chakster
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| Visited a new Audiogon friend today. Elliott Newcomb We listened to some Jazz, first in stereo and later in mono. It was the best sounding TT rig I’ve ever heard. Not to mention total eye candy. You forgot to mention cartridges, because this is what you’ve been listening to. I’m still looking for ... | |
| Phono Cartridge for $1,000. You can find authorized US dealers here"Audio-Technica products are sold through our carefully selected authorized dealers. Verify before you buy. Only purchase A-T products online when you see this symbol, indicating an authorized dealer" This is... | |
| Phono Cartridge for $1,000. @fruitloopsr expect at least 1200 hours, the stylus type is AT's MicroLine (Special Line Contact) and dynamic compliance at 10Hz is about 30cu, weight is 8.5g so you can calculate everything here if you know VPI tonearm mass (i don't have this ton... | |
| Belt driven motor noise? My technics is dead silent? Yeah, the GR at $1700 new is great option, stay with Technics | |
| is the sound of vinyl due to the physical process of the turntable? Buy yourself a turntable and start buying records, you can’t emulate this process using digital, forget about it. Vinyl is about physical media and original pressings. If you want to emulate analog using digital it is FAKE. I remember back in the... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? @lohanimal The mat and clamp i like the most is this one It's heavy, no problem for my Technics or Luxman, but for my Victor and Denon turntables with highweight platter i'm gonna use SAEC SS-300 and Sakura Systems THE MAT. Since we discussed SAE... | |
| Two Turntables? Why You can arrange a constant play using two of them.You can compare different tonearm and cartridges. You can separate them in two different systems if needed.You can have one for backup if it's rare one. And it's a lot of fun. Here is what i use, ... | |
| Phono Cartridge for $1,000. Any MM cartridge can be loaded at 100k Ohm (instead of 47k Ohm) and it will be a huge upgrade, much "more airy" presentation and noticeable high frequency extension. At least worth to try as an alternative to 47k Ohm standard. Also MM cartridge ca... | |
| Belt driven motor noise? My technics is dead silent? Consider also “cheaper” used Technics SL1200MK6. MK6 was the latest of original SL1200 Technics lineup TTs, and it has much better tonearm and wiring. Tonearm is the same, wiring is a bit better, but Cardas rewire kit for any old model cost only ... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Dear @chakster I’ve seen you mention the AT 616 legs before.My problem with them is that the cheapest set i have seen is about £250.00. I do not have a problem affording that but there are modern options by Townshend that are worth exploring. Like... | |
| Phono Cartridge for $1,000. Hana is made by Excel SoundClearAudio MM motor is Audio-TechnicaGo for Audio-Technica ART-9 LOMC via official distributor only if you want something better than your Clear Audio with the ability to service your Audio-Technica cartridge at the manu... | |
| The very best sound: Direct to Disc I wouldn't overestimate the superiority of Direct to Disc records, for example some nice from Shefield Lab is Dave Grusin LP (1976), but his earlier Soundtrack "3 Days of the Condor" on Capitol records (1975) is even better (sonically) and wasn't ... | |
| Anyone tried the Ortofon Concorde century Cartridge? Here is everything you need to know about Concorde Century. This just another cartridge in Concorde MM family, the stylus profile is great and the compliance is higher than older Concorde (i tried all of them), but it is still a Concorde, just wit... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? I have the same stock plinth from QL-10 but the color is much darker. I like this small plinth better than the one designed for 2 tonearms. Stock feet is garbage, the best are AT-616 pneumatic and this is what i’m gonna use. Will put my Technics E... | |
| Anyone tried the Ortofon Concorde century Cartridge? This is what you meant ? If you’re looking for 40 Anniversary Concorde from KAB then Fine Line or Fritz Geiger option is the best. The price is high and you can’t change the alignment method using Concorde cartridge, there is no adjustment of over... |