Would Like To Hear From Strain Gauge Owners

Dear Slowhand: That's why I have to repeat and repeat: I'm not a competitor, the SG can't compete with MC/MM cartridges: can you understand it after " repetitive " 15 posts?.

I'm not slamming, I'm trying to pointing out/find out what is " around " the SG to understand what kind of device it is.

Between other things this is what you can read in the Soundsmitht web-site:

+++++ " No "RIAA" filter multi-stage preamp circuitry is required or used in our preamp - We have just one ULTRA clean gain stage between you and your music (RIAA compensation IS required for "velocity" sensitive magnetic cartridges - The Strain Gauge is a "displacement" device......which automatically compansates for the RIAA EQ, " ++++++

when almost any one read that a " cartridge ( SG ) " does not needs a RIAA stage because " automatically compensates for the RIAA eq.: you have to ask ( only by curiosity ) how is that?.
At least one other people ( read the link I posted ) ask about and no one( like you) was " angry " because of that. Maybe you can't understand the importance to know how the SG works but IMHO I think that I make me a favor to learn about and maybe some other people can/could appreciate that.

Slowhand if something has a white color and I ask you which is the color of that " something ": what is your answer? because mine is " white " IMHO the things must be called for their " names " its precise names, that's the way I'm: not to polite, NO.

With al respect to you I don't care if I lost credibility with you only because I want to find the true: I don't care I always go for the true, nothing wrong for that. It is lewd/improper try to " hide " the true when you have it in front of you, if for this I lost my credibility then : welcome!

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

In case some of you may not know, it was my Strain Gauge that Raul heard and made him an expert on same.

Open letter to Raul,

Why don't you drop it. Maybe YOU need something repeated 16 times in order for it to sink in but most of us do not.
Everyone knows how you feel about this. Your ignorance on the subject is so played.

All you are doing Raul, is chasing off the very people that, that unlike you, have something of REAL value to share with fellow Audioginers. You have done it before and I for one do not appreciate it one bit.

Please Raul, just go away. And if you don't, and I am sure you won't, maybe the good folks here would enjoy reading what REALLY happened in my listening room.

Slowhand, if you haven't seen the Positive Feedback report of Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, you may wish to check it out:Positive Feedback - the exhibitors are listed in alphabetical order, so the entry is about half way down the page.

Also, at Audio Fest, Michael Fremer in his seminars was recommending visitors hear the Soundsmith room. I know he's a controversial reviewer, but personally I have always found his observations on equipment useful.

Raul's first defense is to try make himself the victim.

Raul's second defense is denial.

That's why I have to repeat and repeat: I'm not a competitor, the SG can't compete with MC/MM cartridges: can you understand it after " repetitive " 15 posts?.

I think anyone reading this thread can see how truly self-serving and arrogant many of Raul's actions on Audiogon are. And he doesn't even have the courage to identify himself properly. He CANNOT get away with that on any other audio forum but here on Audiogon because the moderators of those forums would force him to register and identify himself as a manufacturer or leave.

Raul, stick to the threads where people love the kool aid you are serving.

Vetterone,
Please let us know where we can read what really happened in your listening room. I, for one, am now quite interested. Having kept up with this post over the last few days, my thoughts about the SG have gone back and forth. I've never heard one, but now, I would really like to. I see validity to both Raul and Peter's points. The debate about how much the SG is off the RIAA curve seems to be in dispute and the range of the measurement (20-20khz or 50-12khz)is not consistent. Perhaps it really should be settled by listening to the device.