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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Why second tonearm/cartridge does not sound like first one? by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why second tonearm/cartridge does not sound like first one? in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
The people who has more than one tonearm for stereo might understand me.  I kind of pissed as my dally tonearm/cartridge does not sound as good as my reference tonearm/cartridge. What does it mean? It means that for dally records spinning sometimes I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Back, and Better Than Ever (I hope...) by Paul S on 2013-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Thank you, Sir! May I have another (MC-3000 II)? in Analog Playback  13 Replies 
It wound up taking 9 weeks to get my re-built cartridge back from/through the Ortofon DK/USA  consortium, and then I let the re-built cartridge just sit there in is box for another 2 weeks.  When I finally went to re-mount it, I managed to snap a ver...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Taking the mystery out of cartridge loading by skushino on 2005-02-26 
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Here is a snippet from an email from Jonathan Carr (Lyra cartridge designer) about objectives and considerations regarding cartridge loading.  Most of this is old news, I only re-post it here as a convenient synopsis on this most misunderstood t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Ortofon Mono cartridge. by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
I, after being sick and tired form the Denon 102 misery, got the Ortofon Mono needle. I was under impression that Ortofon Mono was true mono cartridge with one coil. However, when I opened it up to mount it’s insert on my “Chernobyl Spinnaker” tonear...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Where to get the Decca cartridge by drdna on 2008-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
Romy, I believe the cartridges are manufactured form Decca by JS Wright in London.The suspension is less of an issue since the Decca cartridges use a novel transducer.  There is no cantilever.  The stylus connects directly to a metal foil w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: “I cannot express how stunned and disappointed I was with the new Onyx... by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges. in Analog Playback  52 Replies 
The Adrian’s quote about being stunned and disappointed can’t better express my view on the subject. I admit that I am driven by disappointed and in a way anger for the horrendous sound I got from my Koetsu Onyx Platinum. However, it was not a an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How to run MM-type cartridge into MC phonostage? by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to run MM-type cartridge into MC phonostage? in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
I run both of my Reference and Daily tonearms into my “End of Life Phonostage”. As I told I do not know any way to commutate signals at phono level signal and I just re-plug the phono cables at the phonostage’s input. I have no problem with that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: In my view it’s cartridge dependant. by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 3012 silicon dumping in Analog Playback  1 Replies 
[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 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Arm/Cartridge "Development" by Paul S on 2012-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fidelity Research FR-7 in Analog Playback  42 Replies 
The 3012 is actually a fairly "flexible" arm, but to "develop" any arm/cartridge pairing might take a long time, and during this time you are pretty much on your own.  The truth is, you may or may not EVER hear a cartridge the same way someone else h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: A reasonable fork for cartridge loading. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Shelter 90X: mystery or mastery in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
Alex, a cartridge loading has no “right” absolute value, it has of courses a certain fork of right values but to loading of a cartridge up to one of a few Ohms would be depended from many parameters, in some instanced unexpected. In my hands, used as...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Does cartridge includes a video-severance of Cat? by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Shelter 90X: mystery or mastery in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
After much talking with people I am still at lost what cartridge to get in order does not worry about cartridges anymore. It looks like I “fixed” the Shelter but now I need to take it off and to remove dust from within the cartridge – the ceremony I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Cartridge coils capacitance? by Antonio J. on 2008-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sometimes surface noise is not just surface noise in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
I haven't tried your experiment myself, but for your description, I agree that one second is too much time to get the suspension back to its rest state. Maybe the coils develop some capacitive charge that needs some time to bleed.Rgrds....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Softer Side of a Hard-Tracing Cartridge by Paul S on 2009-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Softer Side of a Hard-Tracing Cartridge in Analog Playback  12 Replies 
I started in hi-fi with LPs and I have never stopped using them as my principal source for hi-fi.  Some time ago I decided that master tape was better than vinyl, but I could not afford to go that route; so I settled on the next best thing: a cartrid...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The ideal cartridge by drdna on 2009-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Softer Side of a Hard-Tracing Cartridge in Analog Playback  12 Replies 
So, having thought about it, there are enough concerns about the Windfeld, I do not care to have yet another $3000 experiment.  The moving coil-cantilever system is to me fundamentally flawed.  The primary differences we hear seem to very frequently ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Allnic Verito MC Phono Cartridge by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Allnic Verito MC Phono Cartridge in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
