chakster
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| Cartridge recomendation for Garard 301 and Ikeda IT-345CRI " The SPU Royal N provides the same sound reproduction properties as the SPU Royal GM series " - Ortofon Royal N is just a conventional version of the headshell integrated SPU Royal G which i enjoyed the most from 3 different SPU, because Royal h... | |
| Headshell recommendations for AT33SA on SL1200G **Some if my favorite vintage headshells:Grace HS-8 -metal Grace HS-6 -carbon fiber (another image)AudioCraft -this one is heavy for LOMC (another image)another AudioCraft (also available in silver) Kenwood - basic, but very nice Stax -with overh... | |
| Headshell recommendations for AT33SA on SL1200G Look for Ortofon LH-9000 Resonance Free headshell, i hope you can find used one for reasonable price, new one is expensive. It's heavier than stock Technics and it has azimuth adjustment. | |
| What should my next cartridge be? Miyajima cartridges are different, depends on the model, Kansui and Madake are two models to look for, not lower models. What model are you talking about @agrippa ? For those who trust the reviews read about Kansui and you will never find a bad wo... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive @terry9 I have no source for graphiteAs i can see The Mat is not pure graphite, it's different carbon graphite material, so the thickness is just 4mm and cheaper that previous versions made by Boston Audio. Another mat made from extremely high gr... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Apparently Pioneer also adopted a very tight control. I refrained from trying out the CU-180 (which took some discipline), but did try alternatives within the same weight range, like hard rubber, cork and leather (even a sandwich of the two). This... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @ct0517 yes i saw your pictures and understood construction of your SP-10 plinth system, it is still "naked" or not traditional plinth. Not sure why your SP10 II is not stable, because it is a stable Direct Drive motor and seems like everybody ha... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine chaksterWhat is going to happen if you replace your AT 616 footers (which btw I also happen to own) ..... and place four blocks of slate material in their place? I've noticed you've got those AT-616 pneumatic feet under your "naked" SP10 mkII... | |
| SUT vs. Phono preamp There are so many great SUTs from the past, so it is absolutely no problem to find one and try one (or even a few). One of the reason i like Luxman SUT is because i can have 3 different SUTs in one set. Basically two is enough for nearly all cartr... | |
| Advise on Long Phono Cable run The Gold Note PH-10 has balanced outpout, i have this phono stage, but i don’t use balanced out. Anyway, you can put such phono stage near the turntable with standard 1.2m RCA unbalanced cable, but from the output of the phono stage you will get b... | |
| What should my next cartridge be? I would advice to look for Miyajima cartridges (Kansui or Madake), but i’m not sure you have an appropriate tonearm for very low compliance cartridges. I’m ready for something new... I’m looking for something with great all-around performance lik... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine My direct drive turntable which I put together many years ago; can be seen on my virtual system and here..https://photos.app.goo.gl/vY1f2RWRWPbMFzxEAis never at 33.33It is always above or below. Such is the nature of that drive system. I'm sorr... | |
| Advise on Long Phono Cable run I am using vintage Grado XTZ (MI) right now, it’s an old discontinued signature model. Very nice!But another Induced Magnet (IM) type i can highly recommend is ADC TRX II , here is some basic info from the manual. Look at this Sapphire cantilever ... | |
| Advise on Long Phono Cable run I think interconnect cable (or phono cable) within 1.2 m is standard, probably 1.5 max. Very short cables like 60cm can be used too, but sometimes it’s inconvenient. Probably 1m or 1.2m is optimal. Unbalanced cable must be shorter than 4m max, i w... | |
| Advise on Long Phono Cable run With such a long phono cable you need a Grado MI cartridge which is irrelevant to cable capacitance as stated in the manual, the rest of the cartridges i know require certain amount of capacitance for optimal performance (and it can be too much fo... |