   https://www.canva.com/design/DAFqOWFzX... 
Best Full-Function Preamplifier
Dear @dodgealum  and analog friends: I think that this thread is really more important that what we could think and this is my " understanding " about:   Why? because we invest money and a lot of time to fine tunning each one of us analog rig: T... 
Curious Why Benz Micro Slid Into Obscurity
Dear @sbank  : Hi.  Please read  the @chowkwan post and look why he posted that. Interesting for say the least.   R.  
Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge
@kevemaher  : Btw, Grace 9 series motor cartridge was designed to run at 100k not 47k to play the CD-4 recordings of those times. Other cartridges runs at the same load impedance for the same issue like Empire.   R.  
Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge
@kevemaher  : " I'd consider my system neutral. " Maybe measured " neutral " but exist several levels/steps of system measured " neutral " Your system " looks " as an average or a little below average system and ovbiously it performs inside that ... 
MM Phono Stages With Greater Than 40 dB of Gain?
@mulveling : 3180 is even a " little " better.  Please contact: rauliruegas@hotmail.com     R.  
Let's Say A Guy Wanted To Chose Between A Koetsu Jade and
Dear @mulveling  : My system is not exactly a warmer one more in the alive side ( with low low distortion levels. ) and for some reason the Blue Lace did not " sparkly " here but that was the sample I listened. I think that exist little diferences... 
Best Full-Function Preamplifier
Dear @dodgealum : Essential 3180 that’s a true challenge for over 120K separates units like FM Acoustics or CH and better than Boulder or Dartzeel and the like. It's an active high gain balanced dual mono non-feedback fully discrete overall desig... 
Let's Say A Guy Wanted To Chose Between A Koetsu Jade and
@mulveling  : The one Koetsu that like me ( at least the sample I listened ) was/is the Coralstone.   R.  
MM Phono Stages With Greater Than 40 dB of Gain?
@lewm  : You are right, your 3160 came with the normal gain but the MC2000 it's not a normal output level MC. It needs 85-86db that the 3180 does it with very low noise, a beauty or through its MM stage that comes with 100k fixed impedance that l... 
A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum
@mijostyn  : "  in terms of stiffness and resonance.  " the EPA 100MK2 is even better.   R.  
Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge
@kevemaher  : Obviously your Rane is not helping you to for your ears " problem " and gain/loading for the Hana/Shelter neither. The Rosewood is way different performer and that's one reason you like it because is not so " agressive " . One sourc...