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Avid Acutus
Dear Khrys: Good for your choice.Maybe in the next 10 years I can tell you which one I prefer.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Demagnatizing a ZYX Cartridge
Dear friends: The subject here is why we need to demagnatizing a phono cartridge, not if " sound better " after that or not.I already post the next statement: " for I can demagnatizing a cartridge I need that that cartridge were magnetized before ... 
Demagnatizing a ZYX Cartridge
Dear Doug: I mean: Not you or I.Who can tell me for sure that there will be no harm/degradation in the cartridge in the long run?With out a definitive manufacturer answer, my advice is to stay far away.As a fact any one of us does not want that ou... 
Speaker upgrade
Dear Bryan: The DD-15 is a good choice. As a fact the DD-15 and DD-18 almost have the same performance, the real differences you can hear it only in a big room.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Avid Acutus
Dear Khrys: You choose for the whole analog rig. Not for the Acutus or SME 30 in specific.The system that you choose is really a different one from the other two.My opinion ( I already heard the Acutus and the SME 30, no the Basis V ) is that the ... 
Demagnatizing a ZYX Cartridge
Dear Doug: My experience and answers from manufacturers were for the active devices.I don't know about the Cardas passive device.What I know, active or passive, is that the question has to be answered by the cartridge manufacturer. Not a dealer no... 
Demagnatizing a ZYX Cartridge
Dear Doug/slowhand: For I can demagnatizing a phono cartridge first I need that some of the critical cartridges parts/build were magnatized and in today cartridges there is no single part that " suffer " the magnatized effect. So, why have I to de... 
Demagnatizing a ZYX Cartridge
Hey Doug: Can you give an answer to my questions about ? I ask you because you support this exercise and if you did I suppose that you know the demagnetizing: Why's.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
ZYX Universe and Lyra Titan
Dear Richarddmr: All of us in this forum always support the MC cartridges and never " speak " about other great cartridges designs: MM type.There are great MM top performers that in many ways are better than the MC ones. Between the MM manufacture... 
ZYX Universe and Lyra Titan
Dear Doug: I don''t understand your reply to me. Like I already post: five days of analog fun, nothing more.I think that you already know my opinion about audio tests with more than one people: it's only fun.A serious ( I'm not saying that you and... 
Demagnatizing a ZYX Cartridge
Dear Slowhand: Who told you that your ZYX or any other today cartridges needs the: demagnatizing sevice?What do you want to demagnatize? why?Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
ZYX Universe and Lyra Titan
Dear Richard: I agree with Sirspeedy: there is no " best cartridge " per se.Like Lugnut, I think that the tonearm makes a great difference.The exercise where Doug and Lugnut participate: Universe/Olympus it is only a " great analog time " but real... 
Great cartridge mate for SME lV arm
Dear David: +++++ " I send an e-mail to Dynavector and their answer was: " the safe range can be up to 2.5 grs ". " +++++Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Best cable for Graham 2.2
Dear Nsgarch: You can solve the " lift off " issue with a Reflex clamp like Sota or Basis ( If I remember the Goldmund clamp is a Reflex design, too. Right? ).To prevent the " lift-off " you have to use a rubber 0-ring that you insert in the spind... 
Any thoughts on the Avid Acutus?
Dear Khrys: Yes, you are right about those cartridges sound. Btw, the Parnassus likes the SME tonearms.I think that you will like the Acutus KRSP sound.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul.