chakster
Responses from chakster
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive In my own experience distinguishing between excellent turntables using the same cartridge is difficult and likely more dependent on my mood than any specific difference in performance. true | |
| Lower end Soundsmith cartridges vs others in same price range? Some bad info here. Yes Soundsmith is MI, but the replacement is factory not user. You're right, B&O cartridges manufactured by SoundSmith and some SoundSmith cartridges looks like the stylus is user replaceable, but they are not. ANYWAY it... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive @elexberger My friend I talked about have a huge experience. Actually he is the most famost vintage audio intusiast in Israel. So I trust his opinion. I enjoyed my stay in Israel last autumn, i’ve seen great sound systems and nice setups. Audioph... | |
| Jvc tt101 ql10 platter repair or for sale wow, 300 quids that’s not bad if it was recapped, refurbished and calibrated. There was a problem with the bearings on your sample ? What was the turnaround time to finish this job ? | |
| Lower end Soundsmith cartridges vs others in same price range? As you know Peter at SoundSmith likes Grace MM cartridges and you can read about it here, he’s servicing them for others and even produced his own replacement styli for them. It is safe to buy one of these, the best are F14 and LEVEL II models. If... | |
| Lower end Soundsmith cartridges vs others in same price range? SoundSmith is MI, go for it, at least you don't have to bother with re-tipping, you can get SoundSmith with user replaceable stylus or Peter will replace it for you for the lowest possible cost as the manufacturer. It will never happen with MC if... | |
| Jvc tt101 ql10 platter repair or for sale What's the damage? I have two working TT-101 and i was supposed to sell one to a fellow audiophile in UK who serviced his stuff an Wilkinsons and lives nearby. Now it's hard times not only for me but for my buddy in UK too, so it's been frozen for... | |
| Retipping Cartridge Thank you Chakster for sharing all that history regarding my cartridge. I had no idea. All I know is it sounds great. In response to your your inquiry, no, I do not know the difference between Cartridge Man and Grado. Also, I did look into r... | |
| Fidelity Research FR-7 Repair Would be nice to check an image of your refurbished cartridge if you can make a high res and upload it somewhere. | |
| Automatic Tonearm Lifter Help Have you seen this ? However, there is absolutely NO space between the platter and the tonearm base. Really? This is your turntable. | |
| Turntable Mats: Rubber, Felt or Cork. ChaksterI was referring to you slagging off member Slaw.Really, we’re discussing his product and not his personality, but you came here again with your pointless comment, buy his product if you like it. With the same success you can use a piece of... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive He liked Yamaha the most and EMT the second.But, to his taste: L-07D and SP10mk2 sound too sterile. to say something like that a person have to use the same tonearm and cartridge on all turntables and compare them with the same phono stage in t... | |
| Retipping Cartridge You should not post on a public forum if all you need in your topic is someone who can share your euphoria about some refurbished cartridges you own. This is what you need ? A proper feedback score is positive and negative score, you know ? Believ... | |
| Retipping Cartridge Cardas Ruby is tweaked BENZ Cartridge Man is tweaked GRADO | |
| Fidelity Research FR-7 Repair Soundsmith said that the aluminum they use is not the same as the aluminum that the original cantilever was made from Exactly, those aluminum cantilevers on Ikeda and Takeda cartridges are special and this is one of the reason those FR-7fz and ... |