Dear Grbluen2: I thin k that you need the original G800 stylus.
Dominic was very enfatic on how the G800 grow-up till convert it in his greatest cartridge gem: original G800 with ruby cantilever and top stylus profile: LC, MR or Gyger 2 one, and this is the " new " Goldring marvel.
regards and enjoy the music, R. |
Dear Jmowbray: Good, thyank's for your answer.
regards and enjoy the music, R. |
Dear Harold-not-the-barrel: I'm out of my place right now but is really light and in the base that's in touch with the LP I glued a round sheet of 2-3mm of our propietary material used in our tonerm design and headshells too.
My mat is made it from that same material.
I'm using the light blended material clamp to tame the natural resonances that exist in the LP during playback, as I said is very light weight and it is not to starigthen concave errors in the LP, only to change frequency resonances.
It works for me. In the 'pást I used several different clamps till I decided that with out clamp sound was better, then I found out in my closet this wooden clamp gift form an Agon friend and I tested and does not dislike me and when I pu that round sheet at the base things goes better for sure.
Regards and enjoy the music, R. |
Dear Griffithds: I made it the comparison against the 20SS that for me always was and is a winner.
+++++ " At this level of cartridge performance, there is (and has to be), some mighty fine hair splitting going on. " ++++
because that level cartridge performance is a very high one that " 2-4 fine hairs " certainly makes the difference to seat one cartridge a top the other, yes as you posted that is in my system but I can tell you that I always try to be carefully with that kind of comparisons because are invloved top cartridge performers.
When we are testing top cartridges and want to have a veredict on it this is very hard task because several times that " fine hair " does not makes a difference for the better but only different. As I said not an easy veredict but I have to choose. With the 440LC against the AT Anniversary the final judgement was a " pain in the ass " for say the least.
Regards and enjoy the music, R. |
Hi Raul, **Now, I repeat no one including you can asure or can be sure that a top of the line cartridge motor shares and it is eaxctly the same in its down " brothers ". Can you?**
Why not? You said the PC-220 with PCN440LC sounds the same. If it sounds the same.....
If you're talking AT, Signet, Precept, the limited lines are better matched, hand selected as it were, and bodies might be different, but motors might be shared. The inexpensive AT-100E has identical specs as the 150MLX. If the output, impedance, inductance is identical and the magnets interchangeable, it's the same. If the 100E was made with regular wire, the specs would be different like the 95 vs CA. It is made with PC OCC wire, but has a plastic body and a cheap CA type stylus.
There are cases of different magnets, look at new CA line. Specs are virtually identical but output is increased. The orig 440ML had stronger magnets. This was changed in the MLa - output is less but specs are identical. Regards, |
As my good friend Nikola announced........4 months ago I discovered my Dynavector XV-1s had suddenly 'lost' its stylus? How? When?......WHY?! What to do? So I sent him to the inimitable Axel Schurholz hoping for a simple re-tip? Back came the reply.......not only missing stylus.....broken coil!? Can fix? Will try.....need to find new coil somewhere on earth?? Do I want new boron cantilever and Shibata diamond?.....expensive!! Yes I do. That's how Dynavector designed it.
Well it took 4 months instead of 6 weeks and it was a job so difficult......we don't believe anyone else in the world would have touched it. He had to completely re-build this LOMC cartridge.....and in doing so.....spaced the coils ever so slightly further out from the magnets to prevent burning them out again...... thus giving me lower output however. Thankfully the Halcro DM10 phono stage could handle it.....just!
I've been listening for the last three days mounted in an FR-3 headshell on one of the FR-66s tonearms on the Raven AC-2 turntable...and folks......gulp.......I really don't want to exaggerate or hyperbolise.......but I'm speechless. And rarely am I that!? It does not sound like it originally did. At this stage......if I die now.....this cartridge goes with me. Thank you Axel....and thank you Nikola. |
Dear Henry, You should, I think, also include Chris (Ct0517) in your gratitude. His Dyna XV-1S preceded yours in similar state and was a kind of exercise for Axel. I am alas not aware that Chris wrote a 'poem' for Axel.
Regards, |
Dear Fleib: I said similar but not the same. Of course that cartridges in the same series line shares in between some signature line characteristics. My experiences with the AT/Signet and other cartridge lines tell me now that mostly the top of the line was " manipulated " in a little different way other than different stylus shape to be really the top of the line. That two cartridges shares same specs means only that but does not means are the same.
