viridian
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| Ortofon SPU's outdated design? Chris, so are you enjoying the sound that it is giving you, or do you feel that it is sonically a dinosaur as well?Marty | |
| Why are "low hours" a consideration? Mike, that reminds me of "near mint" which means that the piece of gear next to it on the shelf is mint, but the one that you are buying is a beater. | |
| Why are "low hours" a consideration? My favorite is "won't last long at this price" does that mean that it's so cheap that it will fall to pieces as soon as you ship it to me? | |
| Ortofon SPU's outdated design? Name a "universally applicable" cartridge and you will name one that does not work optimally in any tonearm. Reminds me of "one size fits all" clothes; actually, one size fits none. I would also argue that the 103 is harder to match with an arm du... | |
| Denon DL-103 -- Was it a mistake? Yes, you need to get all of it broken in and settled before making any types of changes, so that you can have a baseline; you might just fall in love right off. I did not say that the Denon is bright, but that there is a brightness in the upper mi... | |
| Denon DL-103 -- Was it a mistake? Well, first, add mass to the arm. Second, the 640P was a bad match with the 103 in my system. The brightness at the top of the Denon's midrange not matching well with the upper midrange brightness of the 640P. But in a darker toned system, it may ... | |
| Denon DL-103 -- Was it a mistake? The 103 cartridges are very problematic. Because they are cheap, many buy them and do not realize how specific the environment is that they have to work in. What phono section are you using and what is the impedance that you are loading the cartri... | |
| Please disclose your commercial affiliation I completely and vehemently disagree. I find this site quite entertaining, and part of that entertainment is guessing at who is who and what is what. It's all opinions anyway, I really don't care if the manufacturers, distributors and retailers ar... | |
| Azur 640p /w Denon DL103 and Clearaudio Virtuoso? The output and load impedance on the Denon 103 are not, in fact, 100 ohms. The internal impedance of the cartridge is 40 ohms plus or minus 20%. The recommended minimum load impedance when using an active phono stage is 100 ohms. Try cutting the h... | |
| Azur 640p /w Denon DL103 and Clearaudio Virtuoso? To answer your question, yes both will be safe, in the sense that nothing will break. You may find that both the gain and loading in the MC section will not be optimal for the 103, resulting in too much noise, not enough dynamics and a skewed freq... | |
| start me off http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1236265490 | |
| Maybe your turntable setup is actually okay . . . Kirkus, correct you don't quite understand my answer. | |
| Maybe your turntable setup is actually okay . . . You are no more likely to set up your turntable correctly by watching Mikey's setup video and sufing a few websites than you are to become a porn star by watching a pornographic video. Sorry, we are dealing with the most minute of dimensions and t... | |
| Differences in tubes. KT-66 is a 6L6 variant from an electrical standpoint and should only be used in amps that can accept the 6L6 types. Interstingly, the "KT" in these tubes originally stood for "kinkless tetrode" so they differ from the pentodes and beam power type ... | |
| Which James Bond Theme Recording John Zorn from the album "Naked City" did the James Bond theme with Bill Frisell on guitar. It is the version to end all versions. |