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Reasonable moving coil cartridge
Chakster,Somehow in Lithuania we do have 2 masters who works with cartridges. I do know both in person. And had an opportunity to listen of some of their works. One of them is my friend and once he did prototype in two versions one nude 0,5 mil co... 
Reasonable moving coil cartridge
I do had an opportunity to compare on the same design several stylus profiles on LOMC. So I can agree sometimes fairy tales about superiority of advanced profiles can be ignored also. Profile is foreseen by design and engineer. SPU Wood A for exam... 
Phonostage for Rega P10
0,35 mV.Regular phono cartridge - cross, neodymium magnet. No compliance figures. I am curious which edge can cut neodymium magnet :) 
Clearaudio Concept Tear Down
google TA-102 Tuning Absorber Tape  
Rare Thorens TD 535, direct drive, vertical pitch control similar to Technics SL1200MKII
I do have Thorens TD520 as my second turntable and it was starting point for Thorens to make TD535.TD535 is bulky, it has floating base as TD520 and the same thonearm. They even used straight TP90 as tonearm. To sum up it's more less interesting m... 
Rega P10 v Complete rebuild Garrard 401!
ndevamp,check your idler wheels first for proper operation. In time (~ 60 years) idler wheel develops flat spots which can be removed with sand paper while turning it. Also check pulley it has to be clean and glossy. Remove any residues with solve... 
Rega P10 v Complete rebuild Garrard 401!
Question from the real life Garrard 401 vs Rega RP8.Measurement wow and flutter who will be the winner?Garrard 401 fully serviced but everything is still original (idler wheel also). Rega - 3 days old so as new.I had such question from my friend w... 
van den Hul Colibri, Koetsu Rosewood Signature, SoundSmith Sussurro Mk ii
Chakster is right - if you want to try different sound than usual MM and MI designs you have to invest into heavy tonearm (I don't argue that you'll get better sound just different ) Moerch DP6 (yellow) is medium light tonearm. If to look into com... 
Playing Vinyl in a Cold Room
IMO it's not temperature it's humidity. If you'll track it down you'll see some electrostatic effects.18,5 isn't the bad one but if condensation starts it can make a lot of side effects 
How much will you pay for an exotic cartridge....
The real question is why this grey market do exist? It’s not Robin Hood deal for manufacturer and grey market dealer and usually both of them do know what they do and why. Grey market dealer buys directly from manufacturer, this is part of game.Al... 
Lyra Atlas SL Cartridge Magnet type??
to count we have 5 options in the cartridges availableneodymiumsamarium-cobaltcobalt-platinumalnicoFCAll of them are have different magnetic properties. So if engineer is good one he can use advantages and mask disadvantages.IMO if you know what a... 
Lyra Atlas SL Cartridge Magnet type??
Dave in perfect world yes the more Gauss you'll get the more output cartridge will generate with less turns of wire into the coil.Although do you know the reason why in this case it's disc shaped if  neodymium so prefect? 
Lyra Atlas SL Cartridge Magnet type??
Neodymium isn't a superior one - it's just the strongest one."Platinum magnet" is marketing vague terminology. It should be cobalt-platinum. 
Assistance Identifying an Ikeda Cartridge
which VTF you are using for it?Older had higher ~ 2,5g, newer circa 1,5 g. 
High output MC cartridges
LOMC not always have bigger mass. In case of cantileverless or front coil design this mass can be very low either. As there is no cantilever - in theory it's faster than standard MI (should be the same transient response as Decca).HOMC if to look ...