br3098
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| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... tangramca: If I was trying out a $5K cart, I would happily pay a hundred bucks (2% of the potential purchase price) to have it installed by an approved tech.I don't know where you live, but I live in L.A. A "local" customer could be 100 miles a... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... To my fellow Audiogoners,I apologize for violating my own policy and responding with reason and emotion to (what I consider to be) a silly thread. I will avoid feeding the creature from here on forward. | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... ...my Koetsu dealer told me that it is actually cheaper to fly into Japan for a few days, buy the cartridge there and enjoy the visit, than it is to get ripped off by the likes of Music Direct and their repacious profiteering with these cartridg... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... ...since many of you seem to have no problem with being completely ripped off in this endeavor...If you have a better way to offer high-end cartridges to the select few high-end audio buyer, please put your money where your "mouth" is and show us ... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... daveyf,Dude, you just HAVE to be a millennial. Good luck dealing with the real world! | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... daveyf: Given your last post, I can see that you have absolutely no clue as to what the high end cartridge consumer is faced with.With all due respect, that's BS. I'm a high-end cartridge consumer. I will admit that I have no clue as to what yo... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... daveyf, yes I read everyone's comments that were before my response. I didn't quote you specifically because mine was more of a general response. But I feel that my comments apply to your post as well. You are complaining about cartridge availa... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... Jeez, what a bunch of whiny b1thches! You guys need to grow a pair and put on some big boy pants.I'm not going to defend uber-priced cartridges. I will say that if you can make a top-flight MC cartridge for less money, please go ahead. And I wo... | |
| Anyone using the Pete Riggle Woody? Yes, at least on my deck and using the GM MkII E and the Mono 65 SPUs. But that's my point. IMO I wouldn't pay more than the Schick and have to put up with the setup/adjustment hassle of the Woody, unless it sounded a LOT better.But there are gu... | |
| Anyone using the Pete Riggle Woody? I have assisted a friend in setting up a Woody SPU tonearm. Here are my impressions:Pros:once adjusted, it sounds great.Cons:1- it's the ultimate fiddler's tonearm - it requires infinite patience to setup and almost constant tweaking and adjustme... | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? mdavid0,I don't get it. You ask a question and you receive several good replies, some agreeing with your postulate and some not, but all thoughtful and in the spirit of the purpose of this forum. You then decide to crap on anyone who doesn't agr... | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? Where the hell you can find FR-66 for $3500 ? This tonearm price tag is over $6000 nowadays. OK, but I was only thiiis much off. I was trying to take an optimistic approach. If you don't know, you can just say "I don't know". Typically, you... | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? So what will a TW, SME, Basis, Graham, etc, give me that a Jelco or Audiomods won't? Maybe a lot, or maybe nothing. Your question argues your fundamental understanding of high end audio and audiophiles and sounds more than a little judgmental.... | |
| Best vintage DD turntables from the 70's and 80's? I'm sure that is what we were told by the Luxman rep; that Teac manufactured the motors to Luxman's specifications. Having said that, I am not sure that it is true. For some reason the owners frowned upon sales folks disassembling expensive gear... | |
| Personal vs. Market Values Truffle oil makes a great contact enhancer, or so Im told.Mmm, doubt it. Truffles are fungi and do not contain oil. Truffle oil is made from soaking chopped up truffle bits (the tough, not edible parts) which extracts the volatile elements con... |