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| Changing from an XV1-S Dcarol, forgive my bluntness, but I just don't understand the goal of your original post. You ask for suggestions for a cartridge change that will give you more "realism", but you seem to dismiss every opportunity given in the responses to your or... | |
| Grado TLZ ??? Mosin, I did notice that the XTZ was not mentioned. I owned the XTZ also. I am not aware of a XTC; interesting. As I recall, the XTZ had an output of .5 mv, no? Very refined sounding cartridge. I ended up selling it because it did not have enough ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Drewmb1, please read my post above on the subject. I strongly recommend that you first run the tonearm wire through a length of teflon tubing, then cover with the shielding braid. All tonearm wires are fragile, and copper braid can be very abrasiv... | |
| Vinyl pops and clicks: Can they be eliminated?? About a week ago or so, a thread in this forum caught my eye. It was on a subject related to a piece of gear that I own. Having very little time at that particular moment, I quickly perussed the opening comment and a few of the responses. It wasn'... | |
| Grado TLZ ??? From the Grado website:Grado Signatures -- the 8, 8M, 8MR, MCX, 8MZ, and TLZ | |
| Grado TLZ ??? Lewm, there never was a "Signature" version of the TLZ, only a supposedly upgraded stylus assembly the "v", which is what the OP has. The TLZ was always part of the "Signature" line, which included the 8MZ, MCZ, TLZ, and XTZ. | |
| Grado TLZ ??? OK, I just read your most recent post. I made my previous comments on the assumption that you had a "Gold" body. If the body that you have is silver and black, then you probably do have a full-fledged TLZ. It was probably packed in the box of a Go... | |
| Grado TLZ ??? Very simple. You have a Grado "Gold" with a stylus assembly that has been upgraded to that of a "TLZ v"; they are interchangeable. My guess is that performance-wise, you are not quite at the overall level of excellence of a full-fledged TLZ, but f... | |
| Add Bob Devices CineMag SUT to EAR834P Deluxe I have not heard the CineMag, but own the EAR. If you did not follow this thread, check it out:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1278350882&&&/SUT-shootoutPersonally, I would be careful about inserting another set of in... | |
| Tube Phono Stage Help EAR 834P for $900-$1000 more or less, used, is wonderful. A little on the juicy side (particularly in stock form), with very good PRAT. Will definitely warm things up. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? When using MC's, I have never had any issues with grounding noise of any kind using the wire without any shielding. With MM's it gets trickier, and grounding noise can be a real problem. I solved it this way:The positive and negative runs of wire ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? No, AN wire is pure silver. In my experience, the beauty of the AN wire is that it has the clarity, and openness that silver can have, with beautiful refinement, and total absence of glare. The silver VDH wire that was original in my ET2 was harsh... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lewm, I have not tried the "Ikeda" wire you refer to, and know nothing about it; sorry. My source for Audionote wire was Audio Federation in Boulder, CO. I always dealt with Neli, and she was a pleasure to deal with. The cost of 1.5 meters of wire... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? "It's tempting to think about cartridges primarily as signal generators of varying mechanical ability. Similarly we tend to think of tonearms mostly in terms of geometry and mechanics and not as electrical devices. Tonearm wire is usually accepted... | |
| New Lyra Delos Cartridge Wondering why the Delos is not listed as part of the Lyra product line in the Immedia website. Price? |