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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Grado Sonata & Ortofon Rondo Bronze by AlexBerger on 2010-05-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Say “no” to the light tonearms. in Audio For Dummies ™  10 Replies 
Romy,Yes, I measured my cartridge-tonearm combination with test disk. The resonant frequency was completely different compared to calculation with http://www.mh-audio.nl/MySystem/RF.asp.7 years ago, I tried Fidelity Research FR-64FX with Grado Sona...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Benz Ebony by Stringreen on 2007-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Low output MC? in Analog Playback  22 Replies 
The dramatic differences I heard when I swapped out the Grado for the Ebony is as follows: The Grado had a decidedly "tannish" color that was accompanied by a sandy texture which filled in the "spaces" between the instruments. I should say that I w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Read recommendations and do opposite. by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Say “no” to the light tonearms. in Audio For Dummies ™  10 Replies 
Sure, add 20-30g to whatever you use now and you and then your Grado will become useable. I have seen in past that some Morons who put their ignorant opinions in a position to shaping the public knowledge (they called reviewers) have written that Gra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The Absolute Tone Impotency and New Jersey Symphony by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Low output MC? in Analog Playback  22 Replies 
[quote user="Stringreen"] The New Jersey Symphony purchased a number of high priced instruments - Strads, Guanaris, etc. in what they called "The Golden Collection".  They paid way too much money for the collection, but thought that the better s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: ..and another thing by Stringreen on 2007-04-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Low output MC? in Analog Playback  22 Replies 
The New Jersey Symphony purchased a number of high priced instruments - Strads, Guanaris, etc. in what they called "The Golden Collection".  They paid way too much money for the collection, but thought that the better sound and the "Mystique" of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: Carts... mass, mass, mass.... by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Which SME 3009? in Analog Playback  10 Replies 
And do not forget to load the shell of the Series 2 with a LOT of mass. The idiots-reviewers were writing in thier articles that the Grado Statement needs, as any other MI cartridge, a low to medium affective mass tonearms. In reality the whore-revie...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Phono Interconnects. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chasing utopian better phono interconnect. in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
Since the 2007-2008 alchemic music season and consequentially live FM season was over (the event I marked with my “End of the live Phonostage”) I have been spinning a lot of vinyl lately. So, I spent some time with different phono cables with my diff...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #89: Headphone vs Speakers by zanon on 2009-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
You may be even more right than you know. Going up the Grado line in $$$ you get more and More and MORE HF.: P...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Carts... by Alex Yakovlev on 2005-07-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Which SME 3009? in Analog Playback  10 Replies 
Thank you for all the answers. I currently have four cartridges - Grado Statement, Dynavector XV-1 (not the s), Benz Ruby and Rega Exact....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Neutrality by Stringreen on 2007-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Low output MC? in Analog Playback  22 Replies 
This really doesn't bother me. I am a professional violinist. When I play in Avery Fischer Hall my instrument sounds quit different than when I play it at home and again different still when I play it in Carnegie Hall. Instead of neutrality, perhap...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Grado Sonata & Ortofon Rondo Bronze by AlexBerger on 2010-05-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Say “no” to the light tonearms. in Audio For Dummies ™  10 Replies 
Romy,Yes, I measured my cartridge-tonearm combination with test disk. The resonant frequency was completely different compared to calculation with http://www.mh-audio.nl/MySystem/RF.asp.7 years ago, I tried Fidelity Research FR-64FX with Grado Sona...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: needle wear by Wojtek on 2006-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I think my Dynavector 10x4 is showing signs of wear. in Analog Playback  9 Replies 
Dmitry I second advise on microscope purchase. I went recently with my Grado Sonata to a friendly Audio Dealer who carries analog for many years and he said that he never saw a worn down stylus. He saw only damaged ones. He stated that it is like wi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: 6e5p and OP Method by Chirag on 2005-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Headphone amplifiers. Baby Melquiades? in Melquiades Amplifier  27 Replies 
Hi Cat,It seems the 6e5p is driving the transformer directly. I've used various versions of even simple mosfet followers to good effect at the headphone level, but never considered using a speaker level transformer.  Did you and Dmitry cons...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: I knew of this test and tried it by Antonio J. on 2008-07-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Implied Sound” in Audio. in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
some months ago. It was posted at AA about a year ago or so. I keep the "solutions" if someone interested wants to know his scoring and how much of a "fundamentalist" or "overtonist" is.The only interesting thing about it is how being one or the othe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Mor[e]on this, please by Paul S on 2008-01-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The idiotism of Audio Synergy in Audio For Dummies ™  9 Replies 
