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| Next best thing to a Counterpoint SA-5000 preamp The two companies in question had totally different philosophies and different sound as result: MFA is dark, basy, midrangy and brooding, while Counter. is open, extended, even bright sometimes, almost sterile-clean. Your choice. SA3000 or 3.1 are... | |
| 3 Top Cartridges Picks I thought I'll put my 3 cents in:1)Miyabi cartridges in various disguises ( Cello, "Red Rose" etc), I own one and love it, but lowish output (.2 mV), requires transformer for sure. Fast, clean, detailed, great dynamics/bass, very good tracker at s... | |
| Goldmund Pabst motor Dr. Mr. Bendig, no need to aplogize! Goldmund's power supplies are of poor quality, on par with anything available from Mouser Electronics, let's say for $30 US. I speak from experience. The whole thing with searching for another motor started bec... | |
| Goldmund Pabst motor I have numbers. I also was able thru some very creative buying and selling obtain a spare motor in like new condition, so I'm OK for a long time. Thanks to all for help. Mark | |
| Goldmund Pabst motor Thanks Mark. The motor I'm referring to is a Papst (you a correct in spelling, I was wrong) DIRECT drive motor, not a DC synchronous used by a lot of people in industry. And while this motor is quiet, it does what every direct drive motor manufact... | |
| MFA Luminescence MC Reference preamp A question for kana813: do you have any pictures/schematics for Venusian? How was it broken down into three chassis? And BTW, I agree that you have to search hard to find a better phono (or line for that matter) than a Lumi. Recapping with modern ... | |
| MFA Luminescence MC Reference preamp Hello fellow audio-nuts. While you have most of the facts right, you've got some of them wrong. There was a preamp from MFA called "Luminescence" (I have two. One early pre-production A and a heavily moded B1), with various versions (A, B, C etc).... | |
| EMIM from 4.5 infinity has anyone rebuilt? Sorry, just noticed the link didn't go thru. It's GR Research, , they sell EMIM replacements for $59 ea. as well as a ton of other speaker parts including many different ribbons. Good luck, Mark. | |
| EMIM from 4.5 infinity has anyone rebuilt? Further info on EMIM replacements. Clicking on this link will give you info from manufacturer, as well as lower price than Layne Audio. However I need one question answered: what is the crossover frequency in 4.5 at which EMIMs take over? These GB... | |
| EMIM from 4.5 infinity has anyone rebuilt? To evrybody who is looking for EMIM and EMIT replacements: "Layne Audio" (615)298-4124 sells modern German-designed replacements. These are made of different material which is not moisture absorbent, they are more efficient and a lot faster and cl... | |
| EMIM from 4.5 infinity has anyone rebuilt? Try this link, they claim they have replacements | |
| Getting a Koetsu Onyx cartridge rebuilt - help I have just received my two Onyxes and a Rosewood from Garrot Brothers in Australia where thay have been retipped and Onyx Sapphire received a new cantilever as well. Prices range from about $280 for a simple retip and up. I can tell you they soun... |