Of course that our brain will be happy and calm if we think are the same.
Anyway, I will try again some " similar " cartridge samples when I have time to re-evaluate.
Regards and enjoy the music, R. |
Regards Raul:+++++ " Your comments are based on incorrect or inadequate information. " +++++
Concerning the Pio. PC-330/770, and the PC-1000, which version ("C" or "MK-11") I can't be sure of. And the comment "Timeltel didn't clean up anything". OOPS! I think we're past that now?
As the moderators continue to hold several posts for more than 24 hrs. and deny others containing pertinent information, continuity in communication is impossible.
This thread is a wonderful venue for increasing the knowledge base concerning both vintage and contemporary carts, design and performance. Due to the frustrations encountered, and the arbitrary manner in which posts are reviewed or denyed I'll absent myself from the forum for now.
The Pio. cartridges are worth looking into.
3/12/2013, 10:15 A.M., CST.
Peace, |
Dear Nandric/Raul, I was afraid that I had once again "missed the boat". I'll hang onto the G800 and perhaps one day I'll run across the original stylus assembly to complete the process. I admire all of you that have participated in my education. I really appreciate the knowledge that I have gained and I now know that it's probably best to put this hobby "to bed". I cannot, for the life of me, understand how Audiogon and it's moderators have completely corrupted this forum from it's original intentions. Is it possible to lose sight of the idea of free exchanges of thoughts and ideas?
Best wishes, Blue in Green |
For anyone interested, a Precept 440lc cartridge popped up on U.S. Ebay, auction within the U.S.only.
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Timel, Don't go away! Your post is so cryptic that you need to stay and explain it. I don't know why your posts are delayed, if that is the case. Mine are all too distressingly immediate.
When you guys discuss the sound of an AT20SS, are you talking about a complete cartridge or one of the lesser body types with the 20SS stylus assembly mounted on it, or does it make a difference? Can I expect my bastardized AT20SS to sound as good as a completely "20SS" cartridge? (I've got an NOS 20SS stylus and a well used AT15Sa or AT12Sa body.) |
Lou we have gone the same route regarding 20ss. I have a 15sa body and nos 20ss stylus. I'm really hoping I can get the time to give it a listen.
Mr professor this thread would encounter a heavy loss without your posts if the moderators would look they would see your a charter member here.
Mike |
Raul, look at what you said, **I repeat no one including you can asure or can be sure that a top of the line cartridge motor shares and it is eaxctly the same in its down " brothers ".**
I assumed "motor" means generator, not body or stylus/cantilever.
**Of course that cartridges in the same series line shares in between some signature line characteristics. My experiences with the AT/Signet and other cartridge lines tell me now that mostly the top of the line was " manipulated " in a little different way other than different stylus shape to be really the top of the line. That two cartridges shares same specs means only that but does not means are the same.**
If it makes you feel any better, John Curl said that he couldn't find 2 samples of the same MC cart model, that sound the same. In a line like AT, virtually all the MM are of the same general type. Top models tend to be matched, ch to ch. Coils are wound on a machine, not by hand. There can be as many as 3000 turns of wire in a MM coil. I didn't look at the specs, but isn't the ANV generator the same as a 150MLX? Select coils for a perfect match, put it in a titanium body and give it a sapphire/ML - like magic it's "manipulated". Regards,
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Lewm, I run my AT20SS on a 20SLa body. I also have a 15Sa and have used the 20SS on it also with great results. Do I hear a difference. Well, were back to splitting fine hairs again. I am currently using the 20SLA on a Signet 7SU. I'm having trouble convincing myself that it can't be better than my Signet TK 7CLa (Timetel), but ??? Your 12Sa I don't think is an option for a 20SS stylus. I don't have one but a few of my dead brain cells seems to recall the 2 weren't compatible. Regards, Don |
One of the reasons Timeltel was given for being censored was that he referenced another competing website ( V E Database). How strange. If you never hear from me you will know what happened. :) |
Professor, I, like you, am also quite frustrated with the moderator of this forum. I know the location of a Pecept 220 (cheap), but can't get its location posted so someone on this forum might score. I've also had posts take days to show up. Perhaps they feel this forum has run long enough? |
If that is so, we can move our whole discussion to the aforementioned website. (I am not taking any chances; Big Brother is listening.)
