nsgarch
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| Trans Temp W, Magic Diamond cartridges - comments Lohanimal, if you want to keep your EF1 (which you should!) I suggest you trade your Temper V in on a Temper W. It has 0.2mV more output than the V, which is not enough to render it less refined IMO, but enough to do the trick with your EF1 (and m... | |
| Multi-Outlet with NO Conditioning Chris vanHaus has a couple of no fluff units (a four and a six) go to:http://venhaus1.com/VH_Audio_Test.html | |
| Trans Temp W, Magic Diamond cartridges - comments I wanted to mention something about the issue of MC cartridge output. Manufacturers use one of two different test records to measure cartridge output. The JVC (TRS-1007) at 3.54 cm/sec, and the CBS (STR-100) at 5 cm/sec.Make sure, when you are ass... | |
| Which Solid State Amplifier is Making you Happy? Remember the old Toyota jingle by Van Dyke Parks -- "get your hands on a Toyota, and you'll never let go!" ?? Well, get your hands on a Mark Levinson 23.5, and you'll never let go! | |
| leave solid state power amps on? I don't think it's a good idea to leave CDP's or CD transports on when not in use. You might want to check this with the individual manufacturer, but so far as I know, none of the lasers go into standby mode when not in play. | |
| Original Transfiguration Temper? For what it (may be) worth -- the following from a post on AA:"I am currently using a couple of 1678's at 1:32 in front of a DIY Hagerman Cornet MM phono stage (about 44dB gain). My cartridge is an original Transfiguration Temper (0.25mV and 3 Ohm... | |
| Trans Temp W, Magic Diamond cartridges - comments Reb -- I could only find an internal impedance spec for the .3mV version of the Ruby 2. It is 45 ohms (the .34mV might be a little higher.) Its loading range is spec'd at >400 ohms, and our "formula" (25 x internal impedance) predicts an optimu... | |
| Trans Temp W, Magic Diamond cartridges - comments Reb, I was just curious: What was the 36mv cartridge you had previously? The one that sounded good at 22K? If you don't know what its coil resistance (or internal impedance) is, I thought I'd try and look it up to see what the "formula" predicts i... | |
| Trans Temp W, Magic Diamond cartridges - comments Speedy, I'm glad I finally managed to express myself clearly. Please share your progress with us.N | |
| Our we Lazy? For all the above reasons (as always, stated most concisely by Elizabeth) and one more, I finally gave up my beloved toobies.The "one more"? I live in Tucson, Arizona!Anybody know of an amp that produces COOL? | |
| Trans Temp W, Magic Diamond cartridges - comments Hi Reb -- well what I know about cartridge loading, I know mostly from experimenting with my vdH's over the years. The required load impedance (or preamp input impedance) for any given MC cartridge is generally a function of its internal coil resi... | |
| Trans Temp W, Magic Diamond cartridges - comments Reb -- thank God! The Cardas record is all you need for "cooking" those little coils! And I'm not sure you even have to do that more than once, but it can't hurt them and it also conditions the rest of the system if you have it turned on. Think ab... | |
| Trans Temp W, Magic Diamond cartridges - comments Reb, I want to respond to your post first, (because it's easy :~) First of all congratulations! I agree with all the wonderful things you discovered as you began using this little gem -- especially the lack of noise and grain.(What is your preamp ... | |
| Amazing ''Overachieving'' products...your pick? Purist Audio Design Venustas cables -- the performance far exceeds the cost, and though they are expensive, they are still just this side of outrageous! If you can only affortd one, buy the phono cable :~) | |
| Trans Temp W, Magic Diamond cartridges - comments RE: cartridge loading and stylus rake angle:Maybe the reason some of you are getting seemingly better response with the cartridge/arm at a negative angle is because that would compensate for the kind of non-linear response created when the cartrid... |