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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Hm, I do not think so. by Romy the Cat on 2013-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: USB microscope for setting VTA in Analog Playback  18 Replies 
Hmmm. I need to admit that I did not read the article above and I did not familiar myself with the author’s reasons as I stubbornly consider Fremer to be an idiot. However, purely hypothetically thinking on the subject I wonder why the presence of mi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A[nother] Cautionary Tale of analog maintenance by Paul S on 2008-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A[nother] Cautionary Tale of analog maintenance in Analog Playback  0 Replies 
You might think I'd learn by now, but over the last two days I have traced sonic problems to the following:  Dirty pins on one of the tubes in my phono stage; Loose counterweight set screw/too-heavy VTF; Loose cartridge mounting screw/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: One of the Best Posts, Ever! by Paul S 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 
That just about sums it up, all right.  You'd think it would be obvious that cartridges are not a viable subject for DIY/boutique building and/or modding; but, apparently, they are yet approached in this way by a small "underground" army of hopefuls,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Some feline contraKondovism by Romy the Cat on 2004-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My old Fi-Hi gear associations... in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]Some of it, (the current speakers and some of the amplifiers) are in my view, not outstanding. Other items, (the big preamp, phono stage, cartridge, MC transformer, silver cables and largest power amps are exceptionally goo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My CES by Serge on 2012-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My CES in Audio News  1 Replies 
Well, I would say this CES was very low on decent sound. Sometimes I had to fight with the urge to leave a room or two immediately after hearing a few bars of music being played.Still the hope is not lost. At a fringe show at the Flamingo hotel (THE ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #163: Your highly questionable literature. by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="dkarmeli"]If the rest of the setup is up scratch then all you get is the recording and you'll forget about they system. Your body and mind will relax and allow you to have the same emotional connection with the music as you'd have in a l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #250: The “secret” will be never revealed... by Romy the Cat on 2013-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"] Romy would you care to elaborate on that a bit? In particular have you hear amorphous/silver combination?[/quote]   Nope I never had it and even f I did it would be difficult to generalize anything. I had only once a fully silver...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: You must choose, but choose wisely by Stitch on 2013-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What Is The Minimum for an "Acceptable" Phono Stag... in Analog Playback  12 Replies 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Endorsements in High-End Audio? Come on! by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ortofon MC Anna cartridge “Inspired” by Netrebko in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
[quote user="zako"]It is not unusual for famous people to use there name for ENDORSEMENT,,SPORTS MEN HAVE MADE MILLIONS that way..  AMPEX used Frank Senatra..JBL used Benny Goodman...Its easy mony standing next to a product for photo Op and getting p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: Making "Adjustments" by Paul S on 2010-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
I admit that I am facinated with this cartridge, based on the undying hope that one day the unique and addictive (and ultimately, necessary...) "aliveness" might be had without the sort of mind-twisting torture that always prevailed.  But this "revie...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Allnic’s “stupid” business practice. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Allnic Verito MC Phono Cartridge in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
I meant to mention it before but forgot and was reminded today by some events.  The Hi-Fi companies use doe fine customer service but to a sensible point. The points of sensibility wariest upon many factors but generally hi-end folks are well take ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I do not know what you understand but…. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Low output MC? in Analog Playback  22 Replies 
…. it is well known that do not consult on purchasing decisions, just have no interests and no motivations even to think about it. Also, frankly speaking I sick and tired to hear those questions: what speakers to buy, what amplifiers to buy, what car...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Re: Chave coil control by guy sergeant on 2006-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
I had to dismantle a friends chuffing PM6A drivers the other day (only to find that the foam spider had disintegrated after 5 years, nice work Lowther) What was interesting, possibly, was the coating that Lowther seem to be applying to the voice coil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: A new amplifier from Audio Note. by guy sergeant on 2005-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new amplifier from Audio Note. in Audio News  4 Replies 
I don't know this Steve Klein. I don't know what bullshit he uses to sell Audio Note's products in the US. If that is what you are attempting to satirise then fine.I am quite familiar with Audio Note Japan's (Kondo) products. I don't use any at the m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Effective mass vs. Real mass by perrew on 2009-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lithuania enters the game: Reed 12" Tonearm in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I never understood all those conversations about heavier wands or lighter wands… What all this silliness came from? The Mass of the wand, along with mass of cartridge, shell and the shit that we pile up sometimes in shel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: The Jubilee experiment - first note into the dairy. by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
