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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Travbrow, I have my Azden in a Dynavector DV505 on a Lenco/PTP/slate setup like yours. I am using a lightweight headshell, not the stock Dyna one. Can you tell me where you set VTA with the Azden? You apparently like it very much. I am still ... | |
| A new TT from Steve Dobbins,"The Beat." ??? Yes, some isolation could be achieved by air bearing as in the Rockport or by magnetics, as in the Clearaudio monstrosity. I don't think Steve used either of those methods. So it's a fun thought experiment to figure out how it might be done otherw... | |
| A new TT from Steve Dobbins,"The Beat." ??? Mike, Do you know or can you say here just how is the bearing isolated from the motor? It would seem that the very definition of direct drive carries the inherent requirement that there is some degree of association between bearing and motor. I gu... | |
| Lyra Titan i and Olympos SL Syntax, Is that a huge, thick acrylic "mat" sitting atop the copper platter of your Micro Seiki tt, or is that the platter on another turntable situated right behind the Micro? | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Travbrow, I've thought about that too (comparison between 2M Black and M20FL), just as I have also thought about comparing modern TOTL MM and MI cartridges from Clearaudio, Grado, and Sound Smith to the vintage ones that are the subject of this th... | |
| The pivoted arm experiment is over "The pivoted arm experiment is over".But the melody lingers on. | |
| ARC Ref phono 2 vs ASR Basis Excl 2010 If RFI is getting in on your cables, no downstream or upstream piece of electronics is going to get it out of your signal. The noise will be translated into distortions more or less by different kinds of gear, but it won't be eliminated. | |
| The pivoted arm experiment is over Dear Nilthepill, I don't think the aphorism "Garbage in; garbage out" applies here. It would be applicable to a situation where one expects a "bad" sounding LP to sound "good", because one is using a $150,000-turntable. In this case, phase distort... | |
| The pivoted arm experiment is over I am with Dertonearm on this one. There are SO many sources of phase error in a typical audio system and in anyone's listening room that what's happening with the stylus is a drop in the bucket. Plus also the "phase linearity" of a particular line... | |
| The pivoted arm experiment is over Dear Oilmanjo, As Mepearson will no doubt also tell you, stress on the cantilever was a hot topic in Mepearson's first thread, which he started by declaring the superiority of linear tracking tonearms. Dear DT, Since you have such a broad experien... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Swampy, Too late. That happened at least 5 years ago, and since I had purchased the cartridge in Tokyo, and since also it was not grossly defective, it never occurred to me to return it. (I am listening to it tonight, in fact. Sounds lovely a... | |
| The pivoted arm experiment is over Dear Meperson, I was delighted with your open-mindedness in the first instance, when you decided to temporarily ditch your ET2 in favor of a pivoted arm. Kudos again go to you for the way in which you conducted your comparison. It is unavoidable t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? In an MC cartridge, the stylus tip could be well aligned with the groove walls, but if the coils and magnets inside are not square to each other, I think you still could have an imbalance in cross-talk. This is a real problem, because if it occurs... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hats off to your visual acuity. But still, the inner workings of the cartridge, hidden from direct view inside the body, play a role in selecting optimal azimuth. Perhaps this is much less of an issue with MM/MI types, because the works are partly... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear George,Maybe I am lucky or just live in a place with very low ambient RFI, but I never had a problem with RF pick-up that was traceable to a phono cartridge. Usually, I would blame unshielded wiring before I would blame a cartridge. Grados ar... |