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| Upgrades to Analog System In my view the weakest point of your system is the Marantz integrated amplifier. Why not ditch the Aesthetix/Marantz and look at a full function tube preamp that has a phono and a new power amp to match. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? or you prefer the ginormous distortions of higher output MM's, ideal for listening to Mr Whippy tunes, than the tiny distortions in LOMC's, which is quite reasonable if you like the Mr Whippy flavour..... just saying. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Yet more than 30 years ago I believe......tests were conducted by Quad (I think).....where behind a curtain, a real violinist stood between two speakers and played the same piece as contained on the record.Most listeners on the other side of the c... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? There is no way that any audio system can get close to a live sound...period. Anyone who thinks their system is close is living in cloud cuckoo land.However, as Frogman says there are many poor live performances, and let us not forget that with th... | |
| Tannoy Differences Hi I have owned several Tannoys and currently have 2 pairs of Vintage Monitor Gold 15's and a pair of 10" Monitor Golds. The best Tannoys are those with paper drivers ( quicker ), alnico magnets ( more detail ) and hard edge surrounds. I would nev... | |
| VPI Classic hum Can anyone here explain why the Classic motor, when you turn it by hand you can feel cogging, just like a stepped attenuator. I have never noticed this before on any other tt motor. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric, you are so modest, I thought you left Yugoslavia to distribute peace and goodwill.. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nandric - be patient - "they cling to their own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet their opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away..." | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lewm - thanks for that confirmation, fortunately I haven't binned the Orsonic, although I came close. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timeltel, few more suggestionsLoading resistor, using nude ( or nacked as some might say ) vishay's generally will lower the noise floor and remove gunge. Also an old trick we use to do with Decca London cartridges, which liked to be loaded at 22k... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thucan - thanks for the update. My only suggestion would be if the washer is rubber, to provide a metal spacer/washer alternative to fix the end of the arm tube to the rear face of the headshell, such that if a tonearm has slightly oversized tube ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timeltel, Interesting discussion on the wood properties. Some of the tonearm manufacturers should be articulating this. I can see some of the advantages you point out. I generally follow the Goldmund mechanical grounding concepts, getting unwanted... | |
| Analog upgrade advice. I have a friend who had the Rega 5. The power supply and the Groovetracer bearing & subplatter upgrade took the performance to a point where it sounded better than the more expensive P7. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? With regard to the Arché SRA headshell - from the pictures there appears to be a couple of weaknesses - it only has a single bayonet ( undersized too, I'm very particular on size ) and there appears to be a gap between the body of the headshell an... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timeltel, I am no guru. My main experience is MC/Arms/Decks having been an importer and retailer around the advent of CD. Typically in this era we would have Sota/Linn/Roksan/Pink Triangle/Well Tempered /Townsend /Oracle in the shop at the same ti... |