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Who says that a myth told a thousand times becomes more real? Who has actually measured the wear on the stylus instead of just "trusting" the industry?Romy may not be infallible, but he does only post first hand and for sure backs up his posts with f...
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Here's a link to a copy cat alignment tool:https://www.audioadvice.com/pro-ject-align-it-cartridge-aligment-tool-black.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-ZSy3ZmE3AIVxF5-Ch3G2QttEAQYBSABEgLQ3vD_BwEDon't know if it's any good, but it appears to be the "correct ty...
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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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[quote user="mem916"]Actually this picture doesn't say much with the cantilever and stylus unloaded. Can you take another picture with it on a record surface, with the VTF set in the range Ortofon suggests. And take it edge on from the outside of ...
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In another thread here, I discussed how I developed an "empirical" VTA system for my very "sharp" stylus. With it I can adjust the tonearm height relative to measured record thickness, which I found varies close to 3X, from the thinnest to the th...
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I got email today with a link to a thread at A’gon: “Fremer's review of the Anna cartridge” and to an interesting post from Dougdeacon: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1365811842&openflup&65&4#65The fan part in all of it...
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How strange... I was thinking about this, and discussing it during lunch @ the lab a couple days ago... Got there from a totaly different direction though, was thinking about harmonic vibration dampers used on crankshafts, (usua...
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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="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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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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[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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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...
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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="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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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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[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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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I finally concluded that I need a better mono cartridge. Screw you Denon-102! I can’t listen this midrange pusher anymore![/quote]Send it over to me Romy, I'll make sure the little offender doesn't escape! :) Brian (who lis...
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It is always difficult objectively deal with tonearms. The tonearms is very difficult subject, performance of which might be severally masked by thousands associative parameters. However, the biggest problem is that it is imposable to talk with peopl...
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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="Lbjefferies7"] I would like to ask a question. Does the Jubilee add a specific color signature, or does it change appropriately with the music it plays? [/quote] To make it brief. I do not think that it is warranted to talk about “Jubile...
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Yes, Paul, I did not think this way but you are very correct. Technics TT, Denon 103 cartridges, Fostex speakers, “single girl with balalaika” music and Adcom CD players are kind of come along all together very well. It is not that I have something t...
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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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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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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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Hi Romy,On the Ortofon website those models of the SPU which don't come with inbuilt transformers, have a recommended load of >100 ohm. Using the cartridge into too low an impedance load definitely does lift the lower frequencies. Too high and the...
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What impedance is the SPU working into? My recollection (10 years since I used one) is that it liked to see a very low impedance load. I would expect puffy, diffuse low frequencies if the impedance was too high. I do recall that it was a very 'm...
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