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| Strain gauge vs Zyx 4D/Atmos Raul,Please learn from the facts I and others give you. When we ask questions of you, just try to answer them, as that is what you would wish from us of course.I will summarize one last time: We may desire better than +/-1dB from 20-20k, but this ... | |
| Strain gauge vs Zyx 4D/Atmos Raul,I appreciate your concern. That magazine test gave no scale at all to their Figure 4. Also, on their page four, their author states, "We can now state, with an excellent accuracy level, that the natural frequency response curve of the SOUNDSM... | |
| Strain gauge vs Zyx 4D/Atmos Hi Raul,I must point out that the Win Labs never produced a flat frequency response-- please have a look at some magazine test reports.I own(ed) the Panasonic, and in the Jeff Rowland strain gauge preamp for it, Jeff applied a very mild amount of ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi guys-I think mentioning the most basic aspects of the tonearm and cartridge relationship will clarify some thoughts above:Above ~10Hz, the tonearm must remain motionless. This includes any vibrations of the tonearm structure and any 'chatter' o... | |
| Looking for opinions on Tannoy Prestige line. James, do not be disheartened. From long experience, I know it is the lack of musicality in the speakers that let you down, not the recording qualities of the music you love.Best,RoyJ | |
| Micro Seiki MB-18 Regarding internal tonearm resonances, the MB-18 is likely better than the usual entry-level turntables of the time, that is, more rigid and more dead. The complaint we had at the time was that we could feel some slop in the tonearm bearings- no w... | |
| Room acoustics how ? My image is not centered From experience, those wall reflections are most likely the cause of your 'hard' sound, not your gear or cables.With your speakers being rather far from both sidewalls and roughly equidistant from them, I do not think the acoustic-reflection diffe... | |
| Vintage Technics SL-1000A vs Pro-Ject Debut or Exp Hello, GeorgeYour Shure is quite a good cartridge and a new SAS stylus for it someday would be a sensible choice. The headshells you selected are all fine, although I would put the Sumiko last, for their logo displayed on top but mostly for how it... | |
| Vintage Technics SL-1000A vs Pro-Ject Debut or Exp Glad to be of help, George.To create an arc protractor, what matters first are the values for your tonearm's Effective Length (235mm) and Pivot to Spindle distance (221mm) [from Vinyl Engine's Technics page]. While there, perform a search for Arc... | |
| Vintage Technics SL-1000A vs Pro-Ject Debut or Exp By the way, with the changes I mentioned above, you may not care if a Project is somehow 'better', as this particular Technics has a good, solid bearing for proper dynamic response, and it does have nice pace, rhythm and clarity. One reference for... | |
| Vintage Technics SL-1000A vs Pro-Ject Debut or Exp In my experience, it will benefit from damping under the tonearm-mounting plate (a zinc die-casting?), but I base that on using a Grace 707 arm on the SL-110's undrilled plate-- pretty thin, and having only a few ribs. I don't know if your particu... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Ddriveman--Yes, the rubber washer is considered a bad thing by most folks. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Monte,The Empire 1000S/EX was made in the late 1970's, as their base model. It uses the same metal clip (for mounting into a standard headshell) as on the Empire 2000 and 4000-series cartridges. These clips are not available separately.An Empire 1... | |
| Subwoofers - Grille off or on? The open-cell foams, if kept thin, have much less of this effect.Best,Roy | |
| Subwoofers - Grille off or on? About that 'softening the attack of a kick drum'-- You are right about what makes up the attack, which indeed are high-frequency tones that follow the impact of the beater striking the tightly-stretched skin. I should have been more clear, but thi... |