rauliruegas
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| 12" Tonearm What Have You Heard & Recommend? Dear Genesis168: The Ikeda tonearm is an evolution over the FR-66, you have to try it.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. | |
| Phono cable/grounding/loading questions Dear Dave: I agree that the cartridge is not a balanced item but it is not single ended either, the cartridge is a signal generator: that's all.The point on the subject reside on the phono cable to take advantage of the balanced input in a true ba... | |
| 12" Tonearm What Have You Heard & Recommend? Dear Jomoinc: In Theory the long tonearms has, at least, and advantange over the short ones: lower tracking error. Now, this lower tracking error is reflected in an improvement in the quality sound reproduction?, not necessary, because the better ... | |
| Phono cable/grounding/loading questions Dear Nilthepill: 1 - Usually are better but not always. The regulars, that come with the tonearm, are usually good but not the " best ". The tonearm manufacturer only ( till today ) give us and starting/first cable step on the very long cable ladd... | |
| SME 20/2 SME V or Triplanar VII? Dear Neil: You have very nice audio system: you will hear it, try it.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. | |
| SME 20/2 SME V or Triplanar VII? Dear Ed: Static balance: you set the VTF using only the counterweight leaving the VTF V device out of work in this manner you by-pass this mechanism that tend to resonate and that put distortions/colorations in the sound reproduction.Regards and e... | |
| SME 20/2 SME V or Triplanar VII? Dear Flyingred: +++++ " The SME V does sound stodgy in the bass when mounted on turntables of other makes (especially non-suspended designs). " +++++I agree, because I hear it in my RX-5000 and others one but there is one exception about: Acoustic... | |
| SME 20/2 SME V or Triplanar VII? Dear Ed: I assume that the price of an audio device is almost no price object to you.I one of my posts here I speak about the great match ( synergy ) between the SME 20/V with the Sumiko Celebration cartridge ( you can read about on the Stereophil... | |
| SME 20/2 SME V or Triplanar VII? Dear Ed: In the case of SME the TT and tonearm complemented each other. No body knows how great is the SME V till heard along with the SME 20/30. Some people here post that the Triplanar ( that is a very good tonearm ) hands down not only the SME ... | |
| SME 20/2 SME V or Triplanar VII? Dear Ed: Before you buy any tonearm my advise is that at the same time choose the phono cartridge, both items: tonearm/cartridge depend one each other and the better you matched the better the quality sound reproduction.What do you have on mind ab... | |
| SME 20/2 SME V or Triplanar VII? Dear Doug: +++++ " I'm not sure why Raul thinks a VTA mechanism needs a remote control to be useful. Mine works just fine, and I don't have to stop listening to music to use it! :-) " +++++Well, you have to stand-up and have to go where the tonear... | |
| SME 20/2 SME V or Triplanar VII? Dear Cipherjuris : I agree with Nsgarch and Chadnliz about the SME V: very good tonearm.Other advantaga with the V is that match great with the 20/2 and this synergy is a plus that the Triplanar does not has.Btw, if you add a Sumiko Celebration ca... | |
| Best budget cartridge pool Dear Rmihai : You are an owner of an Ortofon OM 40 that is a better cartridge that the ones you named, do you have any problem with it? or you need a spare cartridge.Regards and enjoy the music.raul. | |
| The van den Hul colibri XPM vs colibri XPP Dear Verdi: I agree with Bignerd100. Van denHul could give you what is the best Colibri match for your analog rig. Ask them.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Dear Teres: It is a fact that in your subjective TT evaluations you really like the wood " colorations " against metal ones, that´s fine.My question about TT material was because you are in a new TT design and I only try to tell you: look for othe... |