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| Simaudio MOON LP5.3 RS or 300LP? Dinster, That list of resistive loading options for your Audia Flight is indeed very odd. Perhaps there is a built in SUT for MC. Sometimes the stated value of the load is tricky to interpret when there is a SUT and if the load resistor is install... | |
| Opinions on bang for the buck on TT & tonearm Curley, You are nowhere near the novice I thought you to be, based on the list of excellent turntables you have already owned. You might ask yourself why you were or are not satisfied with especially the top two or three on your list, the Basis, t... | |
| Opinions on bang for the buck on TT & tonearm Stringreen and Rodman, Do you mean to say that of all the turntable/tonearm combinations in all the world that can be had for $6000 or less, you would choose "VPI"? Not to denigrate VPI as a brand name in any way, but perhaps the OP would like a m... | |
| Opinions on bang for the buck on TT & tonearm Why is Trans-fi "thinking out of the box"? It's one of a bajillion legitimate candidates that probably comes to the new owner in a box. | |
| ZYX Premium Cartridges Doug, I like your smiley face better than the last line of your quartet. I am still trying to parse it, but I get the gist. Judy was just being provocative, I think. Judy, Judy, Judy, you are entitled to your opinion, however subjective it may be. | |
| New $35K pivoting tonearm Jeb, No joke? | |
| Opinions on bang for the buck on TT & tonearm "Pod based". Do you mean like in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"?The issue of outboard pods is yet another can of worms. There is a long thread here based on only that question. (Search on "Copernican".) Be prepared to be confused.Why not introdu... | |
| Opinions on bang for the buck on TT & tonearm As regards tt's, go and listen so some top flight rigs. Decide for yourself which drive technology gives you your preferred sonic result (belt-, idler-, or direct-drive). Then listen to a few more tt's that use your preferred drive system. Then, m... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? It was not my intention to indict RM for the instability of the Beveridge direct-drive amplifiers. I really don't understand the circuit well enough to critique it. But it's fair to say that some pretty smart EE types who have worked on these amps... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Fleib, You asked whether I have ever experienced one of Modjeskie's "direct-drive" ESLs. In fact, I am the owner of a pair of Beveridge 2SW speakers with their original direct-drive amplifiers, built and signed by RM in 1979. The amplifiers are TH... | |
| ZYX Premium Cartridges Maybe the "magic" starts with the UNIverse, because my indirect experience with that cartridge suggests it is uncannily true to life, mounted in a Talea tonearm. What tonearm(s) did you use, David or Sbrown? | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Fleib,We have no argument as regards RIAA accuracy. In my initial post I merely recounted the interaction between Raul and Peter Ledermann, who took umbrage when Raul categorically dismissed his SG cartridge because it was reported by a third part... | |
| Worth having my SOTA Sapphire refurbished? That tt has a sapphire/ruby thrust plate under the bearing. Hence the name "Sapphire". Fracture of the thrust plate is a known issue, and when they are moved there is a danger of that, altho it sounds like you did all the right things. However, if... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Evidently Roger Modjeski never "saw" an LCR type phono circuit.Fleib, I was not arguing your point. I know how most RIAA networks are built and why. I don't think Raul made up the issue of the non-compliance of the Sound Smith strain gauge to RIAA... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Audie,Did not receive either an email to my Yahoo or a message via Audiogon, so far as I know. Please try again. (I will check Audiogon "MyPage" as well.)Dear Fleib,You make a valid point re Raul's obsession with RIAA hyper-accuracy. I always... |