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Review: Soundsmith SG-410 Strain Gauge Cartridge Cartridge
Dear Mapman: Yes, Mersault is a French white wine: something very special, " refined ", delicious and very expensive too.You posted: +++ " It seems insignificant to me. " ++++like in other life areas sometimes the " insignificant "/small things co... 
45RPM reissues: really better one-side pressing?
Dear Stiltskin: Yes, I really like the 45rpm: I wish it can have more " playing time " on each 45 LP, sometimes it has only 8-10 minutes on " program ".Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Review: Soundsmith SG-410 Strain Gauge Cartridge Cartridge
Dear Mapman: +++++ " Some of those who hear it will probably like it, some not. Doesn't every piece have some small tonal coloration to some extent? If it were perfectly flat, does that alone determine the value? It seems insignificant to me. " ++... 
Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik
Dear Dgad: Yes in some build design both tonearms are similar.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Jean: Well those TD124 are legendary ( as that Shure cartridge ) and with the up-date that you make seems to me something special. Good to know that you are enjoying the MM alternative too.Now, there is a very god alternative where you can us... 
45RPM reissues: really better one-side pressing?
Dear Gerrym5: Yes, Mary is a gem!Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
45RPM reissues: really better one-side pressing?
Dear friends: Well, last night I play the one side Clarity LP ( Mary Stallings ) and I play too a two sided Clarity LP ( Claudia Gomez ), both have the same: producer, engineer recording and Disc mastering and certainly there are differences ( oth... 
SME 30 / 12 pre-release details.
Dear ScousepastY: Congratulations for your SME 30/12, a very god self Xmas gift.Usefull information to any one interested in that very high quality SME TT.Rgards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Review: Soundsmith SG-410 Strain Gauge Cartridge Cartridge
Dear Darkmoebious: ++++ " it might be impossible to accurately detect +/- 1-2dB RIAA deviations from room interactions in real world listening... " +++++I agree with you when that frequency deviation is at one and only discrete frequency but you h... 
advantages/disadvantages of 2 subs.....
Dear Phasecorrect: Which speakers do you own? do you wnt to integrate the subs for a music stereo system or a home theater?Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik
Dear Dgad: It is a very low weight: 2.5gr. and low output: 0.22mv. Sumiko MDC 800 ( a Breuer's copy ) and in the AC 3300 from Audiocraft too. The Colibri is a lovely performer.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
45RPM reissues: really better one-side pressing?
Dear Ezio: +++++ " without hearing the same mastering pressed both ways, there's no way to know. " +++++this Rushton statement makes a lot of sense, anyway this is what you can read on a Clarity Recordings LP ( one of the one side LP I own. ):" Mo... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Jean: That depend on the phono stage design. Usually it is a resistor at the input, if this is the case then changing that resistor ( solder it ) fro the right one is all about. Sometimes it is not easy or the phono stage can't perform optima... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Jloveys: Over the time of this thread I receive several emails telling me that they alredy test/try a MM cartridge that I name here and they like it but think that are not really better than their MC they own.I agree with almost all them beca... 
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC?
Dear Jloveys: When I say " everything the same ", this include that the MM cartridges are loaded at 100kOhms/150pf, not at 47kOhms.I forgot the Nagaoka MP50-Super is a top contender too against the great MC2 Finish Gold.Regards and enjoy the music...