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| Cartridge loading The topic about Cartdige Loading is hot.But here is something about Speakers Loading from Zu Audio: https://www.zuaudio.com/low-voltage/2020/1/24/loading-resistors?mc_cid=709c630e33&mc_eid=cdb0d19c49 | |
| 'Diamond' cantilevers: a man's best friend? Another organic cantilever is bamboo from Miyajima | |
| How much will you pay for an exotic cartridge.... Grey market dealers sells original cartridges, but the manufacturer identify them by serial numbers, so they remove serial numbers or replace serial number with fake numbers (if it’s possible), especially for an exotic cartridges that made in a sm... | |
| Acos Lustre GST-801: TONEARM LIFT FIXED (early model). There are more parts hidden underneath in the anti-skating block in earlier version of the Lustre GST-801. The cylinder with silicone separated from the actual finger-lift, they are connected by thin and long metal rail (too complicated) and the r... | |
| Japan Trip - Looking For Shopping MC Cartridge Recommendations For ZYX you’d better contact Mehran at SoraSound in Chicago, you can get the best deal ever, warranty, trade-in options for the future. He’s is a nice guy to deal with, highly recommended. He’s a friend of Nakatsuka-San who design ZYX, as far as i... | |
| Vinyl woes / cartridge upgrade Audio-Technica cartridges are great, but even at $400 it's possible to find one not with Aluminum cantilever like the VM750SH, but with something like Titanium Pipe or Beryllium Pipe. Also AT's MicroLine (like MicroRidge) is better than Shibata (w... | |
| Frustrated with Vinly If I like the results, then I might invest in a cleaner.Thing is, at the moment, I have probably have about 50 or less records. This is really all you need, cheap as chips.Invest in vinyl instead and buy yourself a proper cartridge and turntabl... | |
| How much will you pay for an exotic cartridge.... @bukanova Grey market dealer buys directly from manufacturer, this is part of game. No, they don’t buy from the manufacturers as far as i know, do you know exactly what you mean, can you recall any brand? I discussed it with the distributor of ZY... | |
| Tonearm ...... Acos Lustre GST-801 ..... Yea/Nay Lever flexes a long thin strip of metal (visible when upside down). The end of the metal activates the rise/lower action when flexed by the lever. It was an earlier version of the armlift construction, Lustre completely changed it in the later ... | |
| How much will you pay for an exotic cartridge.... This is about the Etsuro Gold cartridge which is $21k USD retail through the USA dealer. It’s about $8500 USD less (retail pricing) through a legit Europe or Japan dealer for someone living in the US. @vortrex All Etsuro models manufactured by Ex... | |
| How much will you pay for an exotic cartridge.... Actually what’s your problem? My prior thread...not post, has nothing to do with this thread. Read my OP again, this time without your preconceived idea. This thread and your previous thread have something in common.It is obvious that for some re... | |
| How much will you pay for an exotic cartridge.... Why have two other parties (distributor/dealer) in the middle when you could work with one? I wonder how can you work with one if they are in Japan and does not even prepared to sell to the foreigners directly? You can’t, so you need a grey marke... | |
| Vinyl woes / cartridge upgrade Almost all old vintyl is trash. Warped, poppie, scratched or all three. For this reason we have GRADING SYSTEM and according to this no matter how old is the vinyl, it can be MINT- condition or even STILL SEALED. So any vinyl release from the 60’s... | |
| Your opinions about KOETSU URUSHI BLUE or VERMILLION Just curious, why Koetsu is so expensive, what is the technical advantages? I remember Garrott brothers, who rebuild them and retipped them for the clients, often commented about poor build quality of those cartridges (made at that time by Sugano-... | |
| Tube MC phono stage recommendation I’ll probably try exploring the world of SUTs, but just out of curiosity, what SS phono stage in my price range do you really love? Now definitely current injection type of the phono stages like 47 Labs Phonocube for MC only, your LOMC must be lo... |