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do you need a headshell weight?

Your guess is as good as mine. My parameters were simple. Fast square wave rise/fall time (most are 100 ns, which seemed too slow to me, given what some of Ti's amps measure at), low distortion sine wave and relatively compact. I'm curious to compare the sine wave distortion to what one can generate from a CD player, for example, or even a sound card. I think these other methods might work pretty well, so, when it came down to it, square wave performance was what I cared about most. Ti uses a Wavetek 188, which is another datapoint to consider. This Tek should be twice as fast as that in theory.

Tektronix CFG280 Function Generators: CFG253 ? CFG280 > Data Sheets : Tektronix Claims ≤25 ns rise/fall time at maximum output into 50 Ω load for square wave output. We will see.

V99? V99? I mean, surely he could offer up some logo or branding design services for one.

you guys fail at letting guzziguy take one for the team

see, that's not fair

heh, I chose that one because the probes looked decent look at the same seller, I believe he has nice probe packs.

Probably a "transistor tester", which measures hfe as well as a temperature probe would be the only other things I could think of. Looks like the meter I have, the BK2706A is now discontinued and replaced with a version with less features. If I was going to buy something, I'd consider taking a chance on this one: VC99 3 36/7 Auto range DMM analog bar better FLUKE17B - eBay (item 170388685166 end time Oct-29-09 08:12:04 PDT) but perhaps there are some better recommendations out there...

what features do you need? You can just buy nice probes and using your existing meter, just as another option. In fact, I think Fitz posted a link somewhere for the probes he really likes. I like the BK Precision meters. Here's a list, with MSRP: Handheld Digital Multimeters - Multimeters - B&K Precision Depending on the features you need, I think you'll find something that will work for you there.

That's okay, a negative review actually can be very beneficial for people that know they have diametrically opposite tastes as the reviewer.

OMG! Is that the BHSE Slim?

for deepak: Silver wound Stevens Billington TVCs and Type 72 switch - diyAudio

perhaps what you need is a few goats... or a machete... or controlled burn

"messing about" or "measuring about" I'd rather see measurements that "subjective increase in SQ" ... I guess I don't understand why some of these designs are so void of measurements. Not an attack, really.. I just don't get it I guess.

I'll try: phono stage > arm > table > cartridge > isolation > phono cable In some senses "table type" would have to be the most important to me, but I realize that's a pretty polarizing conversation. edit: yes, I totally ignored jp# post, heh just read it now though

smegster: read this in its entirety: ecp.cc There will be a quiz tomorrow.

Thanks guys! Spent the day yesterday in panic mode at work getting things ready for a big test/certification that we (were forced) into doing. Seems that this weekend will be the final push. Had to pull the 2 year old girl birthday party sob story to my boss to get some time off today I'm sure those with kids know that their birthdays always overshadow yours, but there's lot of pride in that I suppose!

All I'm saying is one can get boards stuffed cheaper in China than in some middle-class working dude's toaster oven. One's time in China is worth slightly more than $0, at approximately $3 per hour. edit: doh, we're saying the same thing

now, I wasn't going to *say* that... this isn't diyhifi.org

what's generating a waveform with a 7ns rise time?

Kevin, what would one use to get the Jeff Rowland ripple effect? I think that's a cool look, just not sure how one would do it...

... or expensive "labor"

just don't ask what the average seat in the house costs http://deadspin.com/5344216/cowboys-stadium-offers-valuable-seating-behind-this-brick-wall