rauliruegas

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Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Headsnappin: I use the Nagaoka in medium and high effective mass tonearms with good results, The Nagaoka is around 9grs on weigt and 12cu on compliance: a friendly cartridge.The B&O is a light weight cartridge with higher compliance than ... 
I Got Some Classic Cartridges Need Set-Up Advice
Dear Defelkai: +++++ " Grace F9 Ruby (got this one mounted now) " +++++++fortunately for you an unfortunately for all your other cartridges that I owned.As Doug say it well cleaning the stylus is almost the first step along cleaning the cartridge ... 
Why is the price of new tonearms so high
Dear T bone: The best we can do in a forum like the Agon one is try to learn ( while are there. Over the time, if no one " use/post " on it, the threads disappear/delete in automatic. ) and make a personal archive of what is interesting for each o... 
How to make a true comparison?
Dear Pryso: +++++ " In the end making any meaningful comparisons is a tedious job requiring considerable skill. " ++++I agree wth Stanwall but that " tedious job " is part of a serious comparison.Your first part of the solution 1 is the way to go:... 
the perfect tonearm
Dear Mickeyc8: The Lustre GST-801 that Nandric suggest isa very good and versatile one for what you asking:VTA on the fly, easy ( magnetic ) anti-skate device, easy VTF setting ( magnetic too. ), classic looking not a straight tonearm, comes with ... 
Why is the price of new tonearms so high
Dear Dertonarm: I own several cartridges and tonearms ( vintage and today ones. ) not because I'm a collector but because is a learning subject where I need different tonearms and different cartridges too, I use it for enjoy the music and I use it... 
Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable
Dear Lew: That Denon looks gorgeous, good job and good listening too.Regards and enjoy the music,Raul. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Jlin: Good to know it, thank you.Raul. 
Establishing a common analog listening bias
Yes Perrew but there ( RIAA ) I have the control on it through our phonolinepreamp design and in the other side you can have a near " perfect "cartrdge/tonearm/record set-up and enjoy more time the music that every 30-60 seconds stand up and fine ... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Lew: You are right but was my fault not to explain it in a more precise way, let me do it this time:a cartridge designer always ( I hope ) makes a voicing to the cartridge looking to meet what are the designer targets.The original B&O car... 
Why is the price of new tonearms so high
Dear Daniel: +++++ " by the way Raul.... how about Syntax's question some posts back whether you can give some input on modern tonearms.... " do you think that we start our self tonearm design because we are satisfied with the vintage and today to... 
Establishing a common analog listening bias
Daniel:It does not sense to drive a Ferrari in a " road "/record where you have to stop every 30-60 seconds because the " road " have tiny imperfections where the " Ferrari can't go on ", it seems to me that is better ( for the day by day music en... 
Why is the price of new tonearms so high
Btw, I forgot to tell you that in our ( till today ) two audio design teams we believe that one " route " to follow to improve " things " or to achieve the targets can do it through join/put togeter different target related talents.Guess what?, it... 
Why is the price of new tonearms so high
Dear Dertonarm: Well there is no doubt that you " fight " and promote in ( just from your very first ever Agon post, ) almost any single Agon thread that FR tonearms trying ( at least ) that its price does not go down against your commercial bussi... 
Establishing a common analog listening bias
Dear Dertonarm: I own a " Ferrari " too and I use it when I need it, just for fun you know!The only " one road " around with no return is the worst that can happen to any person that you like it and even enjoy it is ok because is you who have to l...