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| MC versus MM. Which to choose. Hi Nandric:Some of Raul's accusations feel a bit hollow to me, since I for one never stopped listening to MMs or MIs alongside MCs (which is by no means uncommon among audiophiles in Japan). Hearing about Raul and other audiophiles "rediscovering"... | |
| MC versus MM. Which to choose. Raul: As I have stated repeatedly, among other MM and MI cartridges, I own multiple units of the EPC100C Mk4. I find it to be quite good, but not nearly as good as you seem to think. When I play a Titan, for example, through my Connoisseur phono s... | |
| surface noise and cartridge/ phono pre questions Although I fully agree with Ralph's (and Doug's) observations that the phono stage has a significant impact on the perception of surface noise, I do not agree that the use of global NFB has any bearing on the outcome.FWIW, I have used both Ralph's... | |
| MC versus MM. Which to choose. Speaking as someone who has designed cartridges, phono stages and tonearms, my experience is that the choice for best sound between MM and MC depends largely on the phono stage and the tonearm and to a lesser extent, the turntable.The tracking abi... | |
| Lyra Titan: Stylus broken during shipping Marco has contacted me by email, and I will try to help him clear up this issue.kind regards, jonathan carr | |
| Latest new generation Lyra Hi John: Hope that you are doing well.One more day to the end of 2011! What a turbulent year it has been!Lyra doesn't directly set the retail prices in any country. Those are decided by the local distributor.That said, judging from how long each s... | |
| Latest new generation Lyra Hi everyone. Thank you for your patience, and the warm comments (^o^).We finally got some Atlas information up on our website. With certain browsers I still get the old page, while on others the new Atlas update is visible. I imagine that there ma... | |
| Latest new generation Lyra Yes. Atlas.The first production units are presently being built, we too delivery of the product boxes perhaps two weeks ago, and I received the very first printed manuals today. The Atlas is a very time and labor-intensive cartridge to make, and t... | |
| Lyra Skala installation I fully agree with SBrown regarding the desirability of an accurate cartridge alignment system.Yes, I would try level VTA as a starting point (but please do experiment).One more option on mounting screws could be a manganese-copper-nickel-iron all... | |
| Lyra Skala installation Hi Pojuojuo:The VTF and antiskating that you chose are well within our recommendations, so it doesn't sound like you have problems. One thing to keep in mind is that as temperatures drop with the onset of winter, the optimal VTF is very likely to ... | |
| Is it worth repairing or re-tipping? The JVC MC-1 is kind of like a moving-coil Decca, in that it uses printed micro-coils that are mounted very close to the stylus (perhaps 1 mm away from the stylus). As a result, there is little clearance between itself and the LP, but in return, d... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Although the TechDAS design breaks all of the prerequisites for this thread, who cares when the turntable design is so interesting and focused on performance.Driven via a woven aramid belt, but with a quartz-referenced, optically sensed servo syst... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Yes, from the former VP of Micro-Seiki (now CEO of Stellavox Japan). He showed up at the Tokyo International Audio Show with a turntable that looked like it completed what the SX's and SZ's started.I believe that only one prototype (very nicely fi... | |
| Has anyone tried the new Lyra Kleos? Hi Jr W:In past years we made physically shorter cartridges, like the Clavis DC. or the Parnassus DCt. With these, we sometimes received complaints from owners of certain tonearms such as the SME V and IV. The short cartridge height allowed the ta... | |
| Is 60dB gain enough for Kleos? Hi David:Regarding suitable gain of a phono stage for the Kleos, I'd normally suggest 63dB or more, although if you have a high-gain preamp, power amp, or quite efficient speakers, 60dB may be enough (as J. Frech has suggested).For lower-gain phon... |