rauliruegas

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Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Halcro/Lewm/all: I think that today we are aware that in our home systems we can't mimic that visceral/dynamics of the live music. Now, the loudspeakers in its best " encarnation/perfect " what can do is to mimic the audio system signal with ... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Lewm: I did it more that once. Remember that man with his horn that I meet at the street?, well that they he played for me at my place.Yes, we have ( a must to ) these kind of first hand experiences to know the TRUE, to be aware of it.Regards... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Halcro: +++++ " If I were Raul....I could make some inflammatory statement to the effect that HIS system is simply deficient if it can't produce sounds able to approximate the sound of 'Live'?Mine certainly can. " +++++ " And if you haven't g... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Halcro: For years and through several posts I writed that many times a home system experience could and can be more " atractive " than the live event and the main factor for this is because the microphones are " seated " at 2-3 m. from the so... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear pryso; There is no doubt, you and your buddie's wife are right: no audio system will perform " like that "..Time ago in some other threads some people ( not one. ) posted that some times and ude to the very high quality performance of very ex... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Frogman: +++++ " in a room with an open window, one block away, can be instantly recognized as live and not a recording? " +++++that's absolutely true. Months ago in other thread we were discussing precisely what means live music and how we p... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Lewm: ++++ " For me , vinyl mimics " live " better than digital can mimic " live "........ However, hi-rez digital piqued my curiosity and I intented to investigate " +++++IMHO first step could be to be more precise than only say: " live ". W... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear friends: Any one of you was the lucky one that winned the ebay auction for the top of the line Astatic MF-100 gem? whom was?Regards and enjoy the music,R. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Dean_man: Thank's to share with us that Thorens TP50/TP13A headshell with VTA capacity, certainly I was unaware of it. Thank's again.I always posted: every single day is a learning day!!!!Regards and enjoy the music,R. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Yes Lewm, from that point of view every headshell or tonearm is a copy-cat but here we are talking of a unique VTA mechanism " invented " by Dual ( I think there is a difference, don't you think? ). I don't know if exist that mechanism in a headsh... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Thuchan: Please read the whole link on that Dual headshell that comes with the VTA mechanism ( now you can see that the novelty came from Dual. ).This dial at the top of this vintage Dual headshell is the one that permit to change the VTA:htt... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
This was the first real novel headshell with VTA dial ( not a copicat. ):http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nice-Dual-CS-5000-Audiophile-Concept-Turntable-Headshell-/261107178098?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item3ccb335a72 almost all days are a learnin... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
It came along the 23 around 1981. Before these the 270C in 1975.Returning to the LOMC models the 300MC appeared in 1977 and the performance level with the 305MC ( 1981 ) is really high in between and both were top of the line in its time, I owned ... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Timeltel: That Technics was an entry level in its time and even that the Technics name means a lot the real Technics on MM good performers are in its top cartridge models.In the LOMC " land " Technics was not succesful as with the MM. So IMHO... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Lewm: Blended materials. Top today tonearms comes with blend materials where wood is an important one.When I talked about wood I was not tested all kind of wood. Now, when I say that something does not fill my expectations that does not means...