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| Anyone tried the Ortofon Concorde century Cartridge? i did own the Ortofon MC Anna Diamond for a few months, which was similar to the Ortofon MC Century. both fantastic cartridges and a whole different level than those others. MC Century and Concorde Century MM are completely different. -MC Centur... | |
| Anyone tried the Ortofon Concorde century Cartridge? An interesting fact that Concorde originally was an MC cartridge, not MM. Vintage catalog with these models with more info here And the Universal versions (better known as OM today) Here is the specs for vintage Concorde MC200 and MC100 LOMC cartr... | |
| The very best sound: Direct to Disc Problem with most direct to disc is music, because 99% of the artists available only on conventional records where the source is the tape. Normal records (original pressing) can be mind blowing too, especially Japanese pressing from the 70's (SAL7... | |
| Can you ground A Rega turntable? I'm wondering why people are buying such turntables ? | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Read the manual regarding anti-skating and buy Hi-Fi News TEST LP to adjust it.I think you have to use it, but don't add too much | |
| Opinions on best tonearm clips/tags Cardas, Mitchell or does it even matter For me it doesn't matter, Cardas is fine | |
| Belt driven motor noise? My technics is dead silent? Return it for full refund and buy yourself a brand new Technics SL1200G or GR or something vintage like this, stay with DIRECT DRIVE and stay with Technics brand. If you get used to powerful Technics DD then it will be impossible to live with belt... | |
| New TT for ~$1500 I'll second Chaksters recommendation on the vintage cartridge. I have a Audio Technica ML150 OCC moving magnet cartridge and this thing rocks. Current MM manufacturers don't hold a candle to this kind of build quality. I used to have a Ortofon... | |
| ??? Wood Plinths: Layers: 7/2/1 ? Wood Type: Solid or Veneer or Vinyl Wrap wood look ? You guys could sort all that by private messages or it must be public?Regarding links they will all be expired soon and will be useless for our readers in a few month.Speaking about plinth i think Denon top model plinth is better than Victor top m... | |
| How much will you pay for an exotic cartridge.... if you are one of those folks who are happy with the performance of their thirty year old cartridge and its veiled performance, then I can see how saving a lot of $$ is beneficial. I am one of those guys on audiogon who actually compared some of t... | |
| How much will you pay for an exotic cartridge.... Not everyone living in the world where $6000 cartridge is normal and $4000 is bargain. Even saving $2k you still have to pay another $4k just for the cartridge (this is madness). A lot of great cartridges cost 5-10 times cheaper and the difference... | |
| ??? Wood Plinths: Layers: 7/2/1 ? Wood Type: Solid or Veneer or Vinyl Wrap wood look ? I’d love to find a JVC plinth from Japan or Europe that has the armboard. I have a QL-A7 with the black glossy plinth.I have several arms to try out. I have the plinth you’re looking for, it’s from my spare TT-101, the plinth for 2 tonearms (big ... | |
| Lower end Soundsmith cartridges vs others in same price range? Nagaoka MP-200 has Boron cantilever.SoundSmith Otello (if that was the lowest price SS) has aluminum cantilever. Both cartridges comes with elliptical stylus. SoundSmith is a mid compliance (22cu at 10Hz and can be ordered with high compliance 28c... | |
| Phono pre for Technics SL-1000R (Esoteric E-02?) It is not necessary to use ONE phono stage for all your cartridges, especially if you don't know yet which phono stage you like the most. It's much better to try at least a few separately, because it can be a Solid State, Tube, Current-Injection, ... | |
| Phono pre for Technics SL-1000R (Esoteric E-02?) Hi Chakster, you’re right :)Now i have 2/3 cartridges in my mind for the Technics arm, but in the future my turntable will have three arms with their own cartridges, but this will be in the future. That’s why I think about rhe Esoteric, it has t... |