dougdeacon
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| T+A turntable I heard it sounds best for playing the soundtrack to 'A Chorus Line'.Sorry... | |
| Dynavector Cartridge Load 100ohms or 47k ohms? The best loading for an MC cartridge is system dependent, and somewhat taste dependent also. It will do no harm to try any load from 100 ohms up to 47Kohms. Use familiar recordings with a full range of frequencies, like full orchestra or a classic... | |
| Anyone use Salamander Design racks? Comments? I have a Synergy Triple 20 and agree with most of what's been said. Pluses- flexibility to deal with component changes- disassembly is NOT required to move/add a shelf if you buy the optional shelf support thingies (forget the name, but they work)... | |
| Well Tempered or Teres ..... Cmk,Thanks for the tip. We're taking a close look at all Frank's models. It was indeed the lack of any sound attributable to the arm that was so stunning.Interesting comment about gimballed arms being more susceptible to inner groove problems. I'd... | |
| Well Tempered or Teres ..... DtM,It's a little hard to talk about Cello's Vector. IIRC we only heard one cartridge on it, his Shelter 901, and that clearly hasn't broken in yet. My 901 sounded less constrained, edgy or peaky than Cello's no matter what arm we put it on. Keepi... | |
| Turntable or go into SACD, Simon Yorke vs EMM Lab I have a friend who's heard both the EMM Labs and two TT's in another guy's system. The TT's were his fully modded LP12 and the system owner's Teres 265. To his ears they both beat the Meitner pretty easily. I suppose a SY table would do the same,... | |
| Grado Sonata pops out of grooves during crescendos Photon,Thanks for the explanation, understood. Of course that just makes the problem more mysterious. :-( Do you ever see the infamous "Grado wobble"? That might be related to the resonance idea. | |
| Grado Sonata pops out of grooves during crescendos You said you've set VTF to .1g over the level recommended by VPI. That doesn't make sense to me. VTF ranges are specified by the cartridge maker for each particular cartridge, not by the TT or arm maker. They have no idea what cartridge you might ... | |
| Transformer stepup size Welcome back Divo, and my apologies. If I had bit my tongue and not responded to the original digression it might have died when it began. Mea culpa.For SUT's I've only heard the Mu, so can't offer any tranny comparisons. I'd also be interested in... | |
| Transformer stepup size Well that sums it up, thank goodness. In support of, "NEVER USE A STEPUP TRANSFORMER", we shall also adopt, "NEVER LET CIRCUMSTANCES OVERRULE DOGMA." I stand corrected, humbled even. You have my vote for the next papal vacancy, there could hardly ... | |
| Transformer stepup size No disagreement on the SF from the little I've read, but that's irrelevant. If an SF is what my budget allows, why tell me that a more expensive unit is better? If I asked you for tonearm recommendations under $1K I hope you wouldn't insist that I... | |
| Transformer stepup size Hi Raul,Thanks for the many recommendations. I'll add them to my list in case I decide to upgrade phono stage and/or preamp someday.The phono stage was a Sonic Frontiers, an SF-1 I think though I never saw or heard it. It had both an MC and an MM ... | |
| Herman eats crow, RRL record cleaning fluids work Hi Bob,I'd forgotten you tried the RRL already and were neutral on it except for cost. Sorry for the sales pitch.I'd love to pay a return visit. We have house guests at the moment but maybe later in the month. You'll also have to come back for ano... | |
| What Cartridge Would Make the Best Match? What a stupid post. Shelter 501 for $500? What am I smoking?Whatever, it's great stuff! The Shelter I mean. Hey, it's only $300 over budget. Who needs lunches? | |
| What Cartridge Would Make the Best Match? Dan_Ed,Thanks for the info. If your research is correct, the best approach would be to pretend Dsc's 834P is the MM version, even if it isn't. :-)Given that, for a $750 budget on an RB-300 how about a Shelter 501 ($500) + K&K stepups ($225) + ... |