I am reading a novel about life in Russia under Stalin, so this is timely, not to mention Timeltel. Comrades, we must stick together. |
Still lurking--- 24 to 36 hours to post, many have required justification to the mods. Homey don't play 'dat.
3-12-2013, 9:45 P.M., CST.
Thanks for the sentiments & Peace, |
Dear Acman3: +++++ " being censored was that he referenced another competing website ( V E Database). " ++++++
is hard to believe that because VE is a different forum site than Agon, IMHO both are not competitive and more diffrent than alike. The only similar characteristic is the discussion forums but VE is more than that as Agon too.
Btw, if all of you can agree we all can start a new forum in the net. The ideal audio forum where we can have everything we dream and that we have not in any forum in the net. Think about and if some of you are ineterested about could email me.
People/persons/audiophiles are the ones that " make " the audio forums and these audio people like us are the ones that help to the forum grows up.
The audio forums could disappear when we audiophiles disappear.
There are several high regarded audiophiles that now almost don't post in Agon any more because what is happening here as Timeltel and many others already pointed out.
Now, we really need to " suffer " this kind of severe scrutiny?, if not could be that we have to think seriously ( as Timeltel ) to stay here on Agon.
I'm not against a moderator policy what I'm against is first that seems to me Agon have not enough moderators to make things faster and second: those moderators are human been that uses his own criterion to handle Agon policies, maybe with out control of Agon so we are at random with the each one moderator criterion. I wonder if those Agon moderators are " perfect " persons that never fault or never commit an error/mistake with each one of us posts.
In other forums when a post is out of policies just deleted that post and that's it. Here we have examples where the whole thread is deleted.
I think all we human been deserve respect as human been.
Regards and enjoy the music, R. |
As far as I know only in the former communist countries the Professors were thoroughly censored reg. their writings but never actually understud why is this not the case in the West. Those are dangerous humans and I see that at least in our community our moderators are aware of this danger.
Regards, |
Dear Fleib, I also noticed the 'resemblance' between the two; the ANV and the MLX. My further thoughts were induced by their price difference so I posted my thoughts about the 'second best' philosophy but Raul was without any mercy and posted a short and clear (?) answer: 'not second best'. So my hope is that you as a known expert reg. styli and cantilevers will reveal some more positive way out?
Regards, |
Dear Nandric, I'm not an cantilever expert, just someone who has done some investigation on the subject. AT is the obvious choice for this and stylus/cantilever substitution is part of the formula (for me) for better performance.
The model # for the cart is AT-150ANV and the specs appear identical, except for weight and possibly dimensions, which I didn't check. The titanium body should make a big difference and mfg cost would be dramatically higher. The cantilever is described as a sapphire pipe, not a rod and that is significant. From what I've read, those words are often mistranslated from Japanese, but I suspect it is a pipe. AT is discounted in the US, but list for a 150MLX is $680. Look at it that way and the ANV is a bargain.
After I bought a Virtuoso with a broken cantilever, I bought an AT-95E for experimentation. After putting a few hrs on the 95, I potted it. It wasn't completely potted, just some liquid epoxy poured into the threaded sleeve screw receptacle that holds the top on. I tilted it back slightly so no epoxy would get into the area where the plug and magnets fit into the body. It didn't take much epoxy, perhaps a thinner mix would give more coverage. Then the top has to be glued on, the screw is defeated. A wood top would have been nice, but I don't think it would have been worth the effort in this case. The AT-95 is a nice budget cart, but lacks the PCOCC wire. I cut down an old headshell and made a top plate that goes over the plastic top. It made a nice difference - experiment successful, but I started from a plastic body not a 150 deluxe type metal one. I'm not going to speculate about competing with a titanium body, for a few hundred dollars difference, I doubt if it would be worth the effort. Regards, |
Dear Fleib: +++++ " I didn't look at the specs, but isn't the ANV generator the same as a 150MLX? Select coils for a perfect match, put it in a titanium body and give it a sapphire/ML - like magic it's "manipulated.... " +++++
we can think is similar motor/generator, both cartridges came with the same 150 designation but does not sound the same. Then exist the ML150-OCC that sounds different too. We can speculate many things about and especially with AT/Signet cartridges but in reality all are and will be just speculations. The best is enjoy what we have. Nandric some times the " second best " coul performs a little better than the top of the line: remember the MF-200?
