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[quote user="RonyWeissman"] I really like my Shelter 901, but would like something which gives me a little more of the sound that i'm getting from my tuner. What do I mean by that, more realistic space/tone perhaps. [/quote]
I heard a fe...
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That was very interesting romy. The SPU sound for me was always "woody", which isn't far from brown I guess, and ¨noble¨strikes me as well in the description (it really hits its stride on chamber orchestra or vocal recital for me). Shelter colo...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The mid bass and lower bass are fine, the lower bass is another subject. It is there and it is goo but I would like to have more. It is not that it is deficient but… put in this way if it has more than my playback will be a...
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Hello, this is my first post here - this is a wonderful web site, critical and fair - a lot of knowledge here and i consider you real connoiseurs - that's why i'm hoping to resolve my problem here.
I have a Micro Seiki SX-111FVL - the big L one, a...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I do like the idea of magnetic suspension; I do not know why you feel that it is a stupid idea. As you built up the mass of your platter then very soon will not be able to hold the heavy platter at a single point bearing. T...
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The people who have 3 arms on a single turntable know the problem. The tonearm on the right is the best - easy access by hand and easy to see the needle lowering location. The tonearm in the top of TT, the furthers tonearm has a perfect view of the c...
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It was kind of strange news:
http://operafresh.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-ortofon-flagship-mc-anna-inspired.html
“This year we are very proud and honoured to introduce our new High End cartridge MC Anna, dedicated to the virtuoso op...
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[quote user="N-set"]I agree that the QC is probably non-existant there (the involved people correct me if I'm wrongand show your QC procedures, seriously).The holy original was made by Ikeda, as a google search reveals.They say that it's a MM:
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Ok Romy thanks for advice. I will see about the loading for my shelter, and my cable to the step-up is nothing special. I am going to listen to mono only for next few weeks and see if i find the "same character of sound everywhere" syndrome! I do h...
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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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Hi Romy,Interesting test you have conducted. Were the responses mostly unflat near the frequency extremes or was there variations even in the midrange? The reason I ask is because if you look at most of the published curve responses it is...
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The "better" 5751s got here and I took advantage of wifey's absence to listen at night. It was cool and the electricity was pretty good, just a little "dry", but no "cotton". Lazy boy, I still haven't fixed my DAC, so I have had only viny...
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[quote user="Axel"] I was hoping to get some specifics from you when looking at a BEST "impedance match" ~ 1:1 with the cart in use, and if you had figured out some ball-park value which then can be used as point of departure for listening test.[/quo...
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[quote user="RonyWeissman"]…Have you tried…. [/quote]
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]…. in the field of cartridges dissectomy….[/quote]
[quote user="Paul S"]..And I coulda sworn I'd just cleaned 'em...Paul S[/quote]
I spend so time figure out what is ...
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Well, I certainly I do not deny to Shelter or to anyone else ability to make a “next model” better then “previous model”. The rules of the game dictate that each few new a new model should be introduced in order to arouse a new reviewing cycle. As I ...
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Hi Romy,Interesting test you have conducted. Were the responses mostly unflat near the frequency extremes or was there variations even in the midrange? The reason I ask is because if you look at most of the published curve responses it is...
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[quote user="Stitch"] The Fremer "recommendation" is totally useless when a cartridge designer uses a diamond which is perfect with 90.6°, what is "his" recommendation worth then? Not much.[/quote]The unfortunate irony is that “cartridge designer” is...
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For a while now I have been regularly listening to "Big Works", something I did not even try a few years ago. Yesterday it was my most recent "pet" piece, another iteration of Ein deutsches Requiem. Something I have not really dwelt on to date is h...
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[quote user="N-set"]I agree that the QC is probably non-existant there (the involved people correct me if I'm wrongand show your QC procedures, seriously).The holy original was made by Ikeda, as a google search reveals.They say that it's a MM:
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What really pisses me off is that my second arm/cartridge has a very strange effect that I did not see neither in this arm (Micro 282) not in this cartridge (Ortofon SPU Classic). I am taking about dynamic compression. In fact it is very seldom you c...
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All the research and theory; all those exotic, expensive little bits and pieces; too bad there's no way to tell if a cartridge will work until you try it. And then there's precious little you can do to fix it if it doesn't.In plotting an end-around,...
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Ah, the current source!! Serge, you must be right. Ironically I did hear about this method of extracting cartridge signal by Dynavector when I used tier 507 arms but I forgot about it. If am not mistaken the Dynavector is not a phonostage by just vol...
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[quote user="N-set"]Has anybody tried this:http://www.analog-collector.com/bonus/cellules/default.htmVery costly and a copy but..maybe...?[/quote]I never heard it or about it and it might be interesting. Well, as interesting as any other basement-bui...
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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?Probably, you will not use continuous wire from the cartridge coil, and you will probably not solder but use some sort of c...
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Romy,It's ok, I was just being a smart-ass about Fremer. Yes I understand that VTA is the angle that the needle hits the record and that the elevation of the tonearm base is how it is adjusted.Here is a picture of my turntable and arm:https://docs.g...
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[quote user="Paul Costa"]What is the maximum output and internal impedance you recommend for cartridges when using the Expressive SU-1. What would be too much for either.It seem manufactures are pushing the output a little higher these days, and wou...
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This kind of freakish subject and the title of this thread is most likely is very misleading. Commonly the term “last something” is used as “best of the best” after which there is nothing else to explore. This definition grotesquely stink with heavy ...
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What they say:Every audiophile music lover knows of the legendary sound of Koetsu phono cartridges from decades past. Those old enough to have experienced Sugano's Koetsus retain the memory of a musical experience unequaled. Few were privilegedd to o...
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Romy,If you are looking for a cartridge, I would suggest:The London Decca Reference, great tracker, andThe London Decca Jubilee, closer to life, but not as good a tracker.For me, in my system, you remember I use the EdgarHorn Titans, etc., nothing co...
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Adrian, I have not heard this specific cartridge, but the "alive" thing Levi went on and on about certainly rang a Decca bell for me; also the "tweak-y" parts. I do think Levi might have made more of the cable-as-load angle as opposed to painting th...
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