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| Help me understand compliance! Perhaps you will indulge me a little poetic license. I assure you this is pertinent, not crazy stuff. A person says something that is totally outrageous. A listener accepts the message at face value without reservation. That is compliance. Se... | |
| Is going from a Ortofon Candenza Black to a Ortofon Winfield a lateral move? bfoura "the replicant stylus significantly more difficult to dial in compared to shibatas?"Personally I find the shibata the most difficult to optimally set up of all types. The Replicant is not too bad actually. | |
| Technics SL-1210GAE Anniversary In the January 2021 issue of Stereophile, Herb Reichert has an excellent article entitled "Some truly affordable phono cartridges." It starts with the Audio Technica AT-VM95E. $49.00. It concludes with the observation "that the difference betwe... | |
| Is going from a Ortofon Candenza Black to a Ortofon Winfield a lateral move? Very interesting. I just looked at my PW, which is the older version, under my Wild Heerbrugg microscope to confirm that it has a Replicant or line contact type stylus. I compared it with both my 2M Black and Cadenza Black, to verify that they h... | |
| Is going from a Ortofon Candenza Black to a Ortofon Winfield a lateral move? Actually both: Phono preamp is a Conrad Johnson TEA 1 series III, which has a built in SUT. Stand alone SUTs include a Bob's Devices Sky 10 very warm (nice), and a Consolidated Audio Silver, which is phenomenal. | |
| Question on Soundsmith carts Interestingly enough I asked much the same question a couple of years ago and SoundSmith steered me toward the previous generation Experion, which at the time was being phased out in favor of the new updated design. The differences were subtle as... | |
| Is going from a Ortofon Candenza Black to a Ortofon Winfield a lateral move? I own both a Cadenza Black and a Windfeld (the original). There is no comparison. The Windfeld is a significantly superior transducer. This is a good example of why reading specifications is not enough. We need our ears. The Windfeld is a top... | |
| Anyone have a fully upgraded KAB 1200? I did make this modification to mine several years ago, but too long ago to tell you what you want to know. In general it seemed worthwhile at the time and the fully modded SL1200 sounded quite good. I was replaced by an SL1200GAE that sounded b... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? Keegiam,My answer to your question is different than Neil's. For the ongoing maintenance of records that are in good shape to begin with I will continue to rely upon my VPI. These machines do a more than adequate job of preservation, are extreme... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? Here is how to clean seriously dirty records. This is better than any ultrasonic cleaning machine according to all who have tried it. For routine cleaning I have used a VPI HW-17 for years, but recently started using Tergitol in accordance with ... | |
| Audiophiles are not alone Hi Jeff,Cables and power cords for all my c-j electronics are Audio Sensitivity, Silver Statement on the cables. Steve at Audio Sensitivity sent me a bunch of different grades of cables and cords to try with return privilege. The owner is Steve... | |
| Audio Research or Conrad Johnson Phono Pre Today's c-j top line products are built like tanks, really as good as anything on the market and better than most. We all have war stories. I had trouble with ARC back in the day, but like I said these are two very good companies today. My advi... | |
| Technics 1200G VS VPI Prime Signature Mine is an SL1200GAE, functionally the same as the G, and for about 3 years it sat next to a Prime until I upgraded the Prime to VPI's HW-40 last year. I would say the two turntables are focused on different customers with quite different priorit... | |
| Audio Research or Conrad Johnson Phono Pre I have a c-j TEA1 series III, and before that I had a TEA2MAX. Both Audio Research and Conrad Johnson make top level kit and are definitely direct competitors. Over the years both have improved with every new product produced. Both sound except... | |
| Thoughts on a cartridge I have always liked the Goldring 1042 and feel that it is competitive with the Ortofon 2M Black. The Bronze is more forward in the midrange and is a good choice too, but both the 1042 and Black are more balanced, neutral. Frankly all three are s... |