rauliruegas
Responses from rauliruegas
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @cleeds : AR, yes you are rigth because is not a tube but and hybrid one. My mistake. R. | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @mijostyn : AR, VAC and MAC use SUTs ( passive not active designs. ). In that list I can add: Parasound, Levinson, Boulder, Gryphon, D'Angostino. " It is much easier to make a transformer ", yes way easy but audio phono stage manufacturers do... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? You was lucky to found out at NOS of that cartridge. Good. R. | |
| Refurbished / Re-tipped Cartridges - Are they worth Buying? Dear @vetsc5 : Rebuilt/refurbished vs re-tipper. Here some of us couls have a little confusion because both terms are different. Rebuild means: carrridge re-coil, new suspension , new cantilever/stylus and some time even output pin connectors w... | |
| Replacing Capacitors, I Don’t Wanna! Dear @goofyfoot : The electrolytic caps in your unit are the top of the line Vishay ones that you can't improve it because the Vishay are the top of the tops capacitors and could gives you another 10 years with out problemas. Regards and enjo... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lewm : What do you think of your 2000 press fitted cantilever: it's and original cartridge or could be that you bougth a retipped sample? Thank's in advance. R. | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lewm : " , many more.... (Mind has gone blank.) " PS Audio Stellar deserves to be in your list. Btw, really good that you posted Simaudio as and excellent unit. @lalitk : " offering good head amp/phono stage. My Google search did not sho... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lewm : As you know I owned 3 original MC2000, yes I like it. All came directly from Ortofon to me in México ( no distributor in my country. ). In those times no one not even reviewers looks at the stylus/cantilever joint under microscope so I c... | |
| Anyone ever listened to a vintage Victor Laboratory X1 cartridge @knollbrent : The MK2. As a fact he knew for the first time of the X1 and several other cartridges he offered for sale in the long MM thead R. | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @mulveling : " just wasn't the right tonal balance in my system for my ears. " Normally subjectivity is the personal characteristic that dominates the audio world against objectivity because normally too silver win over cooper but I can att... | |
| Refurbished / Re-tipped Cartridges - Are they worth Buying? Dear @lalitk " would you buy a completely rebuilt cart vs a slightly used cartridge…" Completely rebuilt... certainly not and slightly used cartridge could depends of its " vintage " because normally designer/manufacturers of cartridges over ... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? Dear @lewm : " aluminum cantilevers or any other type where the stylus can be press-fitted into the cantilever, rather than glued to a blank surface, may actually be an advantage. The glue adds extra mass just where you don't want it.. " Did... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? Dear @kennyc : " have Koetsu stone and Ortofon SPU carts which reportedly work well with SUTs. " Do it you a favor and just forget ( for now ) what other reported because the type of higher distortions/fake colors that they like maybe do not li... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @mijostyn : Yes, you have to and play and listen with. I owned the boron and sapphire/ruby and really did not like me its quality build. Now, SAS had one for Technics cartridge ( boron ) and almost all the owners were not satisfied with . I... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @dover : Very good eye in the Jico drawing comparison. Thank's. R. |