rauliruegas
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| Tonearms recommended for Oracle turntable Dear Jim: Almost any tonearm could work with that TT. IMHO for you can choose the right tonearm first you have to know which cartridge(s) do you use or think to use with it.Not all cartridges performs at its best with any tonearm ( including the o... | |
| Ortofon Jubilee vs. Dynavector XX-2 Mk. 2 Dear Rockinrobin: I think that both are very good cartridges ( I owned both ) and a little different with more " edge " on the Ortofon.Now, I understand what you mean with the Lyra's and perhaps you could consider the Skala that IMHO is a differen... | |
| Best Cartridges for the Money You've Experienced Dear Jimaxp: Well not so unique, that cartridge ( that is a great one ) is a MM type design ( moving iron ) and its design comes from the very similar B&O cartridges and in specific the MMC 1.For a long time Sounsmith was the retip and refurbi... | |
| Graham Phantom vs Triplaner Dear Downunder: +++++" The VPI solution of replacable arm wands seems a lot cleaner and quicker as you only have to set up the arm once and then change the VTA each time a new arm is added to the table. " ++++++++++ "Why is an Ikeda or any tonearm... | |
| Graham Phantom vs Triplaner Dear Downunder: IMHO you can't compare the quality performance of two tonearms " per se " ( any ) because a tonearm is a " incomplete " product/item it needs ist couple/partner: the cartridge and you can't compare two different tonearms with the s... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Parelius: Thank you to share that link with us.Very interesting an a happy coincidence that he and I bring up to the same conclusion about capacitance value on MM type cartridges and in less manner on load impedance.Btw, I try load impedance ... | |
| Turntable or vinylology 101 for newbies. Dear Pedrillo: IMHO, there is a lot of non know-how over the Web and in this forum and in this thread about the analog " whole stage ".Stringreen like Halcro have very good points here and other persons has no idea about ( even if they think they ... | |
| Best Cartridges for the Money You've Experienced Dear kitch: +++++ " What about the suspensions of these older cartridges you advocate? " +++++Till today, either MC/MM, I never have any single trouble that I can say " it is due to the cartridge suspension ", so no one has to worry about.Yesterda... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Dgob: No, the only one is the MP-50 that has a more refined sound than the Music Maker that IMHO is on the " hi-fi " side specially on the higs. I know that you are very satisfied with the soundstage of this cartridge, well the MP-50 is very ... | |
| Best Cartridges for the Money You've Experienced Dear Kitch29: Well as a fact I did and that Grado ( The Tribute that is the one I own. ) is one of the stellar graded MM type cartridges.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Jim: Sorry to forgot but there are many MM cartridges I own. The EDR.9 is very good and loaded at 100 kOhms make it better, I find the right headshell and this fact is very important too to achieve the best performance on it.Btw, right now ar... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Dopogue: I know that I can get ( in very near future ) a modern Decca and if I can I will report on it.Btw, last week I buy an Andante P-38 and a MC Technics 305 ( very hard to find ), one on Ebay and one here at Agon. I'm so exited about spe... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Dcstep: +++++ " Well Raul, if a Technics TT and a MM cartridge is better than any other TT and a MC cartridge... " ++++++please let me know where I posted " better that any other TT/MC " ?, I'm not saying that so please read according.+++++ "... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Dopogue: I don't mention the Decca's because I don't have it, I once owned but it will be unfair to trust on my memory ( 15+ years ) for the Decca, I'm still trying to find a good second hand sample and I'm sure that sooner or latter I will h... | |
| Best Cartridges for the Money You've Experienced Dear Pauly: Over the years I used several ones like: Dennesen, DB, Mobile Fidelity, ADC, SAEC, etc, etc.Today that I'm using only removable headshell tonearms I'm using the one from Dynavector, Technics and Pionner, all these for the overhang and ... |