nsgarch
Responses from nsgarch
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Speaking of "flowers on the windshield", I was out driving around with a stoner friend of mine the same night Loreena Bobbit decided to toss her husband's severed manhood onto the freeway.Well wouldn't ya know, it hit our windshield, whereupon my ... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Tim -- so are you saying we should keep our cartridges and spend the money on pot? | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Now about those piccolos: I just listened to the LennyB/NYP Tai-Chi 4th/3rd piccolito passage(s) with my W -- sounded excellent, and I found it enabled me to dial-in the AS even closer.I don't know what recording led to the comments above, but Len... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Bc3 -- everything I've read about the Tranfg. coil former material speaks of a 35dB increase in sensitivity:"Unique ultra grade SS-µ-metal core for coil assembly. Newly developed ultra grade SS-µ-metal square core increases sensitivity by 35dB, im... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Jonathan, I wouldn't presume to question your historical perspective ;--) Though I've been intrigued with the MC cartridge (design) since the early seventies, I just can't recall which cartridge you're referring to that had an actual ring (doughnu... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Speedy, I could go along with the O being a tweener marketing ploy if they were asking like DOUBLE the price of a V or W (remember the huge jump in price from an Airy 3 to a UNIverse?) but at a mere 20% more, no I think it's simply going to turn o... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Jcarr, you're quite right re: the wire diameter used to wind the coil -- after all, the number of windings is directly proportional to the current produced when a coil is moved through a magnetic field. I only was using the impedance spec as a rou... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Jcarr -- with all due respect, I think you have it all backwards ;--( Here's some technical background for your edification. BTW, the new core material only helps improve the signal to noise ratio, it doesn't increase the output:The moving coil ca... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Mark, your response indicates a slightly different understanding from mine.Once again, I have no reason to diss those other great cartridges;--) However, in terms of further design innovation or performance improvement, I see nowhere for them to g... | |
| tonearm to fit mysterious pre-cut plinth? It't must be for SME, does it also have two holes at each end of the oval? The M series is the least expensive model in production, I think.http://www.sme.ltd.uk/However the 309 and the 3009 are classics and available used here on Agon. | |
| Flat speaker cable Buy some 16 or 32 conductor computer ribbon and terminate with spades or whatever. Cheap, flat, and 80% Nordost!! | |
| Setting anti-skate Mike, yes, I think a lot of people don't realize the importance of a REALLY STRONG light source, and a little observational practice (watching the cantilever at max. and min. Anti Skate settings) until you get a "feel" for those little deflections... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Mark, you can search cartridgedb.com til your eyeballs fall out but you won't find another MC cart with the (low) coil resistance (i.e low coil weight)-to-output ratio of the Orpheus. BTW, the outputs for Tranny (and ZYX) products need to be multi... | |
| Best $200 speaker cables for overall performance? You didn't say what length you need, but I'd recomment a used pair of Straightwire Maestro or for maybe $100 more a used pair of Purist Musaeus. Both are quiet and neutral. Purist had a little better imaging due to less time smear, but both good o... | |
| Best Solder Welborne Labs house brand is better than WBT and as good as and cheaper than Cardas (which they also sell).http://www.welbornelabs.com/solder.htm |