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Grado cartridges - pick up too much noise
Seems like the Prestige cartridges pick up external noise to easy? (TT
motor etc) Are there quieter cartridges - Oritfon, Goldring? |
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Grado cartridges - pick up too much noise
There are shielded cartridges but they do not necessarily sound
better. Grado has a huge following of enthusiasts and many will settle for using nothing else. Most motors can be shielded usung Mu-metal, which is an additional expense, but many find the benefits that the Grado cartridges bring to be more than worth the cost. I like the sound of them and don't find external noise pick-up to be a significant issue considering their excellent sound and cost. It can annoy some people in the most quiet passages (pauses in classical music for instance) at higher listening levels. Most people that hear the cartridges perform in person laugh once they hear how little noise the naysayers are complaining about as it has been blown way out of proportion. -Bill www.uptownaudio.com Roanoke VA (540) 343-1250 "MD" wrote in message ... Seems like the Prestige cartridges pick up external noise to easy? (TT motor etc) Are there quieter cartridges - Oritfon, Goldring? |
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Grado cartridges - pick up too much noise
Uptown Audio wrote:
There are shielded cartridges but they do not necessarily sound better. Grado has a huge following of enthusiasts and many will settle for using nothing else. Most motors can be shielded usung Mu-metal, which is an additional expense, but many find the benefits that the Grado cartridges bring to be more than worth the cost. I like the sound of them and don't find external noise pick-up to be a significant issue considering their excellent sound and cost. It can annoy some people in the most quiet passages (pauses in classical music for instance) at higher listening levels. Most people that hear the cartridges perform in person laugh once they hear how little noise the naysayers are complaining about as it has been blown way out of proportion. -Bill www.uptownaudio.com Roanoke VA (540) 343-1250 "MD" wrote in message ... Seems like the Prestige cartridges pick up external noise to easy? (TT motor etc) Are there quieter cartridges - Oritfon, Goldring? Thanks for responding I use MuMetal and it works well - to a point The noise from the motor doesn't pop in until the end of the last song and there is is barely noticeable - even at loud volume The noise I am hearing is there with motor off and with the unit well away from anything else. Grounding the table helps but not enough Are Ortifon and Goldring quieter/shielded (I like brands with replaceable styli) |
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Grado cartridges - pick up too much noise
Most people find that there is no noise until the very end of the
record at a reasonably high volume without using Mu-metal. Maybe you don't have the Mu-metal configured for best performance, but it sounds like you may have done the best that you can with it. I suppose everyones idea of what is objectionably noisey varies and using very high efficiency speakers will certainly make any slight noise much more prominent. Other designs may be more quiet in terms of shielding from magnetic fields but they may also suffer in other areas sonically. The Kontrapunkt series from Ortofon are quite nice but don't have user replacable stylus. The best sounding cartridges IMHO are low output moving coil cartridges and they don't have user replacable stylus. I would not limit my choices to those having that as a feature if you are critical about sound quality. I have had MC cartridges last ten years so it is not a bad value in my opinion. I am using a Dynavector LOMC cartridge now. -Bill www.uptownaudio.com Roanoke VA (540) 343-1250 "MD" wrote in message ... Uptown Audio wrote: There are shielded cartridges but they do not necessarily sound better. Grado has a huge following of enthusiasts and many will settle for using nothing else. Most motors can be shielded usung Mu-metal, which is an additional expense, but many find the benefits that the Grado cartridges bring to be more than worth the cost. I like the sound of them and don't find external noise pick-up to be a significant issue considering their excellent sound and cost. It can annoy some people in the most quiet passages (pauses in classical music for instance) at higher listening levels. Most people that hear the cartridges perform in person laugh once they hear how little noise the naysayers are complaining about as it has been blown way out of proportion. -Bill www.uptownaudio.com Roanoke VA (540) 343-1250 "MD" wrote in message ... Seems like the Prestige cartridges pick up external noise to easy? (TT motor etc) Are there quieter cartridges - Oritfon, Goldring? Thanks for responding I use MuMetal and it works well - to a point The noise from the motor doesn't pop in until the end of the last song and there is is barely noticeable - even at loud volume The noise I am hearing is there with motor off and with the unit well away from anything else. Grounding the table helps but not enough Are Ortifon and Goldring quieter/shielded (I like brands with replaceable styli) |
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Grado cartridges - pick up too much noise
"Uptown Audio" wrote in message
... Most people find that there is no noise until the very end of the record at a reasonably high volume without using Mu-metal. Maybe you don't have the Mu-metal configured for best performance, but it sounds like you may have done the best that you can with it. I suppose everyones idea of what is objectionably noisey varies and using very high efficiency speakers will certainly make any slight noise much more prominent. Other designs may be more quiet in terms of shielding from magnetic fields but they may also suffer in other areas sonically. The Kontrapunkt series from Ortofon are quite nice but don't have user replacable stylus. The best sounding cartridges IMHO are low output moving coil cartridges and they don't have user replacable stylus. I would not limit my choices to those having that as a feature if you are critical about sound quality. I have had MC cartridges last ten years so it is not a bad value in my opinion. I am using a Dynavector LOMC cartridge now. -Bill www.uptownaudio.com Roanoke VA (540) 343-1250 They can last longer than that...I have an Accuphase AC-2 that has been in continual use since the early eighties. However, one should take into account that my phono use has been at most "moderate" since the early '90's when I finally achieved decent CD sound. |
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