OK, not to use "that word"; it is obviously an inverted and self-limiting concept as you tab it, and it is an easy, slippery slope to slide down.So how does one {mentally/verbally] approach situations where certain otherwise-"acceptable" compone...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Cartridges, responses and whatever…. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is the difference between the cartridges? in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"] 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...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: My analog setup update. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Analog Playback: the fat lady has sung in Analog Playback  9 Replies 
With the recent changes on my configuration changes and employing the “End of the Live Phonostage”, in duty I re-thinked my analog playback. I got rid to arms and one deck, changed the mapping between the arms and phonostages and ended up with quite ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Speaking of silicone... by Paul S on 2008-05-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vinyl Ceremonies: Repeatable VTA in Analog Playback  18 Replies 
Needless to say, my arm (the Well Tempered Reference) is all about silicone.  And indeed, damping does change - somewhat - with the temperature.  However, it takes extreme temperature changes to make me feel the need to adjust damping (whic...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Maybe not a Pipedream after all? by oxric on 2011-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Memory Player Box? in Didital Things  2 Replies 
Yes indeed. The company was originally Nova Physics and appears to have been sold on to Sam Laufer, a lawyer by profession originally who brought in Mark Porzilli of Melos and Pipedreams fame. I do not know if this company actually manufactures or se...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Middle step (non ultimate) turntable by Genn on 2005-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Middle step (non ultimate) turntable in Analog Playback  0 Replies 
I would like to buy new turntable – just to listen to music every evening. Current set up is rather entry by level – Technics 1210 with Grado Gold and Trichord Dino. However it could produce more or less correct time picture, and involve me into the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Micro Seiki RX-5000 static discharge issue by rom661 on 2022-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro Seiki RX-5000 static discharge issue in Analog Playback  1 Replies 
Hi.  First time posting.  I had long admired an older friend's RX-5000.  He left it to me when he passed last year (RIP, Bill) and I recently got possession and did a lot of cleanup on a table that had been sitting for a couple of decades.  He has ow...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #114: CU-180 and bearing maintenance by rom661 on 2022-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
I've had an RX-5000 for a few months now.  I've read yours and other comments with great interest.  I'm a long time high end dealer who is losing his vision and is mostly retired.  I've known this particular turntable for about 35 years since it belo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Neuro-Jukeboxes could sell wonderfully by Chirag on 2004-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What lives in Symmetric Sound? in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
Hi Antonio, I just realized I glanced over that thread assuming its relationship to the 6 levels of benefits.  Its quite interesting, but I do not know where I fall in that spectrum (no, it can't be discrete stages as its far to "big" to really ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Say “no” to the light tonearms. by Wojtek on 2005-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Say “no” to the light tonearms. in Audio For Dummies ™  10 Replies 
Hey, Thats interesting. I'm using light Dennon arm (DA-401 one of their best models if it means anything) with Grado Sonata cart. Everything accept classical sounds very good.With classical so far I have the best results in my car radio or in my gir...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Let it run run as it for a few month... by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
I do not have good-sounding high output cartridges; my most high-voltage cartridge is SPU MONO that is 3mV I believe. I have 5mV Grado $300 Platinum Ref that is high-voltage cartridge but is sounds not seriously. My desire to bring my 3mV SPU via my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Might be interesting indeed. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mono cartridges paradox. in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
[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...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Value by Paul S on 2016-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Romy, it seems like you are basically talking values and value here. No way to know for sure ahead of time how your children will take to Music, let alone hi-fi, and also no way to be sure now how long any interest will last, or how long you will li...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The cartridge lottery by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mono cartridges paradox. in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
[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: ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: About cartridges, tonearms and a “Big Conspiracy” by Romy the Cat on 2004-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Denon 103: myths and the reality in Analog Playback  29 Replies 
Actually the popular stiff Denons (103, 103R) with compliance of 5 need no less the 35g of effective mass, but even this mass will not help them. The Shelter has a “normal” compliance, I do not remember how much exactly but I think that it is somewhe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: More 834PT bravua... by Romy the Cat on 2004-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] I don't doubt for a moment that there are plenty of people 'who know' who will wax lyrical about the benefits of open loop eq in feedback circuits. There are people 'who know' who will tell me that valve amplifiers cannot ...
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