chakster
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| Turntable platforms @geoffkait I always appreciate testimonials for products someone sold I still have two more NOS boxes and using one set right now myself. This is the best feet on the market, not easy to find. If i will see them i will buy more, but only after ... | |
| Miyajima Zero Mono on Technics 1200G Your turntable and tonearm designed for higher compliance cartridges, definitely NOT optimal for low compliance mono Miyajima, because Technics tonearm mass is not high enough. You could try superheavy headshell and subweight to compensate. | |
| A Soundsmith Re-tip Believer Glad you like it, with relatively cheap cartridges upgrade is always possible, but you forgot to mention the total price you paid. Was it $850 cartridge from the start? And as i can see SS price for your new cantilever is $400?What you did is not ... | |
| Are 500 hours too many for a used hi-end cartridge? @cleeds i am not happy to buy used cartridges with 500 hrs on them, i prefer NOS vintage cartridges or opened and tested NOS samples (this is the best) with something like 100 hrs max, from audiophiles (not from amateurs). But used records from 99... | |
| Have a U-Turn turntable with Ortofon 2M Red cartridge. Upgrade cartridge or turntable??? @allears4u cartridge is extremely important and you can always find a better cartridge, i've been doing it many times :)) Read my first post in this thread, stylus profile is the key, Stereohedron is fantastic | |
| Correct alignment for Fidelity Research 64fx/SPU? Yeah, i knowGreat tonearms in my opinionI can’t hear distortion with Stevenson alignment using 64fx+W250+N60 with FR-7fz... Your thought on 64s vs. Ikeda 345 if you have one (my version is rare matt finishing) ? | |
| Correct alignment for Fidelity Research 64fx/SPU? Here is more information about FR tonearm on another forum, the last version was 64FX with damped armtube, then 66fx. Someone posted catalogs, download them if you don't have it. | |
| MC Cartridge Ideas I would try a Current injection phono stage . I am very impressed by the 47Labs Phono Cube current injection type phono stage with my FR-7fz cartridge. Which one do you have ? | |
| Turntable platforms Try to find AT 616 pneumatic insulators and you're done. Under your turntable or under wooden deskread more in my sold listing on UKAM | |
| MC Cartridge Ideas My present go-to recommendation for cartridge questions, is to call Soundsmith with your system info and budget, and listen very carefully. You will get a quality US made product with a reasonable stylus replacement cost and spectacular imaging. ... | |
| MC Cartridge Ideas I actually bought the turntable with the 17D3 Karat, but the cantilever broke a few years back. It was an awesome combo and then I got the xx2 which improved on the bass. Time to get a new cartridge. I see, new cartridge is always good idea. Co... | |
| Cartridge recomendation for Garard 301 and Ikeda IT-345CRI Ikeda is perfect for low compliance cartridges (any of them if the compliance is very low) | |
| What to upgrade to? Chakster,Thanks for your reply. I have looked at Zu and my amp would work perfectly. Btw I purposely didn't list my table or speakers because they both are excellent. I just would like to hear other people's take on which made better sense to ... | |
| MC Cartridge Ideas Looking at your Opera Tonearm i think you can use a wide range of cartridges, but please make sure about effective mass of the tonearm, as i can see you can even swap the arm tube (longer is for lower compliance cartridges). There is a Dynavector ... | |
| What to upgrade to? Zu Audio speakers like Druid mk6 are high efficient (101db) and does not require high power amp, they are reasonably priced with full refund/return guaranteed withing USA. Low power amp (tube or SS) and it can match your budged even if you will bu... |