chakster
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| Recommended cartridge for Rega 3 Buy Technics SL1200GR instead :)For $1700 with better tonearm and great Direct Drive motor | |
| MC Cartridge Ideas For high resolution modern sound Usual suspects:LyraZYXShelterVdHOrtofonorDynavectorPhasemationBenzthere are more ... but how anyone can tell you what you will like ?Also you did not tell us what's your tonearm and phonostage ? | |
| Anyone try the replica B-60 Fidelity Research VTA? @dronepunk They are all gone and goes for crazy prices even for replica, the original Ikeda VTA base goes for insane price on used market too. @lewm thanks, it is strange that we’re not locked down yet here in St.Petersburg and people walking arou... | |
| Are 500 hours too many for a used hi-end cartridge? @daveyf @cleeds Haha, everyone on this forum aware that i hate conical styli (and never use them myself), but i just said what other people often posted about it here on audiogon. I must say i do not believe that stylus with 500 hrs on it can dest... | |
| Are 500 hours too many for a used hi-end cartridge? Here's the question, is your record collection that valuable to you that you will risk the next record, or the next, if the stylus is considerably worn and the result is a gradual destruction of your groove wall due to a 500+ hour stylus? @cl... | |
| Are 500 hours too many for a used hi-end cartridge? Dave, if an LP can be destroyed from one play then all those 30-40 y.o. vintage LPs must be unlistenable, but they are better than new reissues. | |
| Cartridge recomendation for Garard 301 and Ikeda IT-345CRI Leaning pretty hard towards the Miyajima's. That's right. Been waiting for a long time to catch unused Kansui for the right price in Denmark. | |
| Recommend cartridge for pass labs preamp amp and Harbeth 40.2 Higher load is actually unload, try 47k Ohm for your MC, try Vishay Naked Foil Audio Resistors by Texas Components for direct replacement in your phono stage, these are the best audio resistors, will help you a lot with transparancy you're looking... | |
| Cartridge recomendation for Garard 301 and Ikeda IT-345CRI So many rave reviews on Shilabe online | |
| Matching favourite Stylus to another Cartridge Then you have plenty of time to learn and try much better MM/MI cartridges to understand what analog playback is all about, because Ortofon professional cartridges are not about sound quality, it’s all about high output and durability for professi... | |
| Matching favourite Stylus to another Cartridge So you’re talking about Ortofon Arkiv cartridge designed for deejays, this is professional series of cartridges. You’d better use a styli from similar concorde or om series with it. If you want a better cartridge just buy entirely new cartridge wi... | |
| Matching favourite Stylus to another Cartridge Are all of the technical specs, like output voltage, channel separation, frequency response the domain only of the stylus itself or does the cartridge itself influence it in any way? Are you talking about MM cartridges ? Surely you CAN’T use a sty... | |
| Turntable and Arm Combination in 5K range (maximum) Thanks to all of you for your suggestions, certainly open to more but I will pursue some of these. The Reed tonearm looks really nice but above my budget unless discounts and/or package dials are available.. I bought my Reed 3p "12 as a demo from ... | |
| Recommend cartridge for pass labs preamp amp and Harbeth 40.2 Michael, i think it's not correct to recommend a cartridge for certain speakers of even for certain phono stages. I'm sure Pass is great (i use his gear myself) and designed for a wide range of cartridges. Cartridge for tonearm make sense. But h... | |
| Krell KC-100 and KC-200 cartridges by Takeda. Any differences? FROM THE INTERVIEW WITH TAKEDA-SAN:To give me a feel for Takeda San's philosophy on cartridge design, Yoshi Segoshi of Sakura Systems - the US importer for Takeda San's Miyabi creations - shared some excerpts with me from interviews with Takeda ... |