chakster
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| Are 500 hours too many for a used hi-end cartridge? Pertaining to my situation of being a “tight budget audiophile” (if there is such a thing): If one has an inexpensive turntable with the stock tonearm — in my case a Denon DP-300F with an Ortofon 2M Red cartridge — does it make sense to put a more... | |
| Are 500 hours too many for a used hi-end cartridge? There is no direct correlation between price and quality when it comes to $1000 or $2000 cartridges. More important is perfect tonearm/cartridge matching, capability of your phono preamp if you're using LOMC and your personal satisfaction with one... | |
| How do I stop the Humming from my LP12? Oh, someone already pushed an old thread from 2007It is interesting, because a few members bulled on me when i said something about Linn Basik quality.Pretty funny, you guys must face it (about the belt drive): I purchased a used Linn LP12 ... ... | |
| Are 500 hours too many for a used hi-end cartridge? It will be fair enough to say that you never know the actual usage time in hours if it wasn't counted by the user himself every time he put the needle on the record.If you will watch certain sellers you will find out that each used cartridge they ... | |
| Help with cartridge Chakster - SPU and Denon isn’t the best performers. So true @bukanovaI do own SPU Gold although mostly it reproduces tone in the way how it should be. Denon DL103 does the same it’s just more rough.Did you try Denon DL-107 MM cartridge designed ... | |
| Turntable Mats: Rubber, Felt or Cork. Chakster your an a$$ hole!!! I’ve been a member here over 15 years and only have 200 post and one of the reasons is I don’t want to deal with people like you. A lot of people prefer the Basic to the Axis. I own the Axis it makes wonderful music fo... | |
| Turntable Mats: Rubber, Felt or Cork. Although I know chakster didn't plan on it but thanks to him, I've had a marked increase in interest. You're welcome, always happy to help I hope you will find a better mat for yourself at least, after increase of the sales :)) | |
| Orosonic/Monster Cable Reflex Record Clamp Orsonic is a nice clamp for turntables with low torque and lightweight platter (when you can’t use heavy record weight). Here is my NOS sample, i tried it on my turntables, it was OK, but i prefer traditional record weight, they are normally heavi... | |
| What should my next cartridge be? Sorry I thought that the highest end Hanna was much more expensive and closer to the price of the Hiyabusa.High-End cartridges from the manufacturer of Hana (Excel Sound Inc.) called Etsuro and they are at least twice as much in price than Mu-Te... | |
| What was wrong with the P-mount ? I can not comprehend, fathom, or understand why any serious audiophile would engage the use of a P-mount cartridge in a Music Reproduction System it is just a compromise offering no improvement, benefit, or advantage. The hype started with P-Mo... | |
| Headshell recommendations for AT33SA on SL1200G Dynamic compliance of the AT33SA is 10×10-6cm/dyne (100Hz) It will be around 17cu @ 10Hz and this is a starting point for calculation.AT33Sa weight is 6.9gI think 12g headshell could be more optimal than stock Technics headshell which is also n... | |
| What should my next cartridge be? Here is some nice reviews for Miyajima Kansui:from 10 Audio from High Fidelity from PositiveFeedback from HiFiPlus | |
| Victor TT 801 @lewm maybe i was wrong, but simplified circuit and model number speaks for itself. Also i remember some other users posted that it's closer to TT-81 or almost identical. Since i never owned TT-81 or 801 i'm not sure. But i have two TT-101 and i n... | |
| long lasting cart Stylus can be bonded or nude, all nude styli are high quality and very well polished (imo), a cartridge with advanced profile is not cheap by default, especially if the stylus mounted on advanced cantilever. If you meant current retail price (when... | |
| Victor TT 801 @dickson despite the vacuum pump what is actually better in TT-801 compared to TT-101 , is that audible ? Just curious |