billstevenson
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| Tung Sol KT 170 Wow! This is new to me. FWIW I traded my cj ARTsa, which used (8) KT 120 for a new cj ART150 which uses (4) KT 150 and the new one offers a worthwhile improvement in every respect. It is more stable, too. In fact in over a year of daily use I ... | |
| Blue Note Tone Poet Series To my ears the Tone Poet series sound even better than the Music Matters series because they benefit from the new vinyl formulation that did not exist before. This manifests itself as quieter surfaces, hence greater dynamic range, more obvious on... | |
| Mono Cartridge Mike,You make good points and I agree that mistracking is worse than heavy tracking, but I can't get comfortable with 3.5 grams either. Is your experience at that tracking force with a spherical stylus?Bill | |
| Mono Cartridge For those of you with knowledge of Miyajima, why are they requiring such high VTF? I would buy one otherwise. | |
| Mono Cartridge I have an SL1200 GAE and it is my primary mono TT, which is the same as your G except for cosmetics. Currently I have the following mono cartridges for it: VAS Nova, really good, you can order it with a 1.0 mil stylus I believe. Ortofon 2M SE, ... | |
| Enjoying Vinyl Once Again Here is a link to an excellent article on cleaning records without the need to spend a lot of money for fancy machines. Vinyl Record Manual Cleaning Process - PAC-Vinyl-Records_2020-05-19.pdf | |
| Enjoying Vinyl Once Again Great story, welcome to the forum. I am not big on mats so will let someone else cover that. For a brush I use a Hunt E.D.A Mark 6, which is pretty good, but it is a back up to a VPI record cleaning machine. I recommend you consider washing you... | |
| Periphery outer ring thoughts ? @jbrrp1 Methinks there would be a market for your creation. I know I would buy one. | |
| Periphery outer ring thoughts ? What periphery ring works with the SL 1200 G? | |
| Blue Note Tone Poet Series I could not agree more, the Tone Poet records are really special. Between the new formula vinyl, the remastering and new pressings, they easily surpass every one of the older Blue Notes in my collection. They are just fabulous. | |
| Periphery outer ring thoughts ? Right now I use one always on my VPI HW-40, but I rarely used the one I had on my previous VPI Prime. The reason is difficult to explain, the one on the HW-40 is easy to use, whereas the one of the Prime was finicky, wouldn't always seat cleanly ... | |
| Which turntable should I choose? Chakster's advice on Pickering is worth serious consideration. | |
| Which turntable should I choose? In the September 2020 isssue of the Absolute Sound a strong endorsement is made for the Technics 1500C, which at $1199 seems to fit the bill for you nicely. I believe any Technics TT is worth consideration. Thorens makes good TTs and I have owne... | |
| Tuners you wish you had back? Marantz Model 20, not sure what possessed me to sell it, and a Kenwood 600T that I unwisely trusted to the tender mercies of UPS. Both were excellent and a joy to own and use. | |
| Mint LP Best Protractor I have a Mint for my SL1200 GAE, but since I have other turntables decided to buy a Feickert because it is cheaper when multiple tables are involved. The simple and free paper protractors are also an option and work fine, but are a bit fiddly to u... |