chakster
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| long lasting cart Chakster, I understood what you said in your first post. Just wondering if my 2m Blue has the same roughly 600 hour life expectancy. Thanks. @mjcmt Yes, 600 hrs maximum for your Ortofon Nude Elliptical tip. The best profile from Ortofon is Replic... | |
| long lasting cart Would a Dynavector Karat 17d2work? Yes! Great cartridge, i have KARAT 17d2 mkII now.MicroReach stylus and very short diamond cantilever.Really great MC cartridge! Even two previous models are also very nice (Ruby and Diamond), but my versions of t... | |
| Turntable Mats: Rubber, Felt or Cork. You were the "instigator", by dismissing MyMat based upon a picture. maybe, but it’s my impression, and it’s DIY producs. Several MyMat users chimed in. Given the construction of MyMat, it’s flexible nature, it’s 1mm thick design, it’s ability to ... | |
| long lasting cart @mjcmt Please read again what i said, Elliptical stylus is the worst, just next step after Conical, even if the diamond is Nude and Very Well Polished. There are so many better diamond profiles after elliptical to upgrade the sound and lifespan of... | |
| Reasonable moving coil cartridge Ortofon Quintet Red: $274.00 (USD) - It was a toss-up between this and the Denon. But since the bulk of my music is jazz bass/guitar, this seemed like a best choice. No it’s not the best choice at all. There is NO such thing as a cartridge for cer... | |
| GRGAUDIO and BTW i never ask anyone to insure my international orders and even in current situation i received two parcel from USA right in time, no delay.When i ship something internationally i do never insure it if the seller will not pay extra for insur... | |
| long lasting cart You need a cartridge with the best stylus profiles like:MicroRidgeMicroLineFritz GygerVdHReplicant 100S.A.S. StereohedronLineContactShibataVital IIIThis list can be bigger, but you get the idea, what you have to avoid is Conical and EllipticalAdva... | |
| GRGAUDIO @kurte Open PayPal claim if you can prove delivery to the wrong address with UPS tracking number, do you use your paypal shipping address as your actual delivery address ? Sellers must ship to paypal address to avoid such problems. His name is Vic... | |
| A must watch YouTube video on stylus in the groove!!! Name me one reviewer that uses a Soundsmith cartridge as their reference. I have not seen one. I have never owned a Soundsmith cartridge because I have never seen a series of reviews that get me interested. Who cares about reviewers who trying to ... | |
| Reasonable moving coil cartridge I do had an opportunity to compare on the same design several stylus profiles on LOMC. How can you do that with LOMC? Please explain.You cartridge must be re-tipped if you want to add another profile, retip is degradation in sound, this is why y... | |
| VPI Classic setup tools Dr. Feickert is the best, buy it and forget about everything esle.It will give you 3 alignment methods (Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson) and it will last forever on any turntable and any tonearm so you don’t have to worry about alignment in the futur... | |
| A must watch YouTube video on stylus in the groove!!! hahaha, it's even more fun now | |
| I Need Some Opinions... The whole cartridge setup is about connecting 4 wires and tightening 2 screws (better to do with MM/MI when stylus is removed), then you add the stylus and move/twist the cartridge in the headshell slots by loosing the screws, the stylus must be o... | |
| A must watch YouTube video on stylus in the groove!!! So the OP using two different audiogon accounts ? Why ?@theaudiotweak is Tom @romwh is also Tom P.S. The video is from 2015 and i believe everyone seen it before many times | |
| Reasonable moving coil cartridge @cleeds No difference in alignment of the Elliptical or LineContact or whatever profile. I do the same steps when i need to mount a cartridge and align it (no matter what type). Conical is less sensitive to alignment and this is the reason it was ... |