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| Arm Suggestions For Lyra Helikon Dear Dhcod: If you can strecht your budget then IMHO this is one of the best matching tonearm for the Helikon that I try it:http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtnrm&1271522160&/SME-IV Regards and enjoy the music,Raul. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Pryso: Downunder posted on that cartridge and its very good performance and other persons like Jaspert ask about and that's why I decide to test the 1080 where I give a normal time of playing like any other MM/MI cartridge I did.In the other ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Pryso: That was not my intention, I don't explain very well.As a fact I don't like that kind of cartridge quality performance due to that uninvolving characteristic. I states that maybe that is because it is a NOS unit and needs more playing ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Dowunder: I own the Elac 896 cartridge that suppose is a top of the 795 you own.I bought it more than a year ago with a NOS stylus replacement. Its look is a little " primitive " but the quality performance for what I remember is " surprising... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Downunder: I just try again the Empire 1080LT and I just can't have a conclusion.The cartridge makes everything fine, I don't find any serious drawback, it makes " things " very good and could seems that the cartridge belongs to 6-7 range lev... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Lewm: +++++ " To all, I say when you fall in love with your latest cartridge, listen to it for several weeks and then go back to your previous analog love affair. You may be surprised to find that the old girl had virtues you did not previous... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear friends: I just bought this cartridge ( Azden top of the line. ) from this ebay seller. I don't receive it yet but I know for sure that its quality performance is great.Very hard to find in NOS status, as a fact this is the very firsat time I... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear friends: Please re-read what Timeltel posted about the Pionner Electronics findings ( thank you for that Timeltel. ).I re-read twice and for that quote IMHO what we want is that peak resonance at high frequencies ( that every cartridge has. )... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Lewm/Downunder: What I posted is part of what I experienced in this MM/MI alternative times and not with all cartridges and certainly not as a general rule.The capacitance subject in stand alone way means almost nothing, the meaning of C star... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Axelwahl: I agree with you about the 20E quality performance and its status over other cartridges but the Empire ZE/X.All our audio systems has its own " limitations " that one way or the other when we approach/near that " limitations " the d... | |
| tonearm upgrade, how far up the food chain? Dear Llydc: +++++ " the low output Grado Ref was described as a "budget" cartridge by a knowledgable distributor " +++++that does not surprise me coming for a " knowledgable distributor " that for that statement and with al respect he is more on t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Ddriveman: Well I had not problems like the one you had with the MMC2, I buyed several second hand cartridges and was lucky not to claim for any one.Now, it is suppose that ruby and sapphire ( the one in the MMC2 cantilever. ) has similar cha... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Dgarretson: You are lucky to own the Astatic MF-100. I have similar experiences with like you, great performaer.Regards and enjoy the music,Raul. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Downunder: Normally as you go higher on capacitance as the cartridge goes brighther.Btw, I will try to test the 1080 next week, there are other owners that already ask about. I know there are other 1080 owners but I doon't " see " it here.Reg... | |
| tonearm upgrade, how far up the food chain? Dear Lloydc: IMHO you have a " so so " tonearm and a " so so " phono stage when you have a top rated Grado cartridge that is a great performer and a one that deserve the very best you can get on tonearm/phono stage if you want that the cartridge s... |