chakster
Responses from chakster
| 'Diamond' cantilevers: a man's best friend? My old post detected above, since 2018 i upgraded my Dynavector Karat 17DS with later version Karat 17D2, but it’s still sealed in the box. Dynavector designer Dr.Tominari made extremely short diamond cantilevers while SONY "D" comes with extremel... | |
| Vinyl woes / cartridge upgrade None of the mentioned cartridges have a proper stylus profile for correct reproduction of vinyl with less distortion and wider frequency response, those entry level Grado and Nagaoka have an Elliptical or even Conical profiles. The life span of su... | |
| LONDON Decca, Tzar DST and similar cartridges FR7 series I actually have the basic FR7, the FR7fz (that you refer to), a “one off “ which is stamped “PW-1” as well as the FR7fc.In my system the FR7fc and the “PW-1” shade it ahead of the fz (which is itself a big upgrade on the basic FR7). ... | |
| How much will you pay for an exotic cartridge.... Dave, it was your previous post about your problem with the distributors and you start it again now. What's your problem? | |
| Vinyl woes / cartridge upgrade I would never add anything between a signal from your cartridge/phonostage and your amp. You don't even have a good cartridge yet, but already thinking about some strange devices designed for people with digital background, why? Analog playback is... | |
| Vinyl woes / cartridge upgrade Audio technica at440mla, Ortofon Red? I think I prefer new. Anybody with 1219 experience would like to share an opinion? I have about $300 into it so far between purchase and professional tune-up. I figure I could drop another $100 - $200... | |
| Advice on Tonearm/ Cartridge combo With such a light mass you definitely need a high compliance MM/MI cartridge, try some decent vintage cartridges and i'm pretty sure you will be impressed. Look for the best possible stylus profile and a nice cantilever, normally top quality MM/MI... | |
| How much will you pay for an exotic cartridge.... In the modern world dealerships has been more or less ruined by the internet sales. And it’s not only about cartridges, many high-end shops closed here, because (for example) the cables they are selling for crazy prices can be easily purchased onl... | |
| Cartridge, Compliance, try what in my JVC UA-7082 Arm? For Victor you can simply replace it with brand new Jelco armlift, they are compatible. | |
| Frustrated with Vinly The others that I am researching right now are: rega, project, music hall, mobile fidelity and even goldenote. Do you know what is the difference between Belt Drive turntables and Direct Drive ? Look at brand new Technics SL1200GR if you want a... | |
| Frustrated with Vinly Don’t assume that because you’re satisfied with less than the best or too lazy to try to improve playback qualities that others are the same as you. Nobody is telling someone new to the hobby that they have to clean their records or take other ste... | |
| Frustrated with Vinly If it is new records you are playing cleaning them will not do anything except make things worse. Some record companies just do a crappy job of pressing records. I have $75,000 worth of record playing stuff and I never clean a record I purchased... | |
| Cartridge loading About 3 days ago i hooked up my current-injection phonostage (47 Labs Phonocube) to my system and i was blown away! We were sitting here with a friend of mine who often comes to my apartment. Even him is quite familiar with the sound coming from m... | |
| Frustrated with Vinly I can’t tell you how many times I’ve bought new pressings only to have them sound worse than used records I picked up for a few dollars. This is a problem of modern mastering, recording, pressing... i agree. This is true, i don’t buy re-issues no... | |
| Frustrated with Vinly Definitely flea market records must be cleaned, but it's about vintage vinyl. Same records from private collection or from professional dealers are already cleaned many times. But the OP has NEW records, people buying them sealed. They are plays f... |