chakster
Responses from chakster
| Reasonable moving coil cartridge $200-300 USD for MC cartridge? I think it’s impossible to find any good one at this budget, you need a LOMC, not a HOMC as suggested above. High Output MC have more coil winding, they are always inferior in comparison to the Low Output MC, so my a... | |
| How good is the Micro Seiki DDX-1000 Direct Drive turntable ? Chakster, nice setup.I note a CU-180 on the far 444? thanks, been working on it for a long timeYou have to be careful with CU-180 for LUX platter, because there is a slight tolerance (+/- 0.2mm) between different samples of CU-180 in diameter (th... | |
| Cartridge Damaged, need advise on getting new I will say again that i think retipping is a good choice if finances are an issue. I’d rather have a top cartridge retipped than a brand new inferior cartridge. But why do you think it must be inferior cartridge, do you believe that it can be a be... | |
| How to upgrade "power cord" on turntable with wall wart? Speaking about turntable power cable in generalNot sure about US standards, but could you explain how a short piece of POWER cable connected to TURNTABLE compensate for x100 times longer cheap power cable going from the wall outlet somewhere outsi... | |
| Cartridge recommendation for classical listening I don’t think i can use a moving coil, because the output level of my vintage Conrad-Johnson preamp is Low and designed for moving magnet. Many people just missed the point that you phono stage is MM only.When dealer can swap cartridge with no ... | |
| How to upgrade "power cord" on turntable with wall wart? Once I inserted it into the system, there was an immediate and noticeable increase in PRAT. Going back to the stock cord, the PRAT diminished noticeably. How can you explain it ?I bet you believe in fuse upgrade tooThe each of us has to end up li... | |
| How to upgrade "power cord" on turntable with wall wart? Please recall what type of power cable goes to your outlet and what type of outlet it is, something special? What's the point to change 1 meter of the power cable from turntable motor to the outlet if the rest of power cable is just regular power ... | |
| Cartridge recommendation for classical listening @atmasphere Ralph, his version of Sumiko is HOMC, not LOMC. @nandric Nikola, if i remember correct you owned Clear Audio Virtuoso | |
| How to upgrade "power cord" on turntable with wall wart? Yes, can be good for amp and preamp, but for turntable power supply it doesn’t matter in my opinion. You can upgrade tonearm wire instead, external phono cable (or cartridge if you want huge different in sound)power cable for turntable is the last... | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl @chakster Do you know if the geometry is the same for ikeda it407 and fr66? @sdrsdrsdr I have Ikeda IT-345 and FR-64fx / FR-64s *PS distance for all of them is the same (230mm). I believe long Ikeda 407 and long FR-66s also have the same PS dist... | |
| verdier Platine or Nottingham Analogue hyperspace They are still in business ? The site looks like we’re in the 90’s again :)) I always liked the design of this turntable, i think La Platine Verdier model is beautiful.But i thought they do not make any turntables anymore, mainly because of the si... | |
| Cartridge Damaged, need advise on getting new Really, I was advised it may actually sound even better. Of course, for this reason there are so many re-tipped cartridges for sale on ebay. If a re-tipper himself will tell you that after his service it will be better than Dynavector then why he... | |
| How good is the Micro Seiki DDX-1000 Direct Drive turntable ? Yeah, Luxman 444 is like a Cutting Lathe for me, the engineering is so nice that in terms of usability this is definitely the best turntable, because i use so many different tonearms and cartridges and only this turntable allow me to swap whatever... | |
| Phonostage for Rega P10 Looking at the OP's phono stages i think it's better to replace a cartridge to something first class, but not the phono stages | |
| Cartridge Damaged, need advise on getting new Simple job to replace the cantilever, but your cartridge will never be as good as the original Dynavector. |