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Correction: The CH brand phono stage I looked at is (of course) a current amplifier, and no reason to be curious about a regular old, typical voltage amplifier. I see there is also a VERY Expensive, 4-chassis version of this (already expensive) pho...
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[quote user="Wojtek"] Stich , your own complains about aforementioned arms (Schroeder mostly) was "no highs , no lows " . Pretty primitive way to judge a productfrom a sophisticated listener like yourself. Since you seem to have unlimited budget , ...
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Are you absolutely sure that the headshell mass loading you use has not had an effect on the life of this cartridge?I have my reasons for asking but the explanation is too convoluted to write at this moment!...
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The GSC-related part of my 2014 was about refining my system so I can reliably "get inside" and explore the largest works, including Bruckner. Refinements were mostly about slightly re-tuning my speakers and tweaking my newly-re-built phono cartridge...
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[quote user="AlexBerger"]Romy,
I use Ortofon Rondo Bronze with Nottingham Spacearm and Spacedeck. I hate Spacearm because bad tracking. Also, I can't add mass to Spacearm.I going to try a heavy tonearm.Fidelity Research FR-64FX with Ortofon Ro...
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Ed, I never had this cartridge. As I understand the “C” should have identical motor with the 103D but have a different needle profile. I presume that it sounds similar to 103D, doesn’t? Rgs, The caT...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]This is funny that you, the British guy, buy a European made cartridge in Japan… [/quote] Yes, I'm laughing - I've saved 40% on the Euro price! ;o) Brian. ...
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can have a strong enough field to interact with the cartridge, but electrostatic charge, if created, might have an influence in the way the needle contacts the vinyl.Romy, did you notice if the disc had more static than usual?Rgrds....
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This is one example of the very successful marketing Hypes and in Reality this cartridge is sonically not better than those for 1k (at best)
I did compare it with a Lyra Helikon...
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A friend once recommended me to use a wet cloth to slightly moist the tonearm's upper side to avoid electrostatic building up, before playing each record's side. It works wonderfully, especially here in my city which is very dry and electro...
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Is there such a thing as partly unshielded arm wire? If you want that run shielded, don't you have to start at the cartridge connection? Just asking...Best regards,Paul S...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Fuck the Fremer and anathema to each single audio product he touches. Sometime those whore do play the primitive publicity games in order to send a message of “own integrity”. That all BS and I do not even want to talk abo...
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A friend of mine had the same problem. He cured it by moving the pp unit as far away as possible from the cartridge.Bill...
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Adrian, I have not tried the top Deccas for many years. My last experience with them was as ever: I absolutely loved their unrivaled immediacy and presence, which I found totally addictive, and it also made other cartridges sound pretty pathetic by ...
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Tks Romy, well...the SME has actually a mass of 9.5gr. Could eventually use a Micro MA505 with a slightely higher mass (guess around 11gr), have u ever tried it with the Shelter ? Was also wondering if the Ortofon T30 cd be used with some sense to ch...
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One potential danger with ionizers is that they produce ozone, which deterioratesrubber. So I would be carefull with blowing ionized air onto the cartridge directly....
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Sometimes cleaning the pin-and-socket connections will breathe new life into a "fading" tube. LIkewise, RCA jacks and un-soldered ground connections, not to mention cartridge pins. I keep saying I will make up and keep a log, but I haven't done it ...
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Well, I think it may be something like Tominari of Dynavector used to do with his Phono stage a while ago. He considered the cartridge as a current source which sorts of 'unloads' it. http://www.dynavector.com/products/amp/e_pha200.html...
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Hi Romy, I haven't been listening to much analog past few years, so,thout I would adjust my 901 and get back to basics. I really like this cartridge and forgot how great the bass can be. It is lovely on pianoforte, simple schubert songs...
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N-set, I was somehow thinking of the (German...) EMTs when I "remembered" "meaty". Sorry. I have no idea how your newly modified cartridge might sound.The rest, if generic, remains apropos, I think.Good luck.Best regards,Paul...
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Considering the minute amount of energy "created" (transformed) in a phono cartridge, perhaps some systems would truly benefit from geophysical orientation. Heck, in the days of expensive picture tube computer monitors there was a different tube for ...
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[quote user="Paul S"]But why would you consider brass connectors because of 95% of boutique RCA if the idea is to wind up with the best signal path?[/quote]Of course not because of that! The ideal would be the connector I've shown but made with pure ...
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OK, guys, thanks for your help.
It looks as I made it eventually to sound better. I increased the loading impedance to 90R (which hardly means anything, still can't figure out hoe much the Ortofon what to have it. They say 47K, which probably...
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Ok, was playing the tonearm today all day long. It dose work fine. Unfortunately, I can’t say anything further on about its sound as I finally concluded that I need a better mono cartridge. Screw you Denon-102! I can’t listen this midrange pusher any...
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Hi Romy,I am currently in the process of rebuilding my 834 PT. I see you don't use the capacitor bypass on V2, does this have any effect on overall gain of the corrector? I've recently acquired audio Technica ART7 cartridge which is low (0.12 mv) out...
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There is a review of some UK magazine:
https://www.ds-audio-w.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/HFN_DS-Audio-DS-Master-1_lowres.pdf
EDIT:
I found ...
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'Gunmetal' turntable, arm and MC-cartridge by Imai-san (Audio Tekne)....
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Hi Romy and others,I'm trying to get my head around the tonearm/cartridge matching mechanics.First of all, are ALL cartridges much happier with a heavier tonearm? Even cartridges with a high compliance?My understanding of a "correct" arm effect...
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It is more or less in the same direction like any Product Placement ( some call it review) from that group who lives from sales. That means, it is always the same "direction":
Rule No 1: Compare the object with something similar which is much...
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Steve Leung, VAS Audio, saved my Ortofon MC3000II
cartridge after SoundSmith told me it was trash. Further, the cartridge tracks
better than ever now, and transients are better than ever now. Particulars are:
My right channel went dead “out of now...
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