rauliruegas

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Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik
Dear Gregm: I don't know about your specific cartridge but I'm running my Empire cartridges at 47K/250pf and with a little negative VTA angle.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Input voltage gain on levinson amps ?
Dear Alwyn: As important as is the input sensitivity and voltage gain there is ( at least 9 one critical subject that your friend has to take in count: both amplifiers sound diferent, its quality performance is diferent and not closer each other, ... 
Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik
Dear friends: The more I heard it those Empire cartridges the more I like it and like Theo says: " discovered new music with them ".The best of all is that not only have very good quality sound performance but that are NOS items and with a low low... 
Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik
Dear Theo: Well that could means that it is not a fault on the MMC20CL cartridge.Regarding the Empire cartridges I really like it all of them and is hard to say which one between the 900GT or EDR.9, both are great ones.Btw, you must try the 600LAC... 
Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik
Dear friends: I think that I have some good news. Like I posted I was/will testing two other MM Empire cartridges that I get in NOS conditions: the 900GT and the 600LAC.The 900GT and 600LAC show/share many/several sound characteristics of the EDR.... 
Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik
Dear Baranyi: I never try it but for what I know/read about I can't see any trouble to work fine with MM cartridges. You could tri it.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik
Dear Theo: Good for you, now you have cartrige spare for a long time!!!!!I try my MMC 20CL on Dynavector 505 and in the Audiocraft AC3300 ( with its own universal B&O plastic headshell. ), it sounds very good on both tonearms and I did not exp... 
Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik
Dear Genesis: I think that you can use it with your 507 in a light/medium weight headshell.In my experience the Dynavector tonearm works very well almost with any cartridge, the only subject is to choose the right weight headshell for the cartridg... 
Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik
Dear Genesis: Yes, I owned the MM AT-25 ( same cartridge with integral headshell ) that was very good refined cartridge. The AT cartridges of those times were a little on the soft side of the sound: not to bright and very relaxed.Regards and enjoy... 
12 inch tonearms
Dear Frank: +++++ " Anyone who has the tools/capability to set up a 9" arm perfectly will be able to set up a 12"er just as well. " +++++I totally agree. This is the answer and it is all about and yes the long ones are " less forgiving " but not "... 
anyone happy with Breuer tonearm? experiences?
Dear M189009: The Schroeder and Breuer tonearms are first rate ones but its performance depend on the phono cartridge that you choose to match with that tonearm.Depending of your cartridge you could have some very good tonearm options along the Br... 
Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik
Dear Blowfin: It could be a very good match but the trouble is that the Technics 205CMK3 comes with integral headshell and your tonearm can't take it. I don't know if the Technics cartridge could be take out of its headshell, but you can ask to th... 
12 inch tonearms
Dear Dmgrant1: +++++ " Don't think I would have the capability to get a 12 inch properly set up ... " +++++Please don't leave that other opinions put on your mind that you are not " capability " to set up the long tonearms.If the long tonearms set... 
Dyscoveries on Dyna, Denon, Supex, Technics,FR,Ik
Hi: The Technics 205MK3 is one of the great MM cartridges ever made and very hard to find, don't miss it.Here you can find other than my opinion on this cartridge:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1173550723&openflup&38&... 
Experience with Raul's Essential 3150
Dear Albert: " I am looking forward to the day that Raul needs photography and will allow me to audition the 3160 for an extended time. "You will have it. As you know this is not my main " business " and we are slow on it. Sooner or latter you wil...