In Reply to: RE: Tweeter difference problem with 3.3Rs and more posted by Davy on September 6, 2010 at 09:47:52:
First, the pots, I would get a cermet for the bottom and a PEC carbon for the top. Carbon has that magic spaciousness, while the Cermets retain bass tightness and extension better.
Ahh so you got a nearly identical 304 to what you had before? Sounds interesting. You obviously like it better than the Troika on the LP12. And I understand what you like is the fuller (to the point of bloating) sound of the LP12 with the somewhat light sound of the 304, which sums up to sound like a more delicate and extended Troika?
So the 304 takes 100 ohms active, and 1:13 on the stepup into a 47k MM stage, while the Troika goes into the 1:10 which gives a really high 400 ohm loading? on a 3 ohm cartridge, but that works to its advantage because of its naturally rolled off top.
The Audio Innovations T2, it seems, is not really a good match for either the 304 nor the Troika, but is intended for those 3-4 loop MCs like the Audio Note Io with practically no output and the impedance of an electrical short. So While you might find it useful as you may dare go into those sorts of cartridges, though I am no stranger to MCs I prefer to avoid them if I can get similar or better performance from a MM, and I definitely am not going the extremely low output route. So I think the T2 would be lost on me.
My predilection for high gain is accomplished in the preamp gain stages, either in the Melos or the Audible Illusions, when not accomplished in the phono stage.
Re what I used in the tape integrated cable is not Cardas litz but a mil spec silver on copper multistrand in teflon, very much like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/20-stranded-32-AWG-Silver-Teflon-Wire-5-color-Tonearm-/380261207494?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5889558dc6
There used to be thinner gauge mil spec wire, but it seems to have disappeared from the market.
I was considering making a combo litz and mic cable but I figured that the external mounting of the wire would prohibit something so delicate. Besides, I needed stiffer cable if I wanted to employ it for damping and for anti skate.
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- RE: Tweeter difference problem with 3.3Rs and more - Satie 03:57:00 09/07/10 (0)
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- Aah, Msieur Satie ... - andyr 04:21:15 09/07/10 (0)
- RE: Aah, Msieur Satie ... - Davy 06:09:52 09/07/10 (0)
- No, my LP12 had the Cirkus installed as soon as it came out. ... - andyr 16:16:43 09/07/10 (0)
- RE: No, my LP12 had the Cirkus installed as soon as it came out. ... - Davy 17:44:32 09/07/10 (0)
- RE: Aah, Msieur Satie ... - Satie 05:59:39 09/07/10 (0)