Lewm: " I do think he (Art Dudley) is a fine writer, in contrast to many." Yes, I agree and he's a delight to read. It's just a shame that such usually open-minded writer has such blindness towards one genre of products without even looking into their inner workings before dismissing them. Sometimes you just have to look for the "soul" of a turntable. _______ |
The thing is getting really annoying
http://www.monoandstereo.com/2012/01/interview-with-simon-yorke.html
I know, I like and respect him so far, but if he continue like this (about DD) he is going to miss much more than a few fans. |
Q: I know you strive for complete solutions, but have you ever thought about direct drive?
A: Yes, and after thinking about it I moved on. Bad idea, connecting your (microphonic) record directly to the shaft of a vibrating motor, no? I, too, like and respect Simon Yorke but rather disappointed about the above. Another bewildering thing is his answer to the below: Q: XLR vs RCA? Is balanced phono output a better one?
A: "XLR is a three-pin, centre-balanced transmission system. Ive never encountered a cartridge with 3 pins per channel, have you? So, what are you going to do with that third pin on your chunky XLR plug? Taking a balanced approach to a phono input is a good thing, but adopting the professional line-level transmission protocol (XLR) to do it is, in my opinion, mostly just playing games... marketing." _______ |
Balanced isn't only 3-pin. It could also be 5-pin stereo-balanced.
If the phonostage is fully balanced(recall Violectrik), you can rewire tonearm for 5-pin stereo-balanced transmission. So aside from marketing, our cartridges/arms are balanced by default having +&- pins for each channel + Ground. |
"Both BMW and Lexus are good engineering, but the former usually has soul and the latter has not. Mercedes is somewhere in between. "
Then the answer is obvious. If it's extremely reliable, it does not have soul. If it breaks a lot, it has plenty of soul. My old MG Midget, was one soulful machine. |
