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| Anyone Heard the New Soundsmith Sussurro Cartridge Dear Kevin: and Panasonic too, all of them conform with the RIAA standard curve.+++++ " Why the Soundsmith unit was not made to more closely conform to RIAA ........... I am not sure..." +++++this subject is something that I " disclousure " elsewh... | |
| Anyone Heard the New Soundsmith Sussurro Cartridge Dear Dcstep: +++++ " Raul's latest attack. " +++++well I respect that opinion if is how you see it. For me a piece of paper that is white if somebody ask " which is the color of that piece of paper? ", my answer will be WHITE: this is a fact and t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Ray: If you read along this thread there is at least one person that is using 250K to load its MM/MI cartridges. I don't try it yet but I will do it if the time permit and even I can try 47K again or other load impedance values.I think that n... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Ray: I think that the main subject on the MM/MI cartridge quality performance not " reside " only in the 100K load impedance but along other factros that are intrinsic part of each cartridge design, like the output cartridge level where almos... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Davev: +++++ " I had some MM's that I thought were "special" but I never devoted the time to see what they can really do compared to the MC I've been using for so long. " +++++IMHO the key words in your statement are: " never devoted the time... | |
| Cartridges better than Colibri XGP? Dear Audiofeil: I never had problems like the ones you posted. Due to that I have mounted so many tonearms/cartridges in my TT's time to time I " suffer " " bent cantilever accidents ", well four times with my Colibri and in each one the Van den H... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Lewm: Remember that your TLZ was 500.00 in 1988, make your numbers.I will test the Amber again and let you know.Btw, I never see it second hand, good luck.regards and enjoy the music,Raul. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Siniy123: Motivated on your post and one from other person about the Audio Technica AT-155LC ( that I owned once and remember it as a good performer. ) I buy a NOS stylus replacement and a cartridge body, all these is coming so in around two ... | |
| Cartridges better than Colibri XGP? Dear Pentatonia: Better than...?, this fact is dependent on the tpnearm match for a cartridge, the analog rig where it will work, whole audio system performance, your quality performanve priorities and many other factors.I like the Colibri as othe... | |
| Time to move on from my old SOTA ? Dear Larseand: I concur with Stanwal about the SOTA ( keep it, like others agree too. ) and on the GST-801 tonearm: very good too ( keep it. ).I don't know where Stanwal read Grace for a cartridge but anyway you can make it better in that analog r... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Lewm: I think that that Grado suspension needs a " refresh ", 20 years are 20 years!The Grado Amber is a top cartridge and due that does not needs additional gain like the Grado Statement maybe is even better than this one.Here you can buy it... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Jlin: Yes you are right and yes definetely there is no advantage on that kind of cartridge mounting designs.Regards and enjoy the music,raul. | |
| Allnic Verito Z:Owners and those familiar Dear Gersimon: I'm sorry but ARC never been my kind of reference standard and I know very well that series you mentioned.In the other side that Louis recording is superb no doubt about.regards and enjoy the music,raul. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Lewm: As Dave states the VTF for that Grado is 1.5grs. These are other cartridge specs:channel separation at 1K: 35db and at 10K: 20db, output level: 2.2mv, stylus radius: 0.15x0.9.They say is a Flux bridge design.Now, I own the Grado Amber T... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Dean_man: Not really surprises but a new way of thinking on the integrated-headshell-cartridges.I was ready to buy an ADC one but I stop to think if there is a real advantage on this kind of cartridge mounting design and I can't find any that... |