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| Upgrade From Clearaudio Satisfy CF to Tracer? Thanks guys. Pulled the trigger on the Tracer and have been very happy. Awesome! By all accounts they nailed it with the Tracer. That was due, given their bad misfire with the magnetic arm. Thanks for being a cool OP to update us with your res... | |
| Does Everyone Use 2 Phono Cables with SUT You don’t need a separate ground wire for the cable coming out of a SUT. A fairly low capacitance, shielded, 0.7m (or less) cable works great. Most shielded cables have shield connected to audio ground on ONE side, and this is the side you should ... | |
| Does Everyone Use 2 Phono Cables with SUT @mulveling If you look at the cost of the components to have such a mismatch is sad. If you put 91 in your Ferrari, it will run, but it won’t perform. I mean, it’s fair to point out the mismatch. I encourage OP to try other SUTs or MC stages ... | |
| Does Everyone Use 2 Phono Cables with SUT It’s not nearly that severe a mismatch. 7V into phono stage? You mean 7mV, and probably closer to 5mV after losing losses - perfect for an MM phono stage. The loading certainly isn’t optimal, and a couple dB of signal will be lost to that, but it’... | |
| Does Everyone Use 2 Phono Cables with SUT If you mean 2 phono cables as opposed to 1 phono cable into SUT and one "regular" interconnect out of SUT, then yes. The cable coming out of SUT is possibly even more important. Many line-level audiophile interconnects have far too high capacitanc... | |
| Ortofon MC Cartridge Problems ?? My experience with Ortofon's is that they have excellent quality control. My experience with Ortofon is also that they have excellent quality, but they don't have a long history with sapphire cantilevers like with metal, and I think it's OK to ... | |
| Ortofon MC Cartridge Problems ?? Mulv do you really think two randomly selected samples of the Quintet were so defective that the stylus and cantilever were pulled out by ordinary use? I don’t. That (bad run of a few consecutive serial #s), or they were fiddled with by a 3rd p... | |
| Ortofon MC Cartridge Problems ?? Ortofon is a great company, but given what you report I would suspect manufacturing defect. Maybe they had a bad run of attaching the sapphire cantilevers for whatever reason. I’d move on to another model. I’ve never had a problem with their metal... | |
| Most Expensive Headphones In The World I think it’s silly to lump together the ridiculous jewel encrusted ones with headphones that represent an earnest all-out-assault on state of the art sound quality. Different markets, different use cases. Also many recent (and earnest) flagships a... | |
| Preamps can color sound considerably. Surprising? In general, I hate use of these long-stretch analogies with audio. They mainly serve to further derail a discussion that was already careening off track. Don't have relevant experience to the topic at hand? No problem! Anyone can make up a wild an... | |
| Silver Speaker Cables Try Vogue Audio 12 awg Pure Silver Speaker Cables, Power Cables, and Interconnects. Isn’t 12 AWG solid silver something like a half-pound of silver per 2m pair? Kind of hard to believe their prices, with such high raw material cost leaving a VE... | |
| Phono Stage Upgrade Reference 3SE does fantastic with your RSP (I have both of these in my collection), so no issues there. It does great with the built-in JFET MC stage (High Gain), and also does great in Low Gain mode coupled with your SUT of choice (~20x being opt... | |
| Preamps can color sound considerably. Surprising? Absolutely. And this shouldn't be too surprising - you can roll single parts like caps and hear a difference, so why wouldn't whole different preamps sound different too? At my home audio playground I have 3 relatively high end (not ultra-fi) pre... | |
| Balance control? @paulgardner You’re welcome! And yes, I agree the Zebrawood L is a solid choice. A really good embodiment and implementation of the "Benz" sound. Also I think it’s a very handsome cartridge! All my Benzes so far have had excellent L/R channel ba... | |
| Balance control? @paulgardner Hi Paul, Here’s a rundown of my thoughts on the wood Benzes I’ve owned: Benz Wood 2M, SM (caramel colored Bruyere wood with swirly grain) - These are now discontinued. They have a lively, pleasing and fun sound with a little war... |