Other than the titanium cartridge body and cantilever I'm convinced that exist a " fine tunning manipulation " with top of the line cartridges that does not happen with its down step brothers. You already posted what could be that " manipulation " for the better.
regards and enjoy the music, R. |
To me the cantilever by my AT 20 Sla looks like beryllium. Ie to 'dark' for aluminum kind. Is this wishful thinking, optical illusion or what? For $200 I have no objection to see this cantilever differently. |
Dear nandric: For what I remember all those AT20 family came with beryllium cantilever.
Btw, I don't think that as a material the beryllium could better than Boron, what seems to me is that the beryllium resonances are more audiophile friendly more music friendly.
Anyway, do you already bought the 440LC that In_shore posted?
Regards and enjoy the music, R. |
Dear Jmowray: ++++ " While I have not listened to the Precept,... " +++++
I think that sooner or latter you will have the opportunity to hear the 440LC and no one better than you to make your own judgements through firat hand experiences.
+++++ " It's hard to imagine any MC cartridge being much better than any of the top Signet/AT carts being discussed. " +++++
" being much better ", well I can tell you that according my latest experiences with MM/MI and LOMC alternatives there exist some LOMC cartridges that performs better than top MM/MIs as the ones you own.
Listen this: IMHO today is the best time to start the LOMC experience the LOMC alternative because the price of LOMC cartridges that are out of production 3-4 years ago dropped in sensible way and in the other side vintage LOMC cartridges has low prices too.
I bought cartridges in the 4K-6K range prices ( even in production ) in perfect condition ( low playing hours. ) with 80%! of discount. So, for me this is the time.
Some of these LOMC cartridges I bought are: Linn Akiva, Transfiguration Phoenic, VdH Colibri wood, Wilson Benesh Carbon one and many others.
Regards and enjoy the music, R. |
Hello Raul ! After your advice I´ve been searching for an older generation ACUTEX M320 STRIII, the flagship of the ACUTEX fleet:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1200430667&openflup&7602&4#7602
It´s been a long and narrow road full of drawbacks. In despair I encountered a LPM315 STRIII, but I never was entirely happy with.
Now, after 8 months´ inexhaustible search I´m proud to say I have fought and win for the ACUTEX´s flagship !
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACUTEX-M320-III-3-STR-Improved-Cartridge-Stylus-NM-/111023291779?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&nma=true&si=04wMGGMlDw2tevMK2uskp%252BkDmkA%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
Dave, this time I was lucky !
Raul, I have posted about your clamp but it never came through so will tell you later...
As always, thank you both |
Dear Comrade,
Yes, it appears you have scored big time in this capitalist society. $200 for a beryllium cantilever is just about 1/2 what having a retipper would charge for it. The 20SLa is very special! Regards, Don |
Did it have a stylus guard when you got it? They usually say what it is. I think the SLa is tapered aluminum and the SS should look thin and straight. Maybe you got a mislabeled one, or someone switched guards to sell the aluminum but forgot to switch it back and sold the beryllium by mistake. There you go, perfect story, but you should use it w/o the guard anyway and whatever you tell yourself is okay by me. |
In_shore, I nearly got a heart attack by your post. I just transferred the money for the AT 150 ANV before I read your post. Raul's warning that those are in short supply and Fleib's description 'bargain price' made me already nervous and eager for. Lucky me there was no Precept 440 CL on ebay.com . My Gosh what a hobby; one become not only paradoxal but need also to fear for his life.
Regards, |
Oh Nandric there is a precept 440 in the bay. But you will have to ask the seller if shipping to Europe is possible. You must change the country settings on your mobile app to USA then you find it. I can live with my ordinary 440 shibata. So good luck. |
Nandric Regarding this Precept 440 I just happened onto it by accident. However in the pass I have had trouble with E-Bays search engines not showing all there is in specific categories no matter how you phrase the wording even specific sellers items not all shows up. I see this morning with 3 days left there are no bids on this Precept starting bid of $9.00 with original box. Close up pictures are blurred, cantilever and stylus condition is highly questionable.
I have no interest in this cartridge however after a few days I noticed no bids. I tried to contact this seller anyway to no avail. His page is set up so you cannot directly contact him instead you are referred to a set of frequently asked questions with answers. Look up U.S. seller Fantasticdealsforu.
