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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Dlaloum: David, on the Rockwell scale beryllium is also harder than boron, but like sapphire it weighs more than an equivalent mass of boron. Boron is harder than titanium, aluminum is the lightest (equivalent mass) of the materials frequ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Griffidths: Hi, Don. Looking forward to your comments following the Axelization of the failed suspension ("turtle") stylus, I hope the beryllium cantilever and excellent Signet lc stylus are salvageable. By your other comments, I take it ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Rnadell: A safe means of checking azimuth is to drop, umm, lower the stylus on the shiny side of a CD, check for a hour-glass or figure eight image of the stylus and its reflection with a 10x (or so) jewelers loupe. This works surprisingl... | |
| Anti Skating adjustment Regards, Maclogan: It's called centripetal force, a concept that's been around almost since that famous event when the apple clonked Mr. Newton on the head. The engagement of the stylus in the groove contributes to additional friction, sometimes s... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Fleib: Dlaloum (Hi, David) has answered one question. I checked the cantilever angle with a Sterrett adjustable protractor and for the 15XE, 20SS and TK7SU it's 22* unsprung. In lieu of hard data 20* at VTF seems realistic. Apprehensive a... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Rangefinder: Nice deck. Both are interesting carts, 312 stylus is clear diamond, tapered titanium cantilever. 412 slightly more forward, no lack of immediacy. Won't recommend one over the other, you'd really need to hear both to decide bu... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Griffithds: Curiosity piqued and because I'd not done it before, the ATN20SS on the TK7SU is an exact fit, required a little racking of the cart for crude alignment as the 20's cantilever is approx. 1mm shorter than the tapered RS180 cant... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Griffithds: Don, the TK5ea is a good cart, it's pretty high in the AT/Signet lineup, the 155lc stylus will demonstrate it's potential. Don't be surprised if you find the performance of the 5ea/155lc combination gives you cause to reconsid... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Pryso, Griffithds: What? No mention of forty minutes of percussion?My handy measure is if it sounds good from the next room, it's ok. If it sounds BETTER from the next room, you might want to work on your rig a little...Peace, | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Halcro: Hi, Henry. I'm also struggling with a loss of memory that doesn't have anything to do with computers so let's see how well this goes! The TK3ea and 5ea (IIRC) had the same raw specs. The TK1e output increased from 5.0mv to 5.5mv, ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Raul: The comment you refer to was specifically related to the difference in cantilever influence on the carts Griffithds had asked about, cantilever materials for the styli mentioned were I believe either beryllium or boron. Most would s... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Griffithds, Nandric: Griff: Thanks for your comiseration re. the computer, best described as a catastrophic failure. In the process now of transitioning from Microsoft to Apple processes on a new unit, all previous saved data is lost. Spe... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, all, and seasons greetings: Nandric, fortunately (beware, a lot of opinion follows) the 412 has more in common with the 320 than does the 415, which in spite of extensive effort I cannot bring myself to enjoy. The somewhat overlooked 312 ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Travbrow: The numbers you've run are for P/S of 235mm, try plugging in P/S of 250mm, I believe this is correct for your EPA-100.Lofgren writes (pg. 9 of his ca. 1938 report), "the largest distortion risk occurs when the overhang is not se... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards, Griffithds, Travbrow: In the kit here there's a Denneson "Geometric Soundtractor", Baerwald geometry. The Denneson is handy for getting the cart aligned within "ballpark" standards and this is a good starting point, the remainder done by ... |