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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Headsnappin, there are many threads on Vinyl Asylum regarding tonearm/cartridge matching. Here I have referenced a post by BKearns, taken from VA. BK is one of the smart guys, so I would take his message to heart.http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/v... | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable You could probably get a Pennsylvania slate slab shipped to you in SoCal from my supplier. If you're interested contact me off-line. They are in Pen Argyll, PA. And yes, I do like the slate shelf under the slate plinth for the SP10. I only bought ... | |
| the perfect tonearm JCarr, You wrote, "the Triplanar and other tonearms that have drop-down headshell sides may have problems with wide-bodied cartridges like the Allearts Formula One." What model of Triplanar have you used that has such a headshell? I have owned min... | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable Thanks, Raul. It is as simple as simple gets, just slate, turntable chassis, and tonearm. No armboards, no fancy suspension. Right now I am using 2x2x2 inch slate cubes for "feet", but I would like to introduce something with a little compliance. ... | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable Photos of my Denon DP80 in 2" slate slab w/Triplanar and Koetsu Urushi, plus a photo of my SP10 Mk2A in a similar slab with RS-A1 and Ortofon MC7500. Are now posted on my system site, since I don't know how to post them right here. | |
| Dedicated phono-pre for MM only? I guess this thread is on its last legs, or already dead. I for one would love to hear from anyone who is using a vintage phono stage with an MM cartridge. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? You mean all that stuff Elizabeth Taylor collected all those years was merely aluminum oxide and/or corundum? Do not tell my wife that her sapphire ring is just another inorganic chemical. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, In your seminal post to start this thread, you mentioned that you prefer the older B&O cartridges, with sapphire cantilevers, to the SoundSmith versions, which have ruby cantilevers, and you attributed the sonic differences to sapph... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dgob, I don't think any real world LP can reproduce a 15Hz signal, more like 30Hz is the lower limit, excepting specially made LPs that may exist. Regarding the Nagaoka MP50. Both the MP50 (not the Super version espoused by Raul) and the MP500 can... | |
| Dynavector XV-1S impressions? Just for the heck of it, what is your "set up"? | |
| Dedicated phono-pre for MM only? That's a review of the Vinyl Reference, their more expensive phono stage, driven by an MC cartridge, so its relevance to the present discussion is limited. | |
| Dedicated phono-pre for MM only? Art Audio Vinyl One, MM only = $2400, new. It's a little above budget but I bet it's very good. | |
| Dedicated phono-pre for MM only? Did not know that existed. I have never seen one advertised that was MM-dedicated. Thanks for bringing it to our attention; have you heard it? Can you compare it to anything? | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable I think a large dollop of the goodness of this set-up is bolting the Triplanar very firmly to the slate. In theory, any energy put into the tonearm by the Koetsu is going to be traveling down the tonearm and into 70-lbs of slate, where it would ea... | |
| Vintage Denon Direct Drive Turntable I've just finished my second evening of listening to my DP80 mounted in a 70-lb slate plinth with Triplanar tonearm bolted directly to and thru the plinth (no discrete armboard) and a Koetsu Urushi. I am ecstatic, as you might guess from the fact ... |