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The point of the field coil is to saturate the piss out of the magnetic circuit so that the coil flux does not modulate the motor. Romy, I suspect that your experience of them may be based on an older drivers where saturation was not the name of the ...
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In the case of the Audio Note field coil cartridge the field strength (and hence output) was significantly less than that from the permanent (AlNiCo) magnet equipped Io. Yet the performance of the field coil version (Io Ltd) was 100x better despite a...
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Actually, if we use a stethoscope and our ears, we buy standard precision bearings, motors and control electronics. All quite affordable. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. If we look at an old Thorens TD160, how much more engineering does the a...
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This is an excellent point, in theory. Armen's description of the differences he heard are reminiscent of the general differences between Moving Coil and Moving Magnet designs, so this would not be too much of a surprise if the major differences in s...
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I have recently received two CDs from a friend who owns a SME turntable, has been using a Van den Hul Colibrí cartridge, and for fun purposes, set up a DL-103 on it (which I own but still have to set up). I have been listening to both recordings, pla...
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Hi. I acquired and spent a lot of time on this guy over the last few months. I've installed a Dynavector 507 MK II tonearm and a Dyhavector XVS-1 cartridge. I read Romy's comments that in his experience with the 8000 the belt doesn't affect the sou...
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It seems that all my analog-missing-LF-paranoia can be blamed entirely on that original DG pressing.How could I know that I was using a superbly miserable pressing as my bass calibrator? It really made me give up on my turntables for a while there.&n...
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Hi Romy,I feel very pleased for you. I was always somewhat puzzled by your descriptions of how you felt the S2 sounded, particularly between 600 and 1200 Hz. My experiences with a few different horns but always with a good quality SE amp were invaria...
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How nice that Chopin changed his mind about the waltz, and how nice that W. Malcuzynski tarried long enough to record these for us, using an instrument worthy of his talent and good engineers and equipment.Nice stereo, just a little over-blown. ...
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Thank you for sharing these thoughts - it fills me with wonder. I too in the end do not regret the money I spent because sometimes you need to buy the "sounds better than anything ever" amplifier, cartridge or tonearm, and to hear for yourself that i...
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I would, of course, be more forthright when discussing what I felt were the plus or minus points of a friends system. They would be familiar with the system I have, the sound I like etc. I would know that my comments would have no effect on our ...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Neutrality is fidelity to musically recognized by awareness. Neutrality it is not what is auditable but rather what is delivered. Neutrality does not operate by the language of the communication channel; in fact it is...
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[quote user="Paul S"] I would like to hear something more rigorous and complex than "the usual" music the DIYers use to "prove" a design/system.[/quote]Was my thought too--"a girl with a banjo" audiopedophile(tm) crap.[quote user="Paul S"]Unusual TT!...
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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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Romy,
Thanks for your reply. I thought 10x4 was in the $400 range. No matter, I'm thinking of changing it for something a bit more substantial, like another Dynavector. Do you have any experience with their 20X-H high output MC cartridge?As I said b...
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No, I do not. It is not because there are not but because I do not know. There are not reasons to buy cartridges from dealers as there is no cartridges serves that might come from dealers. Have you seen any dealers who would lend you a cartridge to t...
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[quote user="Dmitry"]
I'm shopping for a Dynavector DV-20X High Output MC. So far I've only been quoted $580 - 20% trade-in for my existing DV-10X5 cartridge = $460. But if I could get it cheaper, especially much cheaper, from an over-seas sou...
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Yep, I'm kind of growing on this cartridge and now I really like it. It has very pleasant tonal colors (yes, I would still call it colorations) and it has very appealing “dynamic viscosity”. All together it make it very musical. Probably my initial r...
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What is the main difference in High End today and 10 years ago?Today it is possible to launch average products into the market via Internet Hype from DIY groups. No engineer would ever create such a Design which changes performance daily depending on...
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Try as I might, I can't get my sme3012/shelter 901 combo to do tubas . My ortofon309/vintage mono cartridge does it magnificently the tuba down low makes me goosevumps all over just likenthe cello. I think my stepup for shelter is incorrect choice, t...
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Thank for the link. I did not see it is it does look interesting. II like those crazy, unreasonably-obnoxious, no hold barred projects and they usually do push the envelope of what is possible. I did not have a chance to read the whole thread. We hav...
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Romy, by your own words you are concerned that the Jubilee is not a "hard tracer". Well, loosen up those purse strings and take a gander at the MC Windfeld, a "Super-Jubilee" with a super-polished iteration of the hard-tracing "Replicant" stylu...
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I listened to really a lot of Koetsus (Black, various Urushi, Signature, Red Sig. Platnimum, Jade, Onyx....) and it was always the same result:No Bass , no high frequency area, no colour, no bite... and with different Arms of course (Graham 2.2, Phan...
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It turns out that I have up to now done a very poor job of guessing a record's thickness just from looking at it or assuming thickness based on the label, so measuring thickness and developing a corresponding arm height adjustment stra...
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[quote user="Stitch"] But then it gets worse dramtically, the Speakers Corner Deccas are foggy and really bad compared to original Deccas. But their vinyl is silent. [/quote] Wll, I have my theory about the silent play of contemporary vinyl. Did anyh...
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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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