wrm57

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Audiomods Is A Great Company
@whart : Hey pal! Always good when you chime in!  
Audiomods Is A Great Company
@mijostyn : yeah, that’s the idea: weigh it all first, including your chosen top plate. They work best near the upper limit of the weight range, like within 10 lbs or so. M-K will do custom ranges for surprisingly little up-charge. Steve might say... 
Audiomods Is A Great Company
The fun will be getting it all to balance. Don;t mean to turn this into a Minus-K thread, but @mijostyn : after using M-Ks for a dozen years on multiple turntables, I found the easiest way to balance is to use an oversized top plate of your cho... 
Audiomods Is A Great Company
the MinusK is bouncy. I'm not sure if they have a lock out yet.   @mijostyn : If you’re wondering whether Minus-K has a lockout lever of some sort to freeze the suspension, the answer is no, at least not on the BM-8 models I’ve owned in the pas... 
Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble?
@pindac : very best wishes to you.  
Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble?
@lalitk, sure thing, you’re quite welcome. If you get it in and want to talk about anything, just PM me.  
Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble?
My experience is with the H3000 mk2, so it might be of marginal interest, although my understanding is that the H6500 uses a similar circuit, SUTs, and power supply. I find the Allnic to provide deeply satisfying inner detail and harmonic structur... 
Anybody here buy a cartridge from 'highendbroker' ?
Highendbroker is a dealer on Audiogon.  
John Mayall has passed away
Saw him a couple years ago, first time since the early 70s. Carolyne Wonderland was the star of the show but John was still bringing it. RIP to an important elder.  
Tube or solid state phono stage?
Personally, I’ve never had a solid state phono stage that satisfied me. But admittedly, I have not tried many: a 2-box Trichord Delphini 25 years ago, which was left in the dust by a succession of tube phonos; and recently, a MoFi MasterPhono boug... 
Looking for 5AR4 rectifier tube most like solid state
I think the current-issue Sovtek 5ar4 is not very tubey, but still pretty balanced. Compared to what I consider the best, Holland Amperex, they are a little cold and brittle. But once burned in they do not have the harshness of some Sino examples.... 
Tone arm length
Interesting that JR’s preferred arm seems to be a 4Point-14, or so I’ve gathered from conversations with him. Maybe it’s just a convenient tool for analyzing cartridges.  
Tone arm length
Some very respected turntable manufacturers like Basis and Sota do not even give you a choice. Many very smart engineers look at 12 inch arms as being foolish. Although Basis does offer its TOL SuperArm as 12.5" and 16". And Origin Live, while ... 
Dimond Cantilevers And Tip Mass
The higher mass of the diamond cantilever relative to the stylus was one explanation, or perhaps I should say speculation, as to why the early applications by Ortofon, e.g. in the Anna, reportedly resulted in slightly reduced trackability. I have ... 
Experience purchasing a used high-end cartridge
No, I agree that I would need your criteria met if I were to buy this hypothetical used cartridge. How many times can I say go for it? I don’t buy used cartridges so the point is moot, but I’m submitting to your hypothetical. But I also think this...