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Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timeltel, But for whatever reason there are lots of audiophiles who despise the "sound" of sorbothane used as a footer or as a gasket. The usual indictment is "muddy". I have no opinion but have stayed away from sorbo for that reason. I have some ... | |
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? But here's the thing, Raul: The o-ring is made of a material that is dissimilar from the apposing metal surfaces. When the vibrational energy put into the headshell reaches the boundary between two dissimilar materials, a large fraction of it is r... | |
Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Has anyone here done this mod with Peter Reinders PTP? Or are you all using the stock Lenco chassis as a basis? If done with PTP, did you have to drill a hole to accommodate the string and weight? Thanks.Jean, in your earliest posts on this mod, y... | |
loading resistor question I'm with Doak too. Other good choices are tantalum types made by Shinkoh or Audio Note and Caddock TF020 or MK132. This is the most critical use of a resistor in your audio system, IMO, and the choice does make a difference.It's a bit dangerous to... | |
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Yeah, the Azden was never quite happy with me. I was about to sell it, in fact. My long term goal is to whittle down this "collection" of MM/MI cartridges to 3 or 4 that really float my boat the most. | |
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timeltel, I think you are channeling the great Ricky Nelson who famously sang,"Ya can't please ev'ry-oneso ya... got to pleeze your-self."Nandric will recognize Ricky Nelson's lament in relation to Kant's categorical imperative.Raul, Could be I mi... | |
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, You are reviving the argument. Bad. I will give you one surprisingly pragmatic reason why I generally prefer tube equipment: I know enough about it to build and repair it myself. I will leave out the other reasons while also insisting tha... | |
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dertonearm, I completely agree with every word you wrote. I also think that verbal arguments on the subject of tubes v transistors are about as worthwhile as arguing about one's religion vs another's. That's why I never intended to "go there". I a... | |
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Timeltel, What's up? First of all, I made no statement about a preference of tubes vs solid state. As I am sure you know, ss gain devices have Miller capacitance too. I was only discussing Miller capacitance. I happen to own an Ayre p5Xe as w... | |
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks, Timeltel, Raul, and everyone for your interesting responses. I must say I am surprised at the (high-ish) amount of capacitance Timeltel has found to be optimal with various different cartridges. Also, as regards the inherent capacitance at... | |
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Thuchan, Thank you, but you are talking about MC cartridges, and you are quite correct, added capacitance is never desirable with those. However, for reasons which are too arcane to re-hash here, having to do with the fact that MM cartridges ... | |
A Copernican View of the Turntable System Looks like adjustable headshell offset angle. Nice to have but dangerous in the wrong hands. Strictly for the cognoscenti. | |
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Question for Raul, Timeltel, Dialolum, or anyone: I am going to re-wire my phono stage so as to provide variable loads at the MM input. I am thinking that 100K is the max load ever needed. Do any of you disagree? Do you ever use load resistance gr... | |
A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dear Dgob, Where? I went to that page. Raul alludes to the tonearm in his text but there is no photo I can find. There is or was no photo on Raul's "system" site, either. Or are you saying that he just recently posted one there? (But I looked two ... | |
Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, For me it's ease of use that attracts me most to DT's protractor and the fact that I so far never invested in a Feickert or a MintLP type. I own a Dennesen that I bought maybe 25 years ago plus two of the Turntable Basics protractors, for di... |