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Re: Anyone try this "free MC cartridge demagnetizer technique?

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>BTW, which Parnassus do you have? The first one (deep blue-black >body), or the DCt (polished titanium body)?

> regards, jonathan carr, Lyra designer
Hello Jonnathan! I just bought a Lyra Parassus DCt cartridge. I was also incorrect in that while I do own a new in the box Denon 103 MC cartridge. I meant to say in my last post the cartridge I was writing about was my current Dynavector DV 20x low output MC cartridge. That is what is now mounted on my upgraded Well Tempered Classic turntable. I will need to buy a new (or used) MC step up transformer for the Lyra Parnassus DCt. I do now own a vintage Denon HA-500 head amplfier. I am thinking seriously about the new YS-Audio Solo MC pre-preamplifier. This is advertised as not using any RIAA circuit. (Since it has a active gain pre-preamplifier, and a passive step up transformer.) It uses one 6N3 (WE396) tube. It also comes with a separate power supply chassis. With the twin chassis design it kind of reminds me of the Denon HA-1000 head amplfifier. For $400 it seems like it is worth a chance. I want to spend some time with the Dynavector low output MC cartridge before I attempt to use the Lyra Parnassus DCt. I bought the Parnassus from a nice gentlemen in Hong Kong. He was very helpful with his emails and he has a excellent feedback rating. This was his back up cartridge with ~50 hours on it. I want to get comfortable with my new (to me) WTC turntable before I mount the cartridge. I may be posting here with some more questions on the Parnassus DCt. I found very little about it doing searches on the Internet. I would like to know things like how the Parnassus DCt performs in the real world in a few situations like this;
1) How is the Parnassus on good used records that are cleaned, and play well with low surface noise? I have some vintage used records that play with less surface noise than many new albums I unsealed and cleaned before playing them for the first time.

2) Should I preclean all my records again each time I play them when I am using the Parnassus DCt in a month or less? I have always wondered about this? I have a Nitty Gritty 3.5 Fi that is OK for now. What I do like is the Nitty Gritty does not force you to put a clean side of a record down on a dirty surface like the VPI cleaners do. I am not trying to start any flames over the merits of Nitty Gritty Vs. VPI record cleaners. I spend the time to clean my records and put them in good inner sleaves. Then I put the nifty vinyl outer covers with the closing flap to protect my small collection of vinyl. I am just back to work after a 7+ year battle recovering from a doctor that cost me 21+ operations due to medical negligence. I got into vintage tube audio as my only means to a better sounding stereo to listen to. The speakers are wonderful that the WTC and the Parnassus DCt will be used with. They are 6' tall with TAD TD-4001 drivers feeding 31" x 31" JBL horns. The bass bins are twin 15" JBL 4648A-8's. These speakers allow me to hear things I never heard before on my old records. I just finished scrounging 8 Mullard EL-34 tubes for my Dad's CJ Premier 4 amplifier. The preamplifier is a CJ PV-10A. I upgraded it with Telefunken 12ax7, and Mullard CV-4003 (12au7). I then got the WTC a few weeks ago. It went to WTL for a full tune up. They rewired the arm with Cardas wire, and mounted my Dynavector DV 20X low output MC cartridge for me. Then while surfing for a better cartridge I stumbled onto the used Parnassus DCt. The stereo the Parnassus will be used on is at my Dad's house. I basically got it for him one piece at a time as funds allowed. He too is now a victim of medical negligece with his misdiagnosed melanoma. I wanted him to be able to listen to music for a few hours a day to relax his mind and "heal." I am not an audiophile, but I do enjoy listening to good sounding music. This is late and I just got home from work so I am tired and rambling on a bit. I do enjoy listening to the stereo I got for my Dad. Even his Fisher FM-1000 tuner that I had rebuilt for my Dad is fun to listen to. I want to start recording his many classical records onto CD for him. That is for another post...

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