chakster
Responses from chakster
| At what price point do I run into diminishing returns on an MC Cartridge? The price has nothing to do with the quality, the more important is the knowledge about cartridges, people behind the design of certain MC and their philosophy. Tonearm/cartridge match, your phono stage capabilities. Don't forget that heyday of an... | |
| Worth the $$ to upgrade my tonearm? Regarding the quality you can easily upgrade your cartridge to another MM like Stanton CS-100 WOS, Audio-Technica AT-ML170, Grace LEVEL II ... and the difference can be huge on your Rega arm! But within $2k you can always buy absolutely fantastic... | |
| Worth the $$ to upgrade my tonearm? I changed from a Rega 300 to a Victor UA-7045 a few years ago & it was a nice upgrade. I have since changed arms a couple times. They do make a difference. You can still find the Victor's relatively cheap. indeed, one of the best tonearms ... | |
| Turntable mat options I have Saec SS-300, two Micro (CU180 and CU500), 47 Labs, cork and felt mats and i can’t recall any serious problem with static, i always use carbon fiber brush and rarely use Zerostat Gun. I think the static caused by record sleeves (when we pull... | |
| Fell asleep while TT was running with ortodoncia black cartridge! There is a nice device for those who prefer to fell asleep while playing record: Audio-Technica SAFETY RAISER. It will lift up your tonearm when the record is finished. Buy it and sleep well. | |
| Turntable mat options Use Zerostat Gun to get rid of the static | |
| Fell asleep while TT was running with ortodoncia black cartridge! You can probably do that for another 600 sleeping hours as the life span of the Black's Shibata stylus tip is a bit longer. | |
| Christmas time, old friend comes by for a visit About 5 albums old, it brought back the amazing bass, clear mids and highs that the $400 SS Otello just couldn’t compete with. The SS Moving Iron cartridges can be loaded at 100k Ohm if you want to hear something different. But you're listening... | |
| Need advice on new TT This Onkk is the winner in ugliest turntable design contest (imo). Those buttons, color, shape, tonearm .... looks like $200 usb turntable, but what is the dealers price? Something wrong in the industry nowadays, where did they get their designers... | |
| A suggestion for MM/MC cartridge manufacturers My tt is a Linn Sondek with a beefed up Valhalla with Audiomods V arm. So you can't buy a cartridge pre-installed on the headshell and aligned for your arm. With this arm you can only do it yourself, i would recommend Dr.Feickert Protractor, it... | |
| Phono cartridge suggestions sought The reviews often has nothing to do with reality, most of the reviewers never ever tried a bunch of exceptionally good vintage cartridges, they can only compare one new to another new models, this is a lack of knowledge and experience. It is almos... | |
| Need advice on new TT Technics Sp-10R is the best you can get for the money, it can be used with two tonearms, for example you can look at OMA state of the art plinth for it. This is the best Coreless Direct Drive motor available today at any price. Read more at Artisa... | |
| Turntable mat options I enjoyed lighweight Carbon Graphite Mat from Sakura Systems, it's $250 and can be used on belt drive turntable. My reference mat is Micro Seiki CU-180 and CU-500 (both are too heavy for a belt drive turntables), another great mat is SAEC SS-300 t... | |
| Need advice on new TT As always: Brand new Technics SP-10R will be nice for Reed 3P if your arm is '10.5 or '12 inch. And you have half of your budget for a plinth. | |
| A suggestion for MM/MC cartridge manufacturers What is your tunrtable and tonearm? |