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| VPI service problems Chashas,I agree with your sympathies, but I just find it so difficult to fully comprehend what happened. If the writer would have just sent the Typhoon to VPI in Cliffwood, NJ with a letter enclosed (VPI does not really care about RA numbers) addr... | |
| VPI service problems As I watched this thread develop, I said to myself that I would not weigh in. Yet, here I am with just a brief overview of my dealings with VPI and the VPI Service Department.By way of establishing my bona fides, I have been a VPI customer since t... | |
| VPI Azimuth Ring - A forgotten asset? Sean,Now you've done it. Bob reads this forum and will expect me to pony up an old Single Malt. I only hope it is not The Macallan 18 or 30 year old Sherry Oak.All kidding aside, I just dialed in my 12.7i using the azimuth ring and it was a breeze... | |
| Getting a Koetsu Onyx cartridge rebuilt - help Well, after all that, I have just sent a used Koetsu Vermillion and a used VDH Colibri XGM to Expert Stylus in Surrey, England for the following:The Koetsu Vermillion: Complete suspensions rebuild, sapphire cantilever, Paratrace stylus.The VDH Col... | |
| Denon 103 Hot Rod Version Red Body? What can you tell me about it? | |
| VPI Azimuth Ring - A forgotten asset? Sean,I cannot begin to express to you how disappointed I am to learn that my dear friend Analogue Bob may be correct. He will never allow me to live it down. To use the word "correct" in the same sentence with his name (or referring to him) is a d... | |
| Getting a Koetsu Onyx cartridge rebuilt - help Found them both. HighEnd Broker has a LO XGP Reference Colibri. I have never heard of a "Reference" model in the Colibri line. I plan to contact both dealers this weekend.Thank you for the leads. | |
| Getting a Koetsu Onyx cartridge rebuilt - help I agree. Looking for a LO - .22mv output or close to that. It is too late for me to get the clear body, and all the XGM & XGP Colibri's currrently lised on AG are HO - .45 & .65.I will try to Google the leads you sent me.Thank you. | |
| Getting a Koetsu Onyx cartridge rebuilt - help Andromedaaudio,Since you live in the Netherlands, do you know much about VDG cartridges? I am looking at a clear body Colibri XGP listed on AudioGon. I have never seen a clear plastic body Colibri - just black plastic or metal. I have seen the myr... | |
| Getting a Koetsu Onyx cartridge rebuilt - help David12,I cannot argue with your reasoning as I did the exact same thing. After buying a broken RSP from an AG listing, I sent it off to VDH for rebuild/retip. As you state, it was a bargain and I figured, "What the hell." It is not a very pretty ... | |
| The Hub: History of Dynaco part 3 Thank you for this series. I used to build these kits with my father. Reading your series brought him back to life for me. Thank you. | |
| Getting a Koetsu Onyx cartridge rebuilt - help Well, more than the body is reused in the Koetsu rebuild. The magnets are retained. I am not sure about the coil wires. Perhaps somebody out there knows the answer to that. I could email Melvin and ask him, I suppose.I have never used Expert Stylu... | |
| Getting a Koetsu Onyx cartridge rebuilt - help Melvin Ang has arranged the rebuild of several of my late Father's Koetsu Stones. He is personal friends with the family and hand delivers them to the factory. His prices are much lower than Axiss Audio who is the official Koetsu USA rebuild broke... | |
| Koetsu Urushi: Blue Sky, Vermillion, Tsugaru I have both the current Sky Blue and the Vermillion versions of the Urushi line. The Vermillion has a lower output and thus fewer turns on the coils. In theory this lower output & less mass should result in better sound. I cannot hear any diff... | |
| Beatlemania "With the Beatles" Capitol Rainbow Thank you. I thought that may be the case, but dismissed the thought as I could not understand why someone would be so mean. I have followed up on your earlier information and found out if the LP was an original Canadian pressing in MONO it would ... |