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| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? OK I admit that in my sound room there is a piano and a set of drums and a lot of percussion instruments. Sometimes these must inevitably influence my perception of sound as reproduced from my stereo system. But, the influence is only subliminal... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? The search for the Holy Grail. Frankly there is no right answer for a number of reasons: Everything changes with time especially technology; the live music reference is not an accurate gauge because every live venue is different; every recording... | |
| Mobile Fidelity Ultradeck Rega is likely to be able to support their product long term. Think about needing parts and service 10 years later. | |
| Have you heard the Goldring Ethos Cartridge? To add to the praise, in the current (April 2024) issue of Stereophile, Herb Reichert has a nice write up of the Ethos in his column that is very positive in every respect. | |
| Copper vs. Silver tonearm wire Hi Raul, At your suggestion I visited the Audio Note UK website. Acquiring the material would be easy. Then I spoke with my dealer. The dealer is trusted and important because I am no longer competent to perform the work myself. With age my ha... | |
| Anybody using the last record preservative Let me do a little myth busting here. There is a guy who wears a chemist smock and hawks ultrasonic record cleaners. Any of you who have been to a trade show know who I am talking about. Anyway, he scrubs and scrubs until all the white gunk sto... | |
| SUT With a Manley Steelhead RC? I happen to have a Bob's Devices 10x SUT sitting here gathering dust. I am not inclined to sell it, but I would be happy to let you borrow it to try. You would still need to buy another set of phono cables and they should be a match to the ones ... | |
| AR-XB. Is it worth a new motor? I have been sitting on the fence on this thread. I used to have a C26 and a 2100 and can't let you dangle in the breeze. The AR turntable is an enigma. It was a brilliant, though flawed design. With the 3 point suspension it was copied first b... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms Raul, I am pinching myself as I ask this question. My HW40 arm needs to be rewired. I was going to take it to VPI and let them do it, but should I reconsider? You are right that the wire I installed in my GAE was Zavfino. I do not want to do ... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms One last comment: Unipivots are inferior to double gimbals in my experience. | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms Oh I forgot another significant arm in my life. A Rabco SL8E. This was mounted on a Thorens TD125MkII and worked well. It was a tangental tracking arm, actually it was always hunting, but It lifted at the end of play and it was reliable. | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms A very interesting discussion indeed. Arms definitely matter. In my opinion a lot. I am amused by Raul's comment that all arms should have silver wire. Raul is a man who knows his stuff and several years ago, when I first bought my SL1200GAE he... | |
| Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz and Blues, Awesome! Thanks for sharing. It really does look like a nice book. I was disappointed to discover how expensive it would be to buy one considering how long it has been out of print. I wish some publisher would get interested in a new edition. My New Gr... | |
| VPI Prime Sig/Lyra Delos / Feedback ...help! It seems from your description that the Lyra is the source of the feedback. If you are comfortable switching cartridges, try substituting in the Hana to the new TT and see if the problem goes away. If so that tells you that the Lyra is just a mu... | |
| Vinyl rips - still worth it? There is a lot of music on old records that is not available otherwise. Plus you can create you own mix. I say go for it and have fun. |