To those with multiple tables/arms/cartridges

Dear Henry, I am still suspect and threated as such by
the moderators. No idea why but I am original from the
Eastern bloc and begin to recognize some precarious
development in the West but, alas , it is to late to
emigrate back. I already posted my contribution about the
SUT's yesterday but my post was obviously suspect ...
So in short. I am scared by the complexity of SUT-carts
matching and also own 'some' (8)LOMC's which make possible
so many combinations that I prefer not to mess with them.
For some unknown reasons Herr Scheafer (ASR owner)
has not much with MM carts. My previous Basis (2009) had to my big
surprise no MM input at all so i was forced to buy the new
'Golden one' from 2010 which is provided with the MM input
but no adjustment possibility of any kind. So my Basis is
better suited for the MC carts while I myself still prefer
those above any MM cart that I own (about 25,sic!)
The 'sic!' means that I am crazy and this means that there
is no sense in asking me why I own so many MM carts.

Nandric, I have been studying "vintage" phono stages for the last few months. By "vintage" I refer to units designed and built from the 70s to the 90s, not the real old pre-1970 units that by now need rebuilding. This is because I am so enamored of the Beveridges that I am now constructing a "second system" in my basement around them, but I don't want to spend a lot of money. Anyway, there are many fine full function preamplifiers from that era that do provide an MM input, or two or three, and these inputs frequently do provide for adjustable loading of MMs. Also, there is not much new under the sun in phono stage design, so many of these units are quite good sounding. I just bought a mint condition Quicksilver preamp AND a Klyne 6LX/P. I am going to compare them and keep the one I like best, but right now the Quicksilver is driving the Beveridges and sounds great. For well under US$1000 or about 700 Euros you can get a very nice MM phono stage.

I may have mentioned my decades old home-made Transmission Line woofer cabinets here before. They utilize KEF B139 woofers. I got them running this weekend to provide low bass for the Bevs, and, after much experimentation with positioning, they really work very very well. So I got a subwoofer system for zero dollars. I had been about to throw out the cabinets on several occasions in the past, pre-Beveridge.

Dear Nikola,
I too was scared about the 'complexity' and 'matching' issues that I had read about regarding SUTs.......but Thuchan advised me to just "try" :-)

You know I also have 3 LOMCs (actually 4...I have 2 UNIverses)......the Dyna XV-1s, the ZYX and the FR-7f/Lc and each one is different to the other......however they ALL matched perfectly with the Kondo KSL SF-Z and Halcro MM Phonostage.

If you have a chance for a home trial of one.......I'd strongly advise it.
However....the fact that Herr Scheafer is not 'strong' on MMs leads me to think that his MM Phonostage is possibly not good enough......and that may well be the reason you are not hearing the best sounds from yours?

Sounds like you're 'cooking with gas' Lew :-)
Continue to enjoy.....

Dear Henry, Funny you should use that phrase, "cooking with gas". There was an audio show in my area this weekend, the "Capital Audio Fest". I attended all day on Saturday. There I saw a device heretofore unknown to me, the Stein "Harmonizer". The Harmonizer is a little black box, maybe 4 to 6 inches on a side, that is mounted on a long slender pole about 4 feet off the ground. Supposedly, the Harmonizer improves the room sound by moving air molecules (aka,"gas"). The idea being that keeping the air molecules in motion makes the work of the speaker easier, static vs dynamic friction is invoked. The astute audiophile is advised to buy as many as three pair of these to "treat" the room. One pair = ~$2000!!! These things are made in Germany. Nandric and Thuchan, do you know anything about this product?

IF the thesis made any sense, which I am not sure it does, why not use a couple of whisper fans strategically placed, or a couple of small point source heaters. Both will do the job of moving air molecules. Further, I can see no way in which the Harmonizer can move air molecules; there are no apertures in the black box through which air might pass in order to be motivated. I must be missing something. The fact that Stein also sells "Magic Stones" does not reduce my level of incredulity.