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| What is the best Dynavector MC cartridge - why? Chris, You've heard the Te Kaitura Rua? If so, can you comment on it's performance compared to your XV1s and to your PC1, albeit that your XV1S is apparently a mono version? Sorry to stray a bit from the topic, but in a way it's relevant. | |
| Stereo Sound cart rankings Cmk, I'd be very interested to know which among some of those esoteric brands of cartridge are worth further consideration, e.g., what about Phase Tech and MySonic? From my several visits to Tokyo in 2007, I came to believe that the Japanese (at l... | |
| Stereo Sound cart rankings Who is Stereo Sound and why does their editorial opinion matter any more than does that of S'phile and TAS or any other mag? It seems highly unlikely that any one person on the staff of SS could have carefully evaluated this many cartridges, not t... | |
| Koetsu Urushi + MC step up transformer Can you be a little more descriptive? In what way does it "suck"? Do you lack gain even with the SUT? Is it bass heavy or exaggerated in the treble? Is it grossly distorted? Are both channels behaving in identical fashion? Etc...Since I believe K&... | |
| Koetsu Urushi + MC step up transformer Have you yet tried connecting the trafo to the input with the standard 47K-ohm resistor in place, in other words with no other changes? Should at least work well. The networks etc are for touching up the response to make it as flat as possible; a ... | |
| Avid Acutus - Standard or Reference The value of the outboard supply is also or mostly related to the way it delivers power to the motor. If it's an AC synthesizer serving an AC synchronous motor, then it should be delivering phase-correct voltage with respect to the motor. This mak... | |
| Koetsu Urushi + MC step up transformer Subbing the 47K load resistor with an 8M load resistor would only negatively affect the phono stage if the input tube or transistor cannot tolerate it. I'm not sure how it would work with a transistor input, but with a single-ended (as opposed to ... | |
| Koetsu Urushi + MC step up transformer I just did not want to be the dispenser of incorrect information. I've never used a SUT either, but I came close at one point and read some of the excellent white papers on the Jensen website at that time, to gain what little knowledge I have on t... | |
| Koetsu Urushi + MC step up transformer Re your last post, the consensus among us other users of the Urushi is that you would be best off with a load of ~100ohms. If you really want 47K ohms, then just off the top of my pointy head you will need to replace the 47K resistor at the input ... | |
| Koetsu Urushi + MC step up transformer Nsgarch, You wrote, "spider, the values one uses to match a MC cart to a SUT have nothing to do with the load resistance you would use if connecting the cartridge to a phono preamp or headamp." Are you suggesting that my advice in my previous post... | |
| Koetsu Urushi + MC step up transformer I agree with Nsgarch, but meantime you do have those Lundahls and maybe fooling around with the load resistors will help make them sound better. You say you "tried some different" values, but you don't say what values exactly. As others have said,... | |
| Cartridge polarity? If you exchange hot for ground for both L and R channels, you are reversing the phase by 180 degrees but the two channels will still be in phase with respect to each other. For those who can hear such a phase difference, it makes a difference in t... | |
| What's inside the plinth of your Garrard 401? Sorry, I don't know the answer to your question about the 60Hz pulley and sped adjustment as I have never played with a 401. I do own a 301, but it is not in use because I still need to buy or build a plinth for it. I am currently too happy with m... | |
| What's inside the plinth of your Garrard 401? Get the 60Hz pulley, but don't buy the cheap version, which I believe is sold on eBay (but I could be wrong; the one on eBay could be perfectly OK). Search some of the Garrard websites for guidance on which reproduction 60Hz pulley to purchase; I ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, Altho I don't agree with your (rather negative) assessment of either Koetsu cartridges (at least as regards the Urushi) or the Triplanar tonearm, U da man. Still, you are talking about the results in your system (which is hugely different fr... |