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| Ortofon MC A90 cartridge Just a note regarding phono loading of the A90.I initially had this set at 100 ohms but have now lowered to 47ohms. The difference can be startling - Al Di Meola's 'Alien chase on Arabian Desert' sounds awesomely huge and full of impact and atmosp... | |
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| Ortofon MC A90 cartridge Mikel,Just re-reading your comments on the SP10/Jubilee, specifically:OTOH the Technics/Reed allow the Jubilee to likely have more overall energy and particularly more bass slam. the Reed really has a 'jump' factor....."Are you saying the SP10/Ree... | |
| Ortofon MC A90 cartridge Having used the Jubilee for couple of years before acquiring the A90, I can say emphatically that the latter is on a completely different performance plane.The Jubilee does share some of the same ease (tracking prowess?) and throws a pretty big st... | |
| Graham Phantom vs. Phantom II >>10-21-09: R_f_sayles.....My concern and my understanding of Conrad Mas's concern with unipivot arms on his table is that his clever suspension is also essentially, unipivot, which together create some basic engineering challenges, and very... | |
| 2nd tonearm on HRX Re "Paul, go for it."Shane I was considering getting an arm with a detachable headshell and mounting the left corner of my TNT as per above.Something like a Jelco would be pretty cheap and allow some flexibility with cartridge experimentation.I st... | |
| 2nd tonearm on HRX I've actually thought about adding an extra arm to my TNT by drilling the requisite hole in the left rear corner - ie a direct mount to the plinth.It looks like the TNT would have the 'real estate' to accommodate an extra arm, but i'm not sure if ... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Zhenya, I think we can all agree that the amount of sibilance emphasis/distortion is not normal.While I don't own that particular AKAUS record - I do own the other Mo-Fi 3 LP live set (mastered using the same system) and Kraus' sibilants are nothi... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Goatwuss, I would have thought the medium compliance Jubilee (16cu) would be a good match to the JMW9 - at least from a low freq resonance perspective. Is it possible that the JMW9 doesn't 'like' the heavier weight of the Jubilee (10.5g)? For refe... | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Interesting thread. Love that you've taken the trouble to make the sound clips. I've listened to the 3 different tracks (via pc - Auzentech Prelude directly into Audio Technica AD900 phones) and to be honest I don't find the sibilance to be that b... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul said:"My experience with that Garrot cartridge is similar of you have and only a difference on the low bass performance where in my system and with different tonearm I achieve a " tight and fast " low bass performance, I could think ( because... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Jimpcn (and others), just a note Re my observations of the Garrott P77 and Ortofon Jubilee above.Not sure my words above do either cartridge justice. I should note (as I didn't explicitly say it above) that the Ortofon has considerably more transp... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Jimpcn, I have just put my Jubilee back in the Phantom and can make a few observations.Like I said, the Garrott P77 does some things better than the Jubilee. It has a very natural midrange presence and is very good at portraying vocal and instrume... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Jimpcn said "who needs a MM when there are Ortofon Jubileesor bluenote/Goldnote MC cartridges,....and probably the list goes on and on...."I own the Ortofon Jubilee and had it mounted in a VPI TNT/Phantom 2 combo. Like you, I thought all this MM t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dgarretson, RE "but is anybody here as yet really prepared to part with their high-end MCs?" I don't know if I will abandon MC's, but my recent listening to my 20yo Garrott P77 has certainly made me question the economic sense of the pricier cartr... |