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Fremer's review of the Anna cartridge

Fremer reviews the $8499 cartridge very positively, but it takes three different samples of the cartridge for him to get there. The first sample exhibited "an incompatibility between the adhesives used and the elastomer of which the cartridge's damper is made." Fremer notes "[e]vidently, however, this problem didn't affect every Anna that left the factory." Wow, what a relief. In the second sample, apparently "some the glue that secures the stylus in the cantilever had dripped." The third sample, after 100 hrs of break-in finally delivered. Fremer suggests buying and using an USB microscope as part of the cartridge buying process.

Does anyone else think this is absolutely nuts? It seems to me, at this price level, every single cartridge should be absolutely perfect. Haven't Ortofon heard of quality control? This also applies to Lyra whose $9500 Atlas cartridge had the stylus affixed to the cantilever at an angle that made it virtually impossible to get the SRA of 92 degrees.
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downunder
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It is the 1200 - 1500 hours life span of the replicant 100 stylus that has me staying clear of buying another Ortofon cart with this extreme stylus profile.

The Lyra micro line stylus luckily will last at least double that.

The rebuild prices are not unreasonable as they have to virtually rebuild the cartridge.

For me my A90 is unlikely to be rebuilt, however my Atlas surely will.

Cheers
downunder
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Garcia, fantastic,more dribble. I would certainly have been shafted if I had paid your price for my amp.

Enjoy you fun mass debating :-)
downunder
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Wolf-Garcia, never let the facts get in the way of a good story. Dan D took the time to explain what happened to his amp, you were on the the meltdown thread, so you certainly saw his response. See below for your reference.
Either you have nothing better to do or just a plain dick.

I am sorry that you interpret this as a melt down. The Momentum amplifiers normal operating temperature is 42-44c(107-111f)the temperature rise to 48c (118f) is inconsequential. The amplifier in question failed from a non related component failure in the power on circuit.The Momentum amplifier is designed to shut down at 70c (158f). The unit under test was not close to that temperature.Many amplifiers at higher temperatures than that.If John had continued his test the second amplifier would have passed witout any problems. The Momentum amplifier has more than enough thermal head room for any load or speaker. I was unable to give comment until the unit was returned to me from testing. Thank you for your concern.
Dan D'Agostino
downunder
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Lewm, if you search D'Agostino in the amps section of audio you will see the thread and response from Dan. I can't add anymore context, however it was clear from Dan's response it had nothing to do with overheating or any other conspiracy theory. It was a component in the power on circuit.
Atkinson also responded in audio asylum critics where he did not run the 2nd sample for the normal time due to deadlines.

Anyway,never heard of any owner with reliability issues of the Momentum amps, including myself - and I run them hard.

Garcia, I really don't give a toss what you think, however at least be factual with your statements.
downunder
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Garcia - you bozo. Nobody's listening to you, so go back to watching porn :-)
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