chakster
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| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry Azimuth can be adjusted on ANY tonearm with detachable headshell. There are many inexpensive ($20-60) headshells with azimuth and overhang adjustment. You don’t have to buy $5000 Reed 3p with azimuth on the fly to adjust your cartridge, anyone can... | |
| Rebuild or new cartridge with my zeta tonearm Post effective mass of your tonearm first, a cartridge must be choose accordingly. Do not waste your time and money with rebuild, you can buy a better cartridge MC or MM, just tell us your budget first. If you;re willing to spend under $800 then y... | |
| Direction on my next upgrade Fluance RT85 with Ortofon Blue @cpdkeeThe Ortofon BLUE is the weakest part in your system. Everything starts from the cartridge in analog setup, this cartridge is too bad, the stylus tip is elliptical, this is very close to the Red (the cheapest m... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry I’m only interested in vintage cartridges such as the Audio Technica AT-ML180/OCC or OFC cartridges and the OEM corresponding styli. This is a hell of a cartridge and much better than AT's LOMC I don't know how but i bought two NOS styli for my... | |
| Does anyone have experience with seller Kron on cartridges? What cartridges are you buying fro him? An old nos or vintage or grey market products ? | |
| Direction on my next upgrade Chakster, that article is from 1994. I think you need to catch your breath, relax, get stoned and listen to music for the sheer enjoyment of it. Modern moving coil’s moving systems have much lower effective mass than back then. That old high end p... | |
| 70’s rock pressings. Witch equipment deserve? the cartridges might seem to be performing well but would sound smoother and more detailed with a stylus replacement. Replacing a NOS stylus make no sense, vintage cartridges can be found with NOS or unused styli, sometimes a NOS can be purchas... | |
| Direction on my next upgrade Cartridge is the key to a perfect sound on any turntable. Cartridges are copatible if you're not switching from superheavy tonearm to a lightweight tonearm. All modern tonearms are mostly mid mass and nearly all modern cartridges are mid complianc... | |
| ???Cartridge break in??? this thread is from 2003 ! | |
| Direction on my next upgrade MM cartridge is excellent for all kind of music and if you really want true reproduction without coloration then you have to buy an MM cartridge, but not that modern crap, you need a classic MM cartridge from the golden age, with advanced stylus p... | |
| Why Do 12" Tonearms Cost So Much More Than 9"? You can buy a "12 inch or "10.5 inch tonearm if you will ignore overpriced new items and will look for a used items that sells for less. And you can always buy classic Japanese vintage high-end tonearms for much less without any loss in quality ... | |
| How do I buy tubes? Everyone should know that a tube from one manufacturer can be labeled for another brand and this is indeed just a different print on the tube or different box. All information available online, there is a tube asylum forum for tube nerds, an inter... | |
| 70’s rock pressings. Witch equipment deserve? Suspension on brand new LOMC cartridges collapse faster than stylus, those cartridges cost $3000-5000. None of my MM/MI cartridges have such problem even if they are 30-40 y.o. Most of the vintage MM or MI are high compliance (30-50cu), even if yo... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry @atmasphere For the mastering it's nice to have a cartridge that most of the vinyl lovers actually using (like inexpensive Grado for example), not those ultra high-end MC. Regarding the tonearms I just don't understand what do you mean. Because I... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry @atmasphere Well, nevermind ...But let me admit: Grado Gold is not a top model Grado cartridge and never was, a top model was Grado XTZ (Joseph Grado Signature model designed in the 80s) and it’s much better than GOLD mainly because of the stylus.... |