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| What phono preamps are balanced BAT is balanced. I don't know who said it wasn't. AFAIK all BAT products are true balanced types.Rhea has a single-ended phono section followed by a balanced output section. This means that you have to hook the cartridge up to the phono input in s... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, $2800 for the Amber. Need I say more, even if it IS Australian dollars? I will look for a used one. How do you rank the Amber at this point in your odyssey, compared to cartridges you've heard since your original posting that founded this th... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul and Dave, Thank you for the information. My TLZ, after only a few hours post it's resurrection, is definitely not happy tracking at 1.5gm. (And now that I think of it, that was the VTF I used to use with it back in the 80s.) Perhaps this is b... | |
| Cartridges better than Colibri XGP? This is an impossible question; any response is going to be purely subjective. And since you cannot get into someone else's head, I suggest that all you will get is a list of opinions from the probably very few of us who have ever heard a Colibri ... | |
| What phono preamps are balanced I think I misspoke. After further investigation it seems the Aqvox is balanced for MC inputs and single-ended for MM cartridges. | |
| What phono preamps are balanced Pedrillo et al,I am fairly certain that the Aesthetix Rhea does NOT contain a balanced phono amplification circuit. The Io does. I am also dubious about the Aqvox (read the promos carefully) and the PS Audio GCPH. (Someone will no doubt correct me... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? At long last, thanks to a rainy Saturday here, I finally got my MM system up and running. As previously mentioned, I am using a Lenco/PTP3 mounted in slate with a Dynavector DV505 tonearm running into an Ayre P5Xe phono stage set for low gain, the... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, Yes, I think you have aptly described the process. Just like me with the Colibri. It is now my "flavor of the week", except that since I don't get to listen as much as you do, my favorite flavors last longer. I was just down at the Kennedy C... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, All I can find on eBay is an AT15 stylus assembly, not a complete cartridge. Am I missing something? | |
| RMAF 2009 Analog Report + Meet and Greet Sorry for my verbal (or written) excesses, Mr. Schroeder.Thanks for the more detailed description. You guys ought to do more to get out the word(s) on this product, since it does seem special. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, When I made that "flavor of the week" comment, I by no means was thinking only of your posts. You were actually more laid back than many in describing the Andante P76, for one example. You are clearly the leader here, but sometimes ther... | |
| Records are getting noisy I just bought a new issue Cassandra Wilson jazz LP. The sonics are good to excellent, but there is a constant low level background noise, like a whooshing or what I would call "tube rush" throughout the LP, audible most during the spaces between t... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I kind of agree with Dgob. There is a kind of "flavor of the week" quality to this thread, if you read it at one sitting. Two or three weeks ago the Andante P76 was all the rage, and already Raul has found something better. I do appreciate Raul's ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Rayr, Too bad I cannot just mount the ATN20SS stylus assembly and listen to it with no cartridge. C'est la vie.Raul, I had already decided the MP50 would be nice to have, but I am going to wait until I addition my present "collection" before buyin... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, How about the AT150MLX, which is available new and looks to be much like the 160ML in terms of specs, stylus, cantilever, etc? Cost is similar to NOS Nagaoka MP50. |