The last couple days, having some controversy with Allnic’s preamp , made me to go few times to Allnic web site. In here I was reading the information about Allnic Verito MC Phono Cartridge. http://www.allnicaudio.com/eng/products/view.h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A cartridge while we are working? by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Benz Gullwing and Hi all in Analog Playback  1 Replies 
Alex, I am sorry, I know very little about Benz cartridges but I was wondering what heck you do for living that you are able 6 hours a day spin records while you in the office. Are you getting paid for listening and changing the records? Or ar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Why second tonearm/cartridge does not sound like first one? by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why second tonearm/cartridge does not sound like first one? in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
The people who has more than one tonearm for stereo might understand me.  I kind of pissed as my dally tonearm/cartridge does not sound as good as my reference tonearm/cartridge. What does it mean? It means that for dally records spinning sometimes I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: I have fixed my second tonearm/cartridge, guess how? by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chasing utopian better phono interconnect. in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
Yep, I fixed it. If does sound very good now, exactly how it has to be. It turns out that my suspicion were correct: my Micro’s fat cable has died on me.  I absolutely assure you that no one would believe that a regular phono cable able to introd...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Expressive Technologies SU-1 and cartridge output and impedance by Paul Costa on 2011-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Expressive Technologies SU-1 and cartridge output and impeda... in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
Hello RomyWhat 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 would like to know...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: Decca London Reference cartridge review by drdna on 2010-04-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
Wow! That review is filled to the brim with so much B.S. I was amazed, all that "You need this special $5000 hookup wire to get the most out of this cartridge" etc. I couldn't believe it. Has the state of audio reviewing truly been reduced to this sa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Cartridge loading and tuning for ribbons by Paul S on 2007-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
Good advice, to be sure.I have chosen the most "neutral", "tape-like" MC I have found, but of course it remains a phono cartridge/transducer...  Meanwhile, I just checked VTF on a hunch and was annoyed to find that at some point&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Microphone’s and cartridge preamps/correctors vs. DACs by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Disregard Digital with Vacuum Tube output in Audio For Dummies ™  3 Replies 
[quote user="Wojtek"]application far more sensitive  than simple line linestage and in addition to that ,that pre is percived to be colored and syrupy tick. Are you trying to cover up that harsh and cruel sound you're talking about  Could y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Ortofon Windfeld cartridge? by drdna on 2009-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Softer Side of a Hard-Tracing Cartridge in Analog Playback  12 Replies 
Hi Paul,Yes, I agree with everything you have said.  I love the Well Tempered system because it is extremely simple and elegant, as you say, making it easy to work with.The older top of the line Decca London Jubilee has incredible presence but was no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: Cartridge wars by RonyWeissman on 2012-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
Yes i am glad to not be in cartridge market either. Of all the equipment i hve biught, auditioned, researched, the cartridge is,the most elusive. Tou,have no idea if,the hifi store, reviewer, internet guy has set up the thing properly, and the number...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Optical Cartridge: ground breaking, snake oil, or what? by xandcg on 2021-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Optical Cartridge: ground breaking, snake oil, or what? in Analog Playback  5 Replies 
Hello, I've just found out about the DS Audio's Optical Catridge which on their literature looks amazing but I have no means to sanely evaluate it from the technology point of view, and so I bring to the folks smart...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The field-coil cartridge? by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is the difference between the cartridges? in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
[quote user="coops"]Romy I have read on this forum that you are not particularly keen on the very low output AN Japan ( and Uk ) cartridges, may I ask the nature of your experience with them , have you tried the field coil versions? [/quote] Keith, I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Buying a last cartridge. by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
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 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Last cartridge? by drdna on 2008-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
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...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Decca london cartridge by drdna on 2008-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
Romy, I think you are asking if I have the Edgar subwoofers also.  Yes, I do, like giant woodgrain refrigerator in the living room.  So I do get some bass response.The Decca cartridges sound different from every other cartridge I have heard...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Reference cartridge by starboy on 2008-09-07 
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RomyYour first question was "Does it do bass"... Yes, and it does it full frequency with great tonality. I am a ribbon panel owner as you may remember and also have modified Tannoys as monitors so I know easily when I am lacking in the bass departmen...
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