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[quote user="Paul S"]Regarding the EMT arm bearings going bad in a couple of years from normal use, WTF? That's absurd! Is it a 997? There has to be a better explanation![/quote]Me shocked too! The arm is 929. According to the tech, he has to chan...
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My EMT930 has a moderate platter. 3kg I guess. I guess the only isolation of the idler/motor vs. platter is the idler's rubber (and to small extent motor's rubber suspension too). It's quality is crucial and it has to be changed from time to time.EMT...
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I did not think about it unit how, unit N-set mention his EMT930. I am not a big fan of EMT tabbies but I have a huge respect to EMT927 . What I very much like in EMT927, among other things, is the very long platter bearing. The Idler roll runs acro...
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[quote user="N-set"]Leaving all that unnecessary bitchings and emotions aside (btw, talking about TT resembles talking abut foundations of quantum mechanics, emotions and flames appear within seconds!),I've been,purely theoretically, thinking if...
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[quote user="N-set"] EMT930 starts from zero in 1s, EMT950 in 0.2s...[/quote]That was the only goal for it. These units were made for only 1 reason, to start as fast as possible (Radio Stations used vinyl and when the talk stopped, the music had to s...
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Ok, it took me longer than I thought (fucking servicing an EMT is a nightmare for me),but I've finally put the TT on the rack:It's all still a bit provisorical as the inner cage is not fnished yet (the suspension is missing), but I could test the pne...
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I believe the $5000 Swiss-built "Magic Diamond" cartridges use the SPU motor assembly - and weren't EMT cartridges also based on Ortofon?
Truly the Momma and Poppa of MCs.
Brian.
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Stitch, I am not too familiar with the sound of contemporary TT and I am not necessary would discard them juts because they are contemporary. I still have that fantasy about some kind of flimsy, paper-made TT that for whatever reason do sound very go...
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Fi-analy started listening the FR combo! The setup is somewhat haphazard:* P2S unknown - trying to get 231.5mm recommended by the Germans, took the pains and the cost to design and make a special collar but missing a laser engraved protractor to see ...
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1- Romy, a $200 microscope was shit 30 years ago when I bought mine and is still a piece of shit today. Manufacturing 5-10 SX-8000 type tables a year is inexpensive, its when you go to 50-100 units a year, AF1 market, that cost of operations escalate...
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[quote user="Paul S"]But why would you consider brass connectors because of 95% of boutique RCA if the idea is to wind up with the best signal path?[/quote]Of course not because of that! The ideal would be the connector I've shown but made with pure ...
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This is a new tool, so some training is inevitable. Yes, I saw your first sample with the peaks and my first thought was that it was not the deck, as I could not imagine a mechanism which would produce such spikes so perfectly repetetive (ok, maybe a...
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In the last 10 years I had some chances to visit owners with very expensive Systems (>500.000,-- $) and all they had the same in common:
Absolutely no idea about real High End or Music reproduction and I mean non, nada, nothing, they went to a d...
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[quote user="N-set"] The only purely theoretical point which is intriguing for mein the whole multiple drive idea is whether one can achieve a uniform "floating" rotation: the forces perpendicular to the spindle balance out and the spindle rotates wi...
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Very cool question. Without having any rational justification to make any educated guess I would pull idea out of my ass – just because the idea make sense to me.
If I make a massive palter I would go for very tall vertical shaft to minimize the pl...
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Hi Romy,[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I would discard the test disk truck– I never use it. Take a silent space between the cuts (test disk!) and make a needle at your operational VTF to be in stationary ay a bit more than a half record.In fact it is ar...
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The Rockports have a very light platter and a carbon Arm....the one I listened to was the latest, it had simply no Bass reproduction, nada, nothing and the Arm resonances are also inferior to any energy transfer from any cartridge. The lead wires are...
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Romy, Just a few notes.... I did use the term "crappy" in the connection with the tonearm in an ironic sense. Have you lived so long among US Americans you lost your sense of irony? Also, i do not suggest crappy Phonostages, merely ones with low inpu...
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I'm pathetically slow with my 834 clone, but that's what I am....Sorry for boring you but I treat this threat a bit like a blog on my "progress".I've tried to fight more with PS induced ham and interferenceby putting the PS transformers and HV rectif...
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If we look generally at stability from bridges to optical measurement benches, mass has one function - tune resonance or place it outside of the desired passband. Other methods are chosen when we want to convert energy to heat.Do we know what a "ligh...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] dkarmeli wrote:It depends on the product and the company, not all are thieves! As of now they are selling 50 - 60 units/year and cheaper AF2 will also be available shortly.You seem to be obsessed with the $100k price, as I...
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Not sure how interesting they are, but EMT seems to makededicated mono carts OFD25 (65 for '78). According to fabtech.de :"The OF-series pick-up's are pure mono versions. The transducer is
constructed in a way to read only horizontal trackings. The...
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[quote user="Thorsten"] I did use the term "crappy" in the connection with the tonearm in an ironic sense. Have you lived so long among US Americans you lost your sense of irony? Also, i do not suggest crappy Phonostages, merely ones with low input c...
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Folks, This thread caught my attention, because here Romy waxes lyrically about the failings of the Denon Cartridges. Now I only consider ONE Denon worth bothering, the ORIGINAL 103, it is often inaccuratly called 103C. It has a medium compliance (ar...
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[quote user="Gibraltar"] Not sure what you're suggesting here. Are you saying that I should be able to hear some channel imbalance from the surface noise if the anti-skate is not working? I did try removing the arm tube then turning the anti-skate di...
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[quote user="drdna"]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. [/quote]
Yes, I was asking about the Edgar refrigerato...
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Dear gentlemen,My name is Frank Schröder and I'm the guy in the picture. It wasn't taken to show off anything, I actually noticed it after the fact.I came across this thread by accident and even though I realize that I may be better off forgetting ab...
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At CES there were Viagra-junkie sized power cords everywhere for $5000. Around our room were $10k and $20k speakers that sounded like a wet jukebox. It was the land of delusion.Value per topology is one way to measure but let's instead start with a p...
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[quote user="RonyWeissman"]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 everyon...
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"…just buy a used Micro Seiki and don’t worry about turntables anymore; built like a tank and sounds better than TTs costing over 30K USD.” Mr. Ikeda, of Ikeda / Fidelity Research
The Main bitching It amasses me how the preoccupation...
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