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| Any experience with Sound Smith repairing stylus on non-Sound Smith cartridges? I have heard really good things about VAS Audio. I just sent my Dynavector DRT-XV1T for a new cantilever and tip just last week. Waiting to hear back on cost. This damaged cartridge was a gift so I am not to blame. | |
| thought on eBay? Buyers have absolute power on ebay. Provided you purchase using an ebay approved method, you can return merchandise for any reason real or imagined. | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other Yes CS Port. Thank you! | |
| Still happily using vintage gear? I think certain types of vintage gear age well and others horribly. | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other Yes I think Mike Lavigne has a Japanese table with a really weird name that caught my attention. Not a belt but a sinewy type of rope, no speed correction on the motor, lots of weight and a tangent tracking arm. | |
| Protecting Equipment from Children How about being firm, starting with your own children. Enough games and enough about distractions...........not even half-measures. | |
| Protecting Equipment from Children No bruises no crime! | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other I am a very big fan of Merrill-Williams turntables. Last time I talked with George, he had a significant upgrade for the latest design which involved a new platter. I use a Tri-Planar on my M.W. and am very pleased. | |
| Detachable Head shell or Not? With detachable shells, I think it is never as good, but convenience may trump the degradation in sound. Similarly I cant think of a single situation is which directly going from the cartridge to the preamp with wire wont be superior. | |
| Transmission line speakers! Transmission lines are still ported speakers, although when properly designed tend to sound a bit better. Still nothing compares to a properly designed acoustic suspension design to my ears. | |
| Who uses ADS Speakers I bought a pair of ADS a few years back and worked on the crossover and bass drivers. Didnt take long before I sold them. A good speaker back in the day but a far cry from current offerings. As another points out, they can be greatly improved with... | |
| Are tubes psychological? None. | |
| The Audiophile's Wife no longer putting it out? Schubert is the same person that thought Atma-sphere named one of their amps after a gun and should apologize. | |
| High Fidelity Sound Speaker Put a fork in me! | |
| Better Sounding Systems, Objectivists or Subjectivists? They are not morons if they bother to listen. |