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| Anyone heard the Sota Millenia? Dear Dan: I agree with you: the vacumm hold down is a very desirable " must " in a TT. Basis and Sota are good examples on it.You can try to find ( second hand ) and Audio Technica vacuum hold down platter and " open " your TT choices . Then you c... | |
| Patrick Lugnut Malone, 1950--2005 Sorry to hear this. My sincere condolences to his family. Patrick I will put you on my prayers.Will miss you.Raul. | |
| Where do I find counterweight for EMT 948 in USA Dear Bill: You can find info in this link: http://www.emt-profi.de/T%20EMT%20948.htm .Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. | |
| Celebration vs Blackbird Dear Alun: +++++ " An excellent phono stage will not help a poor cartridge " +++++No it not help to the cartridge, it will help to you telling you that that cartridge is a poor performer, in a normal phonopreamp ( not an excellent one ) maybe you ... | |
| Need MC Step-Up Transformer advice? Dear Doug: I don't have any campaign against ZYX and it is not true that " no one else seems to share " about ( this is only one thread about: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1127562669&read&3&4&) . You were in so... | |
| Need MC Step-Up Transformer advice? Dear Pauly: +++++ " - more speed, more detail, more sparkle. " +++++I know for sure that that is what you are hearing and you are right in what you are hearing.Pauly this is a form in what the distortions tell you " I'm here ". That sparkle is not... | |
| Tonearm for Transfiguration temper Dear Laurence: The Naim Aro is a very good tonearm and the Moerch tonearms is a very good option too.Now, Sirspeedy has a wider experience about Transfiguration cartridges, so his advise is a sure way to go.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. | |
| Need MC Step-Up Transformer advice? Dear Doug: Now, I think that you can understand the why's of our ZYX differences in opinions: you like many other " likes to swim full dress on Tuxedo ". Doug this statement is in good shape: please no bad feelings. I think Larry too and the trans... | |
| Celebration vs Blackbird Dear Alun: I don't know nothing about your phonopreamp, so I can't tell you if it is true that the MM stage is better than the MC stage on it, other than if the MC stage use internal step up transformers then it is better if you go for the blackbi... | |
| Need MC Step-Up Transformer advice? Pauly: +++++ " flawed opinions " +++++Which ones and why, where or how are flawed?Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. | |
| Need MC Step-Up Transformer advice? Dear friends: I'm not against the SUT " per se ", I'm against what the SUT makes to the cartridge signal: heavy degradation.I like many of you used the SUT for many years till I discovery that the best SUT is NO SUT. I already try severals SUT's a... | |
| Need MC Step-Up Transformer advice? Phil, very educational post.Pauly: +++++ " So how active amplification device, which will contain 1.) many resistors, 2.) many capacitors, 3.) many transistors and/or vacuum tubes, 4.) 30db (or more) of negative feedback (transistor phono), 5.) ma... | |
| Need MC Step-Up Transformer advice? Dear friends: The SUT issue is a extremly critical one and many of you prefer to go " around " like the ostrich that " hide the head " for nobody see it.If you really cares about music then take a look: any one of us have a special love for music ... | |
| Need MC Step-Up Transformer advice? Dear Joe: The best you can do with your Allaerts is through an active gain stage: you don't have to worry about DC offset. Only if the phonopreamp was or has a faulty stage.Great cartridge: congratulations !!!!!Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. | |
| Need MC Step-Up Transformer advice? Dear Steve, Dear friends: There is a misconception about step-up transformers and that´s why ( like Doug says ) exist differents opinions.No one in his healthy judgement ( sorry Doug ) can " love " them and if he do that confirm the no know-how ab... |