rauliruegas

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Manly Steelhead - any downside??
Dear Wc65mustang: +++++ " I give up " +++++, remember your post?I was right with my answer to you that time. I knew your bad intention against me and your today post confirm it.Keep laughing I think is the best and the only thing you can do.+++++ ... 
Manly Steelhead - any downside??
Dear Shane: Tks for your answer. Now I understand what you mean about.Btw, what you are asking: " makes your "non audiophile" records sound like shit. " " but it is the way a phono stage treats the not so good recordings and makes them enjoyable a... 
ZYX Universe and Lyra Titan
Dear Frank: I only do a reference on you because the wrong statement: " one of the two best cartridges in the world".Btw, I'm not bragging any thing, I'm only trying to explain that for any one can do a serious cartridge comparison it has to match... 
Manly Steelhead - any downside??
Dear Downunder: any downside??, well at the asked Steelhead price every one hopes there is no downside, unfortunatelly for the quality music sound reproduction the Steelhead has some " downside ":first, it had a high RIAA eq. deviation from flat: ... 
ZYX Universe and Lyra Titan
Dear Lugnut: +++++ " Further, I was more irritated with what I viewed as an unwarranted attack on Frank Schroder " +++++I never attack to Frank, I respect him like a person and like a great tonearm designer. What I already post about is something ... 
ZYX Universe and Lyra Titan
Dear ZYX club friends: +++++ " The ZYX Universe had no deep low bass information at all. " +++++The 76 doublebass opinion only confirm what for many months I already posted about the ZYX cartridges: faulty at the bass, several times and not only m... 
VdH VTA setting preferences
Dear Dgad: I don't know how many hours had your Condor on work, but when already get between 300 to 500 hours you can send to AJ to a " final touch " for free.I do this with my Colibri and I have a great quality sound improvement: highly recomemnd... 
ZYX Universe and Lyra Titan
Dear Retroinferno/Lugnut: +++++ " Maybe they are the best that he has tried in his arms in his system. " +++++I agree with Gmorris: that is all about. That does not means that those two cartridges are the " best " on the world, because other cartr... 
VdH VTA setting preferences
Dear Dgad: +++++ " VdH recommends 200 ohms. I can play w. resistors. I started w. 200. It was smooth but closed in. " +++++If the VTF and SRA were right on target and the Condor was already " broke-in " and you have that closed in sound: that coul... 
New cart, step-up or ???
Dear Lugnut: This is not the first opinion of other person about sound reproduction quality problems on ZYX cartridges, I already post others ones.No, I'm not a dealer or have any affiliation with any manufacturer.About your questions to which ZYX... 
New cart, step-up or ???
Dear Wc65mustang: Many. I really learn several audio topics in this forum every day.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
New cart, step-up or ???
Dear Lugnut: Tks for your answer. It is incredible that with all your great live music experience you are in love with step up transformers: Do you think that if the signal has to pass for additional stages in a SUT: cables, connectors, transforme... 
Great cartridge mate for SME lV arm
Dear David: +++++ " I know I could put a step up transformer in place, " +++++Please don't do that, you ruin the lovely XV-1 quality sound.If you don't have the gain for the Dyna then go for the 90X: good option.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
New cart, step-up or ???
Dear Lugnut: You disagree because like other peoples here don't understad what happen when a signal goes through a SUT and ( perhaps ) because you don't understand the live music.Btw, how many hours do you dedicated to hear live music each month?T... 
3 questions re: Rega RB 600/RB 1000
Dear Overhang: I agree with Stefanl. The 1000 is a great tonearm and I think that you could have a serious improvement in the quality sound reproduction of your cartrdiges. The 1000 can be your last tonearm for ever.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul.