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| does a stylus retip makea cartridge as good as new Rrm, I haven't gone down the retip road yet, but I tend to agree with Dopogue. Peter Ledermann of Sound Smith (SS) is supposed to be a tech genius and extremely credible. The SS web site expressly states that before a retip job is started, the car... | |
| Why aren't the older members still active ? Gammajo, Hey . . . I'm with you. To echo just a couple of the points you mentioned, at least five pieces of my current rig were purchased from honorable fellow A'gon members. That doesn't include the other buys and sells that are now history. I ha... | |
| The greatest MM and MI cartridges .... Audiofeil, do you think the Signet would mate well with a VPI JMW arm?? | |
| Review: Denon DL 103R Cartridge Anyone try the 103 or 103R on a VPI JMW uni-pivot arm? If yes, please report your reactions regarding compatibility and sonics. Thanks | |
| What is the best Reel To Reel machine ever built? Thuchan, please elaborate on how the R2R application is coming back. What is the source material and where can you buy it?? I have zero knowledge about R2R, so a brief education would be appreciated. FWIW, I remember in the "old" days when high en... | |
| Why aren't the older members still active ? Shubert..., good question, but you really should get on more often. You're missing some really good pissing matches. Discretion restrains me from mentioning names or threads, but a couple of times, several members have practically called each othe... | |
| The greatest MM and MI cartridges .... Griff..., Thanks -- been there and done that. I've owned the CA Virtuoso and Maestro. The Virtuoso is very very good, BUT the Maestro at MSRP of $1250 is noticeably better -- if you can believe it. I recall one reviewer said the Maestro was the be... | |
| The greatest MM and MI cartridges .... Mofo and Griff...., are most (all?) of the carties you listed still being made today?? If so, how much do they generally cost?? Griff... mentioned prices ranging from $50 to $300. I assume that's used. | |
| Are Disc Players Dead? I enjoy both my CDP/CDs AND my vinyl set-up. As far as vinyl is concerned, there seems to be quite a bit available on the web. In my case, and perhaps the same for many others as well too, there's a great used LP store about 15 minutes from my hou... | |
| Audio Research Ref 5 and Krell amps Sfstero,Aside from my general preference to buy used gear rather than new for financial reasons, you raise another reason to buy used -- used gears avoids long break-in times. The "used" new Ref-5 that I recently picked up on A'gon had about 1100 ... | |
| Rookie; replace my own amplifier caps?? Thanks Audiofeil. As the old adage goes, "if three people tell you you're drunk, lie down." You are the third person who has offered the same advice. I'm a believer -- which is also a Monkeys hit from the late 60s. Guess I'm showing my age. | |
| Audio Research Ref 5 and Krell amps Sfstereo, I used to own an ARC Ref-3. I recently exchanged it for a Ref-5. I love my ARC gear, especially the Ref-3/5. Just for fun, I suggest you try to demo an ARC tube amp from a dealer or friend and match it up with the Ref-5. If you do, get r... | |
| Rookie; replace my own amplifier caps?? Audiofiel, do you think there is any wisdom in having the factory check out you gear at the 10 year marker, assuming of course that the gear is a keeper. My thought is that even if nothing has failed, the values of some of the internal parts, e.g.... | |
| Audio Research Ref 5 and Krell amps Sfstereo, I own the REF 5 and used to own the Ref 3. I concur with Micro insofar as saying that the Ref 3 and 5 have similar input/output electrical attributes (e.g. impedance, voltage etc). So, if the Ref 3 works well with the Krell, I expect the... | |
| Dynavector 20x2H Concur with Mofi. The DV 20X2H is my backup carty and I'd say Mofi is spot on there. It's really a nice, easy and non-fatiguing carty. My primary carty is a VPI Zephyr, which works nicely with the VPI Classic TT. Macdadtexas and I drive the same a... |