karl_desch
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| Koetsu surprise That's the thing. I'm enjoying the music more with the Koetsu. The A90 is fantastic too, does everything right but the Koetsu is informative. Have you guys listened to Herbie Hancock's Headhunter's Analog Productions release? Those bass lines ki... | |
| Koetsu surprise Terry, I read a lot about the Trans-Fi arm and think it is brilliant. Interesting to know that it does well with low compliance cartridges. For whatever reason I have only used pivoted arms. I have an U/S cleaner, the cheaper one by CleanerVinyl.... | |
| Koetsu surprise On the Ortofon website they mention a special Japanese geometry which does not directly fit the Baerwald alignment. Is this true of the FR-64? I seem to recall a thread about the FR-66/64 that mentioned an alternative mounting distance. It was a... | |
| Koetsu surprise I didn't think I would be the type of listener to appreciate a saturated sound but I hear the differences in instruments so much better. For example, the different sound of Cannonball Adderl's sax compared to Coltrane. More information? More body... | |
| Koetsu surprise Interesting story mulveling. Glad she bought it, I could never bring myself to do it... and I'm the crazy audiophile guy!I am going to try to align using a custom Accutrak arc protractor which I have used for other arms. Like the MINT LP, these a... | |
| Vintage DIN phono cables, any good? Interesting question. I just purchased a FR-64S from the original owner who still had the straight DIN RCA cable. I will listen to it compared to the my Audioquest Leopard cable. | |
| FM alive and well here...curious question A few months ago I was lucky enough to pick up a Marantz 10b from the original owner's wife after he passed away. I haven't listened to the radio in years but I had heard a 10b in an all Marantz system (8b and 7c) and was amazed at the sound quali... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 in my system? I use a SolidSteel amp stand and it looks good with the Pass. MusicDirect sells them.Call Mark at Reno Hifi and he will likely give you an even better price. He will also likely confirm most of the points made in this forum.I leave the amp in sta... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 in my system? The amp has massive headroom yes. Not your typical 30 watt amp.The Canare cables can be purchased through Blue Jeans Cable. I actually purchased mine through Amazon! I use a Cardas Clear power cable on my amp but I have not compared to the stock... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 in my system? Why did I type Mogami? I meant Canare star quad XLR. | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 in my system? The Pass Labs website does a great job of explaining their amplifier designs. If you wanted something that was less heat producing you could try their X series instead of the XA series. But I really don't think you have a problem with the heat fro... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 in my system? I can't imagine you not loving this amp in your system which is far from modest. It will allow you to use XLR connections from your great Schiit DAC/primare and will drive your speakers without issue. I've been using one for several years and ha... | |
| Capacitance loading and fixed coil cartridges BTW, I have Ralph to thank for suggesting that in my system, that is a true balanced circuit from phono pre to power amp, that the interconnect is probably not a factor in its sound quality. I spent a whopping 60 dollars on a pair of 20 foot Can... | |
| Capacitance loading and fixed coil cartridges Thanks lewm and Ralph. Your posts are very helpful. I particularly enjoy the units of inductance as milli Henries. I have a low capacitance phonocable and have the preamp set at the lowest capacitance, 100pF. I am resistive loading the cartridg... | |
| Capacitance loading and fixed coil cartridges Thanks doncito101. I'm not asking if capacitance on the phono pre/cable affects output of the cartridge, but rather, if low output MI cartridges, like the SoundSmith Zephyr Star, benefit from capacitance loading like some higher output MI/MM cartr... |