I was spinning records with my new Jubilee. Playing with setting here and there… The Jubilee it looks like not too fuzzy. The 2.2-2.3g of VTF, the VTA is slightly back and the Jubilee it is not too picky like other cartridges.  It used with a re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Fool's errands by Paul S on 2007-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
In impatient, ill-advised. manic efforts to "compensate" for the EFFECTS of bad power I have swapped ICs, used different output taps, re-configured grounds, swapped tubes, re-positioned speakers, adjusted VTA, messed with my BR ports.  And ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: VTA VTF balance by berlinta on 2010-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Hello Romy,I should have made myself more clear about the paragraph you quoted. Typical situations:a. The arm is installed on a deck that accomodates more than one arm. The listener, if lucky, has two(for all intents and purposes) identical cartridge...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: About lean, mean and ‘easy go’ cartridges by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
Stressing Bass in my former post I would like do not overly accent the lower bass itself but rather an organic combination of bass with something that I would call “full body” sound. It we look at many properly setups, loaded and amplified cartridge...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I miss sometimes my Shelter’s viciousness… by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Shelter 901 on SME 309 tonearm. in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
Ciampa, I am a huge fun of Shelter 901, love the cartridge, even I do not use it now but I would have no problems to continue use it. I do not about those new SME arms: SME 309, SME 4/5/6. I had once, sort time, SME V and I really did not “ge...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: The Ortofone’s first sound by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
I mounted the new Jubilee last night. I did not have much time to listen it and all that I heard was just a half side of a record that I know well. The Jubilee was at 2.3g, no enforced VTA, loaded to 75R, the 3012 arm with default shell: I have no id...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Another bad iteration of a good idea by Paul S on 2006-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RMAF06 Show Report in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
Your spiel on the Dynavector arm ties back to another of your recent posts and it reminds me that few manufacturers of any genre really wind up caring about performance, per se, perhaps because there are so many other things to think about when intro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Epoxy the azimuth adjustment. by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
[quote user="George"] By fingerlift I mean that piece of metal sticking out about 1" (1/8" wide) at the extreme left end of the pipe. It is attached by two screws to the pipe. It looks easily removable but I have not tried it. I imagine it is possibl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #108: I really hate those experiences … by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]Jarek,I am a professional musician, and am very much in "tune" with creative processes. [/quote] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq1JShEmLsk [quote user="rowuk"...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Proscenium III is "state of the art" .... by Stitch on 2013-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Holly Proscenium idiocy! in Analog Playback  23 Replies 
.... the usual marketing blubber. The more expensive a High end Product is, the more superlatives you need to make it superior to anything else. You want the big bucks? You need a big mouth first.but we all know how this business runs. What amazes me...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #272: Fully shielded by N-set on 2013-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Is there such a thing as partly unshielded arm wire?  If you want that run shielded, don't you have to start at the cartridge connection? [/quote]Paul, the tonearm wire runs inside the metal armwands (EMT & SME), which in tur...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Ortofon VTA by Stitch on 2013-10-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: USB microscope for setting VTA in Analog Playback  18 Replies 
I shot a Pic from a Turntable, the owner bought a brand-new Ortofon cartridge this week. When I looked at the pic I saw that the angle is not the angle Framer recommends. It is not a super sharp picture, because the focus adjustments were on a differ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Sussurro not a moving coil by steverino on 2014-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Soundsmith’s analog ideas. in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
Perhaps one reason why the Sussurro does not sound like other MC cartridges of Armen's experience is that it is NOT a MC. In fact it is a Moving Iron cartridge with fixed coils and fixed magnet albeit with low output.NB Capacitance is an issue I beli...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: 2 1/2 years later? by Paul S on 2018-03-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fidelity Research FR-7 in Analog Playback  42 Replies 
Jarek, did you ever use/develop the cartridge?  If not, WTF?  If you did, surely you are obliged to share?Best regards,Paul S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Lumiere by N-set on 2012-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fidelity Research FR-7 in Analog Playback  42 Replies 
Continuing my crawling in the sea of cartridge excrements, there is this Lumiere DST, inspired by Neumann DST-62 and highly praised by Stefano.Difficult to get any reasonable info (at least some basic raw data), apart from apparent sample-to-sample h...
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