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| SP10mk2: OMA Graphite plinth vs.Dobbins plinth These people are totally crazy; believes that turntable owners who want a plinth are all as rich as Rockefeller. At least OMA has taste, many manufacturers in the same segment does not have a taste in my opinion, at least their designers. And i... | |
| SP10mk2: OMA Graphite plinth vs.Dobbins plinth Maybe it is not 100% Cast Iron, i don’t know what is inside. But the Cast Iron plinth for SP-10R is their next plinth after great success of the Pennsylvanian Graphite Slate plinth which i like a lot (visually). Super heavy weight is not what i’m ... | |
| SP10mk2: OMA Graphite plinth vs.Dobbins plinth @best-groove I'm skeptical about reading all these things. Why? What you mean? In my opinion Cast Iron looks great, i have no idea is it better than graphite slate or wood, but i know for sure that Cast Iron in Russia is cheap. A friend made this... | |
| SP10mk2: OMA Graphite plinth vs.Dobbins plinth Anyone can comment about sound properties of the Cast Iron plinth and this material in general ? New video appeared here, watch at 3:55 I am thinking about DIY iron cast plinth for my Victor TT-101. The OMA is the only company that use Cast Iron ... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms BTW here is the manual for IT-407 CR-1 Anyone can explain me what is "CR-1" ? What does it mean ? | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Am i correct that IT-345 and IT-345 CR-1 are two different versions?The Ikeda IT-345 is from the mid 90's: ■ Price: 210,000 yen (in 1996)■ Model: Dynamic balance type■ Total length: 326mm■ Run length: 245mm■ Over hang: 15mm■ Tracking error: + 2 °... | |
| Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model) Just watched Steve Guttenberg’s video with that new Iron Cast Plinth for Technics SP-10R. It’s on 3:55 timeline here. Very impressive. The whole video is not about turntables, but i hope he will make another with OMA just about turntables. There i... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms @montesquieu I have an early IT-407 and a post 2011 IT-345 CR1 and both seem to me to be far better arms than the FR64s. I put this down to the additional vertical bearing - the FR64s has only one, on one side, whereas the 407/345 have two, one e... | |
| SUT's -Looking for one with some meat on the bones I’m not sure the SUT is the right component in the chain to tweak the issues you have described, but a cartridge is the most important in analog chain (imo). Maybe Hanna is not your type of sound? Read more about Miyajima Shilabe or Kansui cartrid... | |
| Best tonearm under $2k The Reed arm is intriguing to say the least and I would love to get to play with one. They look more expensive than 2K though. You never want to buy a used arm site unseen. They are too easy to damage. Just letting an arm sit out uncovered is enou... | |
| SUT's -Looking for one with some meat on the bones My wife runs from the room when I try to spin any LP's. LOL :) | |
| Best tonearm under $2k @Chakster that’s strange that the table came with the Denon 103. Do these German TT manufactures know what the heck they are doing? So I should be looking at high mass arms with the low compliance cartridge? Sometimes it is very strange indeed. S... | |
| Stylus-Drag..Fact or Fiction? Audiophiles are strange. It is obvious that adults can’t develop perfect pitch (see why), so most likely none of you can detect such a tiny difference in pitch/tone by ear in a blind test playing records on your turntable. Even professional and ve... | |
| Best tonearm under $2k Ok, so you’ve been using extremely low compliance cartridge (Denon 103) on lightweight Rega tonearm (11g effective mass) probably without knowing what is a cartridge/tonearm resonance frequency. This combination is a miss match if you don’t know. ... | |
| Has anyone upgraded from an AudioTechnica ART9? @johnss i wish i could find all my records on reel to reel, but it's simply impossible because most of them are rare, and my taste is not what a typical audiophile reissue label can offer, completely different i would say. Knowing the fact that a ... |