Super deal to keep an eye on the competition at least
(am I the only kook that looks at these in stores soley for the adverts?)
SY knows how I feel about ordering from Mouser though
Cheers!
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Heya Bud,
After pondering your post, have you thought of AC pickup from the wiring in your walls?
I had similar hum problems with an old RIAA design. I knew it wasn't the supply, as it was regulated and the transformer was 18" away from the input tube, with DC heaters and all.
Then one night I was listening to some Classical records and went to make some tea. As soon as I clicked on the kettle, the hum jumped about 30dB.
I turned the kettle off and the hum dropped.
I plugged in the kettle to the outlet that had the wires running the opposite side of the house and turned it on.
Only a few dB leap in hum.
Bottom line.... I should really think about balanced RIAA pre's
Cheers!
After pondering your post, have you thought of AC pickup from the wiring in your walls?
I had similar hum problems with an old RIAA design. I knew it wasn't the supply, as it was regulated and the transformer was 18" away from the input tube, with DC heaters and all.
Then one night I was listening to some Classical records and went to make some tea. As soon as I clicked on the kettle, the hum jumped about 30dB.
I turned the kettle off and the hum dropped.
I plugged in the kettle to the outlet that had the wires running the opposite side of the house and turned it on.
Only a few dB leap in hum.
Bottom line.... I should really think about balanced RIAA pre's
Cheers!
MC carts can reveal more microdetails due to the princip of construction.
Besides that, everything depends on the cutting of the precious stone, the art and craftsmanship put into the rest of the piece.
And don't forget the matching between the cart, the arm and the TT, not to forget compatibily with the RIAA.
"dolph"
Besides that, everything depends on the cutting of the precious stone, the art and craftsmanship put into the rest of the piece.
And don't forget the matching between the cart, the arm and the TT, not to forget compatibily with the RIAA.
"dolph"
Nice use of buzzword (what is a "microdetail?"), but in any event, why should this be?
Just the AT that I'm aware of. Is Decca still around?
Technics, who always made the best of the best, got out of the market years ago. The moving mass of the EPC100C Mk4 was comparable to any MC. Very advanced cantilever design. I was a happy user of a Dynavector Diamond when the Technics EPC205C Mk3 showed up and turned my world upside down. I used the 100 until the day when my last stylus gave up the ghost and there were no more to be had. Switched to a Troika, but it was a step down.
Technics, who always made the best of the best, got out of the market years ago. The moving mass of the EPC100C Mk4 was comparable to any MC. Very advanced cantilever design. I was a happy user of a Dynavector Diamond when the Technics EPC205C Mk3 showed up and turned my world upside down. I used the 100 until the day when my last stylus gave up the ghost and there were no more to be had. Switched to a Troika, but it was a step down.
How about the iron armature mass on most MC's?Are they really lighter than tiny magnets on MM's?
The coil on a MC cartridge is wound on the armature and they move together.They are secured(for correct presure against the damping rubber)by the suspension wire behind the armature.So,you can say that the suspension wire is moving too,causing a hf resonance that has to be dealt by the suspension rubber.Armature is usually of square or cross shape.The signal is generated only when the armature/coil is moving in relation to the MC's fixed(non moving)magnet.
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