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I got last week two emails and one this morning, from people who read this thread and ask me basically the same question: Romy, do you recommend the Ortofone Jubilee? The people who did it before and received from me no replies or the replies...
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[quote user="cv"]I don't see how the cartridge inductance is doing anything as far as that schematic goes.There's another thing *very* wrong with it as well, but as you're not going to pursue it, we can leave it at that.[/quote] Possible, I posted it...
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[quote user="Axel"] Now, Paul you have overlooked on major, MAJOR, VTA / vinyl interface item ---- the way the actual record groove was cut, it varies by make and brand. [/quote] Not only that. Each label brand, different record batches from differen...
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My Koetsu Onyx has gone. I was packing my stuff and was wondering why do I need to keep my Koetsu Onyx? I do not like it and everyone keep telling me that it is a wonderful cartridge. After years of sitting in box I figured out that it would be a goo...
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Yes, I guess I would sing the different songs if I need to load them differently. In fact Mi might need but I juts refuse to acknowledge it. Nevertheless I am not planning to compromise my phonostage by different loading. BTW, did you try to load the...
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Oh, yes. there was a plenty of absolutely stupid ideas implemented and copied incessantly in turntable manufacturing.The gross one is of course the magnetic suspension to ease up the work of the platter bearing. Not mentioning that it is a very unlin...
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Well, like in anything else there are two sides of the medal. I did not deal a lot with 3009. It is a fine arm. The very short time when I had the arm it impressed me as an arm identical to 3012 but with less developed bass. I did not get any s...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Otherwise I would buy Warren’s Ikonoklast speaker with Lowther DX-4 driver and will be discovering how to “proporly” appreciate the Decca cartridge[/quote]Ouch!Did you have to mention the Ikonoklast speakers? Of cours...
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Hi,I will buy my second tonearm as an addition to the one (Alphason HR100S) I'm using. I didn't have the opportunity to listen and compare any of the good tonearms that is being reviewed as good (??) by the audio society and to be honest I don't have...
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Romy, I have had and keep having similar thoughts, off and on. For openers, re-visit the "Cautuionary Tale". Who knows how, but stuff seems just to get itself loose and/or out of adjustment. Not to mention the fricking electricity, ...
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This post is the phono-relevant part of info carried over from my recent "better tubes" post in the ML2 thread.Subsequent listening has established that the electricity during that session was better than I'd thought at the time (dammit!). ...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]For a last couple days I was posting at Vinyl Dedicated forum (http://www.vinylengine.com) trying to get form the guys who use Blue Angel OLIVE Mantis cartridge an idea what lean vs. stout character the Mantis has. As...
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I have a different theory about Koetsu. I think they did make a name for themselves with the Rosewood like you say, but and then kept fiddling and experimenting with different materials. The lacquer coating on the Urushi, for example, then the...
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[quote user="RonyWeissman"]When youmdiscuss silicon dumping with your 3012 do you mean the silicon you put on headshell orDo you mean you use a silicon bath to damp the arm resonance, or both? I can't find the thread and I have decided to spend some ...
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I hope you do find some amplification that works, or new "way" of using the tannoy, as these driver still have several tricks up their sleeves, especially when compared to the hordes of mass crap that's for sale. What you refer to as the "deen ...
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I have looked at the Feastrex website. The picture you show is of one of their permanent magnet drivers. This uses their Naturflux magnetic circuit. Mr Akiyama's quote also refers to one of these permanent magnet drivers so you shouldn't be atta...
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These Hifi Shows remind me always to that one:
That's an old cartoon.
Today we can replace the first price "....excellent cartridge for $10389" ----> It's also available ...
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[quote user="Paul S"]Meanwhile: If you are going to use a SUT, this actually is a Big Deal that will profoundly affect the Sound you get from your system, regardless of which connectors or solder you use. I recommend you integrate the SUT (with its ...
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I heard this TT, it was magnificent, almost no coloration to speak of, dead dead quiet. Of course it wasn't plugged in and there was no tonearm or cartridge yet but man I loved the sound! Really whatnthe hell is everyone screaming about ? Romy mentio...
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N-set, the usual way of dialing in RIAA is the anti-RIAA curve, trying for null. This might be from any source with appropriate output voltage/impedance fed to the corrector input. The obvious problem with the LP is that it depends on the arm and c...
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The Sussurro has an unusually wide loading range listed by Soundsmith, ranging from 470 ohms to 5k ohms. It is possible that more recent models have a somewhat tighter range between 470 and 2k ohms but I am not positive. The capacitance of Soundsmith...
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I recorded the output of my cartridge/ phono stage/ line stage with the stylus resting in a groove of a stationary record while playing a CD at high volume with heavy bass through another path. Since my system uses tubes I was also getting tube micro...
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Well, the Ultimate Turntable. I had the chance to listen to some personally. Most have one in common:Overrated and hyped from deaf "reviewers"And .... price tag has no direct comparison to sonic excellence ... or a lot of technical features which are...
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Hi Rowuk,Thanks for reply, I use step up transformers, old Partridge 1:12 I think they are model 973B if memory serves me correctly. I haven't installed the ART7 yet. I currently use another AT cartridge - 33ptg ii which is a more "normal" output of ...
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[quote user="starboy"]In the thread I wrote there is another Mantis owner Bauzace50 (a noted gentleman to myself in terms of transducers) who had a Jubilee as his reference and that with no second thought hit the Bay.[/quote]Did y...
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[quote user="Antonio J."]Dear Romy, thanks for your comment. I actually don't want the mat to do "something" for me sonically, but to teach me how far I'm I of my ideal. Knowing your goals and taking for granted that the 8000's platter must be rather...
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Hi Romy,I believe you're right and it's due to the amount of LF the vinyl outputs, which may be more than the Bidat or the tuner do. It doesn't happen with all the discs, just some of them, which happen to be old recordings that probably have mo...
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[quote user="Alex Yakovlev"]Thank you, Romy. What about weight? My tonearm is probably too light in its original form?[/quote] I do not now the new SME tonearms. I have M12 but I never tried to get better sound out of it. Still I like heavy arms and ...
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I was actually looking for something else when I ran across this: http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6955469-description.html ...
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Hello Paul,This is my first post so bear with me. I am sure that you are aware of the remote-controlled-VTA arms, (Graham or is it Triplanar?) while I have no personal experience with them I know that they are quite expensive.An alternative route mig...
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