twl
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| Cartridge match for the Sumiko MMT tonearm? For the MMT, you can use either MM or MC, as long as it doesn't feed a huge amount of energy back into the arm, as is the case with many lower compliance cartridges. My advise is to stick with a medium mass and medium compliance cartridge for that... | |
| Can we have an "Ask Sean" catagory? Personally, I enjoyed Sean's input on this site. I support free expression, and letting the chips fall where they may.However, I do agree that Audiogon was put in a position(with Sean's placement of the derogatory "ad") where action was required. ... | |
| Grado Statement How Much Better Than The Referenc Generally, you can expect smaller amounts of improvement as you get into the higher priced cartridges from any manufacturer. There simply isn't as much room to improve, once you reach an already high level of performance. Even though the amounts o... | |
| Cartridge Angst-Help Low compliance cartridges would not be the best match for the original Thorens arm. If that arm is still on the TT, then I'd recommend a mid-compliance(15cu) cartridge like a Dynavector. Cannot recommend spending huge amounts of money on a relativ... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Basement, I agree that placement of mass, as well as the amount of mass in various planes, is very important to the overall success of a tonearm design. This is still an evolving art/science, even after all these years. A natural inquisitive natur... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Alex, as you mention, the actual lateral mass is the combined mass of the tonearm, cartridge, counterweight, bearing housing, AND my added weights. All arms, of course, have some amount of lateral mass built-in as part of the basic components. Usu... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Doug, I thought about making the weights threaded for adjustability, but finally decided that it left too much to chance. Also, any threaded pieces will set up resonance points at the joints, unless very securely locked, and even then they could s... | |
| ZYX cartridge and advice The ZYX Fuji or Airy are very nice cartridges. So is the Koetsu. Depends on what you like. You'll likely need different wands on the Morch, depending on which cartridge you want to use. The ZYX has a higher compliance than the Koetsu, and will pro... | |
| Time alignment, important? long I prefer single-driver speakers. An old engineer once said,"The fewer holes you poke in your boat, the less bailing you have to do." :^) | |
| Cartridge Recommendation If your phono stage can handle the 17D2, then it has enough gain to go with a slightly higher cartridge output easily. For the $2k budget stated, I'd recommend a ZYX R-100 Fuji(version with the 0.4mv output) for that JMW tonearm. It is every bit a... | |
| Shelter 501 Mk 2 vs. Dynavector Karat 17D2 Mk2 Just for the sake of clarity on this issue, the Dyna is a better match on the JMW 10 than the Shelter, so I think that needs to be considered when reading the above posts.I do agree that the Shelter 501 MkII has a "lush" midrange, and seems to hav... | |
| lp12 300b phono stage help I'd recommend a Shelter 501 MkII and a nice tube phono stage with over 65db of gain capability. This will complement your SET/single driver combo very nicely.Perhaps an EAR 834P or something around that quality level would be good. | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Doug, thanks for clearing that up. I couldn't remember exactly what you stated in your post, and I just made a mistake in writing that you had a 501.BTW, I have always thought that Bazooka was the best bubble gum! :^) | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Good points, Alex. In fact, some tonearms do have added mass in the horizontal plane, provided by the bearing housing structure. Others have a large bearing housing, but the bearings that control horizontal movement are only holding a low-mass rin... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Thank you Alex, for your succinct description of the pros and cons of the mod, and the importance of matching the application. |