March 14th 8:30 a.m. E.S.T. |
Harold, Sorry to have driven your cost up. You DOG! :)
Enjoy! |
Dear Raul: I have long since grown weary of the "chase". It's kinda like a dog chasing a car or an old fart like me admiring the beauty of a young woman - I wouldn't know what to do with it if I ever caught it!
Seriously, I've experienced a number of LOMC carts already and found that my records didn't sound 'right' or good to me. There seems to be too much detail, the sound is fatiguing and is hard to listen to for extended periods.
I have enough top level vintage MM carts and stylii to keep me in high quality (maybe not the absolutely very best but quite satisfactory nonetheless) vinyl playback for a lifetime.
So - I've retired from the "chase for perfection" and am quite happy to just enjoy listening to my records instead of my equipment. I'll continue to enjoy the "chase" vicariously through you guys and this thread. |
Dear comrade, I was obviously not plain. What I meant was that to save $ 200 ( the price for the 20 SS stylus) I am willing to believe that the 20 SLa stylus is from beryllium. As you should know self-deceit is the most common one. But my optimistic nature is honored by Raul with his statement that the 20 Sla has also beryllium stylus.
Indieroehre, I searched for this damn Precept 440 all over the world, even cursed Raul for making my life so difficult and at last give up the search. That is why I bought the AT 150 ANV. I also looked at ebay.com but by 'Precept' I was not able to find this cart. So, paradoxicaly, I was glad that there was non. I have no idea what your proposal means. Which country should I give up? Holland or Serbia? I hope my comrade , assuming that he is still American citizen will help. But I also need to add a further assumption. That he already owns the Precept 440? Otherwise why should he?
Regards, |
Dear Comrade, I have the Precept 220/550ML and have no reason to bid on the 440LC unless it is your wish I do so for you. I have had it on my watch list for quite some time. I seem to like fighting temptation. My email address is griffithds@jaws.bz. Let me know what your top $ bid would be and I'll do my best to get it for you. From the ad, the seller is not sure it the cantilever/stylus is complete and the pictures are not clear so you might be bidding on a cartridge that needs a cantilever/stylus replacement. I find it dificult to understand how someone who knows what a stylus is, can state he can't tell it this one has a stylus? Regards Comrade, Don
Regards Comrade |
Dear friends: Good things in the life always are surrounded by other unexpected additional " good things ". I can't explain in other words what happened to me when I bough my JVC TT-71 TT.
I bought it because came with the JVC tonearm I was looking for some time with out find it at " nice price ". I did not buy the TT because I need it ( not at all, I own so many TTs now. ) but because the tonearm. As a fact I can say that the tonearm came to me by free, I paid for the TT.
Well, these JVC TT/tonearm came with its JVC headshell and mounted with a broken cantilever cartridge. I don't revised the cartridge because I seen not only with the broken cantilever but looked so " poor " that I did not take in count.
Years ago Siniy123 ( an appreciated Agoner. ) brought to the thread for the first time JVC cartridges, he is very knowledge on the JVC and in MM/MI vintage cartridges, an in particular the X1 and Z1 that if I remember were top of the line models ( the first and the " second best " as Nandric say. )
I wanted to own any or both cartridges but was not lucky enough to find out.
Two weeks ago when my Linn Akiva arrived I was looking through my cartridges one of them that I can use as a " mule " to take out the mule male cartridge pin connectors that I need to change the female dedicated conectors that came with the Akiva and that I can't use it in that way, I need the normal male connectors. So, I took that " poor " looking JVC broken cantilever and when I was ready to destroy it suddenly I read in its top plate: X1, so I go to VE and what a great surprise was the JVC top of the top cartridge an a unique JVC design ( not AT design. ) that for me was a gift.
Next step was to find out the original shibata stylus replacement and I was lucky to find out the only one ( over the net. ) NOS out there through the Netherlands source ( thank's Nandric. ) and I'm just waiting for it to test this JVC lost-link.
Here is the cartridge information:
http://www.vinylengine.com/library/jvc/x1.shtml
last week I saw the X1 for the first time on ebay in NOS status but the seller was a little " crazy " because he was starting the bid at 695.00 dollars, he stated that the X1 was and is the " holy grail " of the MM cartridges. I think that not even he belives that. We will see.
