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The Palladian-A step beyond

The new cartridge from Acoustical Systems may finally be the LOMC to fully realise the theoretical advantages of the genus.
And convince those long-suffering audiophiles to whom the 'modern' MC presentation has been anathema to 'live sound'....that the realism of vintage LOMCs like the SPUs and FR-7 series has finally been recaptured 👀
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fleib
1,124 posts
 

Raul, glad to see you're back. Nice post - focused and concise.

Halcro does not need a road map to find the way home.  No, Brakemeier did not reinvent the phono cartridge, but it looks like he did everything right. Why should he spend time building the motor when Ortofon, VdH, whoever, can build it to spec for him? 

Years ago my wheel man had a '68 Chevy Z-28 Trans America road racer.  This was factory custom ordered set up for the Baja. It was aluminum alloy from head to toe (rear) w/ 3/4 race cam. The Holly 4-bbl was the size of the block. You could stick your fist down each barrel.

It had a close ratio 4 speed, Holly shifter, clutch like a tow truck, and a 25 lb. spring on the gas pedal so you didn't blow it up. Sucker red lined at 7K rpm - did 60 mph in first gear. 

I drove it home one night cause dude was in space. I did 165 - my personal high and I still had pedal left.  Got home pretty quick too.

Best regards to you and your family this holiday season,

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bluewolf
66 posts
 
To the Great Cabal, do everyone here a favour and follow your own advice!!!


@fleib 

“Not sure why I'm wasting time here.”

 @rauliruegas 

“Dear @fleib : As you stated: don't lost your time.”

 

We will survive so so well without two people who have zero interest in the subject and only wish to troll.


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nandric
4,086 posts
 

Dear bluewolf, I am not sure if I  follow my own advice but I

certainly do follow Halcro's advice reg. Raul's post. However

he deed not give the same advice reg. Fleib.  Besides I do

enjoy my disputes with Flieb.

fleib
1,124 posts
 

Looks like I made another mistake. Of course, it was a Hurst shifter on the Chevy. It was before 6:00 AM ....

Bluewolf, you have 30 posts on this forum and you use the royal "we" ?  I am not amused. This is serious business, much more important than someone's well being?  The Mercedes Formula 1 car you talked about earlier in this thread looks good @ 900 HP although it could not compete in the Baja. Maybe you missed the part in the review - generators are made by a major West European mfg.  What do you think I was talking about with that true story?

lewm
13,357 posts
 
What I want to know is, why are Nandric’s posts always double-spaced, whereas the rest of us only get single spacing? Could this be a hangover from his days as a professor? Does he want to leave room for us to take notes?

It is interesting to read that the Supex was felt to be the start of the "MC Revolution" in Europe, as well as in the USA. When it first arrived here in the mid-1970s, I heard it via the use of a Mark Levinson pre-preamplifier into a MM phono stage. There were few or no SUTs available back then. In my opinion at that time, my Grado TLZ blew away the Supex, which did not sound at all "musical" to my ears. And yet now the Supex is a collector’s item. It wasn’t until the late 1980s or early 1990s that I "drank the Kool-Aid" and became a convert to MC cartridges.

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