ihcho
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? My last MM cartridges were AT150mlx and Grado Prestige Gold. Now I use Ortofon MC20 and SL15E MKII with Ortofon T20 SUT and MCA76 phono amp.MC20 (used in very good condition) + T20 (or SLE15E MKII + MCA76, or any other combo) can be bought at arou... | |
| Can a $3K table be among the best out there? Without a cartridge, a good working Thorens TD124 or Garrard 301 with birch wood plinth and a 12" Ortofon or SME arm may cost around $3,000~3,500. Not many TTs at under $4K would beat that, if any. | |
| Newbie needs advice One way to start is to buy a used Thorens turntable (145, 150, 160, 165) at $200~300, and a (good) budget cartridge at around $100 (Shure M97xE). $100 phono preamp will beat the phono section in the Marantz receiver. Buying used records may not be... | |
| Garrard 301/401 audition request Setting up a full best working 301 would not be a cheap task. With 301, you may want to invest $300+ for a plinth (like a heavy birch wood plinth), and a real good tonearm for $1500+ (like Ortofon RMG 309 or SME 3012 tonearm), and a real good cart... | |
| Mismatch - between SUT and MC cartridge. Thanks.I guess I need to spend more time to understand your explanation. Overall, it seems to work fine to my ears. | |
| Step Up Transformer housing case -- available? Many thanks for your input and detailed pictures. I guess I can follow the steps without too much difficulty. | |
| Mismatch - between SUT and MC cartridge. Thanks for your response.It is good to know that the voltage level matching is much more important than the impedance level matching. I've listened to many more LPs in more serious manner, and I guess I would like it, even though I cannot say that... | |
| Upgrading cartridge used or new? It is a gamble and would be a hit or miss.I've bought 5 or so used cartridges/stylus in the past 10 years, and 4 were pretty good and 1 was defective. Still, I paid for less than a third of the new price for each, so it worked for me.The most impo... | |
| Mismatch - between SUT and MC cartridge. Thanks Raul,I have used Ortofon MC20 with Ortofon T20 SUT, and they match pretty good and the sound is wonderful. I also have an Ortofon MC100 which has similar output level with MC20, but requires a higher load impedance (>10ohm vs 2~4 ohm).Ev... | |
| got the HW-19, now need advise on cartridge I have both Grado Prestige Gold and Audio Technica AT150mlx. Very different cartridges.As said, Grado Gold will be on warm side, but AT150mlx is more bright and detailed. | |
| Help: right channel not working on Yamaha rx-v3000 The digital to 5.1 converter, with the 6.1 channel input from the receiver, worked just fine. It cost me $60 for the converter and I guess I can save the Yamaha receiver for a while. | |
| Help: right channel not working on Yamaha rx-v3000 Thanks for response.Looks like DAC parts are dead.I ordered digital to 5.1 analog signal converter. Hope it would work, even with sound quality degrade. | |
| Help: right channel not working on Yamaha rx-v3000 With further testing, I've found out the receiver does not work for all digital inputs, but it works for analog input. That is, if I play my CD player with RCA jacks, the receiver works for both inputs, but with digital connection, the right chann... | |
| Setting up wireless digital music server Pioneer VSX-1122-K is a multi-channel Network Ready A/V Receiver. The spec says iPhone, iPod, and iPhone can work as a remote control. This may be a trend in the coming years. Customers may look for wireless network connection to music server as o... | |
| Setting up wireless digital music server Thanks for reply. Looks like it is simpler than I thought.Mac Mini Plus would be nice, but I want to try Sonos solution. At the moment I am not worrying too much about the sound quality. For serious listening I can use my BAT vk60/vk30 with Tyler ... |