Regards and enjoy the music, R. |
Acman, It was you I was fighting agaist ! Öö, what an experience. I hope next time you are the winner, last time Dave grabbed it ! Thanks for the challenge, it was worth of the price. |
Dear In_shore, There is no way to check all the pages on ebay. I visit 4 of them each day and of course need to trust the search engines but I always choose the most extended category. Then I write the name of the cart that I am interested in in the engine and hope for the best. Anyway thanks for your kindness.BTW my 'heart danger' was for the show.
Dear Grubluen2, I am not sure what you hope to achive with the 'original G800 stylus' but Raul's recommendation included the upgrade of the stylus by Axel or someone else. My is upgraded by Axel with line contact stylus pressure fited in a aluminum alloy cantilver. I own so many MM carts and can part from this one for a friend price. If interested : nikola et andric dot com.
Regards, |
Hi Raul, you recommended the Jvc Ua-7045. Now I have it. With a Ortofon M20/fl and m20e it sounds great. High compliance - no problem for the Jvc . Time to say goodbye to Schickarm. I only have MM's and with sme- bajonett the jvc is perfect. Next step is testing the tt-71 came with the arm. Is now in my diy squashball plinth from mpx and zebrano wood . Instead of squashballs I use sorbothane. First test are promising. Hard times for my Garrards will come. Thanks Raul for recommending these great HiFi parts. Regards to all vinyl fans here. |
Harold, Congratulations on your M320III STR Improved-- at a fair price to boot. The body of my example does not carry the "Improved" designation. Maybe yours is later and better production. Looking forward to your thoughts on its performance mounted to the mighty Terminator. |
Harold,
I had my eye on that auction. I had a feeling someone from this forum would get it. Had it not begun to run up in price and the very end, I would have bid. I'm glad someone won it who would actually use it, and not bought only for resale. Concrat"s. Regards, Don |
I have and LOVE the Acutex 320lpm, but others had commented that the M320 was better, so I was hoping to find out, but and old foosball injury caused my click finger to slip. Yeah, thats the ticket. :)
I am very happy it went to a good home. Let us know your impressions. |
Yes, Harold congratulations on your M320 III shortnose, with the original stylus! Owning an original M320 III shorty I have found trying purchase an original stylus can be shall we say somewhat vexing. In fact this is the reason I currently own it. I do hope you receive the Acutex documentation with the cartridge and can post that information here as I am curious to what exactly is "Improved". Certainly adds to the confusion (320 LPM longnose vs 320 iii shortnose) for the un-initiated. One can only guess the Perfect VITAL STR (shibata tri-radial) stylus may have been taken to a new level. |
The so called 'scarcity theory' make no sense to me in conjunction with 'demand /supply' theory. That is to say if there is demand there will be supply. So, probable, there are also 'exotic markets' like our 'exotic parts', etc. exotic things. 'Exotic' of course means extra-ordinary while exra-ordinary means some exception of the usual rules. I just solved the scarcity problem by the Precept 440 cl by purchase of the AT 'anniversary' and this 'damn' Acman 3 come up with the old one (problem). How are we supposed to move on to a bright future under leadership of our beloved Raul and his 'new age' carts if there are those who intend to move us in the opposite direction?
Regards, |
Nandric, I think it was more a "retro" move. The old is cool again for a short period.
To be honest I can't afford to move into the brave new future with Raul and remain married. I still love the hunt, but will have to hunt less. |
Dear Jmowbray: Well, the top LOMC cartridges are more demanding than the MM/MI cartridges on set-up and quality level of the phono stage. Yes, are less " forget it " but IMHO when you are in precise way " right there " you can enjoy a different and better level than some top MM/MIs.
Both alternatives are good and each one has its own draw backs and advantages. I can live happy with either but if I have the chance to enjoy both then I certainly do it. No, I'm not " trying to listening my hardware but unfortunatelly we need this hardware ti enjoy our beloved LPs/CDs.
regards and enjoy the music, R. |
Dear Indieroehre: Agree with you, that JVC 7045 is very good/nice tonearm that always respond to the asking needs of the cartridges with aplomb, accuracy and adding/losting the less.
Yes the JVC TT-71 is " promising ". I hope can achgieve yoyr targets.
regards and enjoy the music, R. |
Talk about a blast from the past. The Ortofon M20fl has been on my turntable for about a week. This is a really good cartridge, and has easily found stylus. Whatever I have played has sounded good. Not in the top categories, but has some nice qualities.
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