chakster
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| Weight, Clamp or stabilizer? @jrpnde chakster....Thanks for your recommendation. From what I’ve found, the AT-616 isolation feet are no longer in production. There are some sites that list used ones of a price from $600 to $800. More than double the cost of my table and cart... | |
| advice for mono cartridge @cleeds i have all kind of cartridges from very low compliance to very high compliance and i only use well matched carts/arms. Most of the great cartridges does not skip on real music recorded on flat records, unless you will put them on a test re... | |
| advice for mono cartridge I think any good tonearm can be used with Mono cartridge unless the cartridge compliance and toneam effective moving mass is well matched. I believe the benefit of the stereo stylus on a true mono (MM) cartridge is higher compliance compared to ol... | |
| New efficient speakers - best way to keep noise floor down? @audioman58 No efficient is not the key ,it is the quality of the drivers , the quality of the crossover crossover is not necessary, the best high efficient drivers are full range without crossover and Nelson Pass designed current source amps for ... | |
| Re-tipped phono cartridges hey @terry9 the camera is iPhone with additional analog Macro Lens added right on the iPhone body, there are many available and all of them are very cheap, probably under $20, i got mine for free from a friend and it's no name lens (mounted with ... | |
| Weight, Clamp or stabilizer? @bima For those not overly concerned about their "audiophile cred", the Orsonic was rebadged as a Monster Cable clamp. Totally identical, but for the name — and the price: ±400 for the Orsonic, ±100 for the (ugh) Monster these days. Interesting,... | |
| Re-tipped phono cartridges Yes @nandric i see this feature in the manual for your Klyne, but the recommendations given for the original cartridges. I believe when someone change the original cantilever (especially boron pipe) to something else (including boron rod) the movi... | |
| Re-tipped phono cartridges Accodrinf to the Technics research published here the type of the cantilever and the whole moving mass is very important. Technics engineers explained it very well: "Somewhere in the high frequencies, every cartridge has an undesirable resonance ... | |
| Weight, Clamp or stabilizer? @jrpnde Besides the capability of isolation, does anyone know if feet with isolation properties as well as adjustment for height available?? One of the best isolation device is Audio-Technica pneumatic insulators AT-616: Set of 4 supports 10 to 6... | |
| New Technics vs. old Isonoe made this long time ago, believe it or not, but it was made for DJs, so an old Technics stock feet is no longer a problem for audiophiles or djs if they need suspended table (it's a matter of choise). Isonoe feet can solve bass feedback pro... | |
| New efficient speakers - best way to keep noise floor down? My speakers are 101db, why do you think about noise floor problem ?Did you get the speakers or it is just in theory ?It depends on your cartridge and cables, also the amp and phono stage. I can’t remember any noise problem with my 101db (Zu Audio ... | |
| Grace Level ll I will continue with my own "research" about Grace LEVEL IIInteresting facts: This is what Technics invented in the 70’s and improved in the 80’s making cartridges like 205c mk4 with very special Boron Pipe cantilever. It’s nothing but a grown cry... | |
| advice for mono cartridge I don't have much mono records, but my MONO are all from the 60's/70s.What i've learned with is that modern High-End MONO cartridges comes with the best diamond profiles, not with the oldschool profiles designed for mono. I've checked Lyra mono ca... | |
| Re-tipped phono cartridges I noticed a lot of ads for re-tipped phono cartridges are suggesting this is an improvement over the original. I respectfully disagree. Regardless of the new stylus the integrity of the original design has been compromised.Absolutely, this is what... | |
| New Technics vs. old DJs have been using Thorens TD-125 mk II belt drive turntables in the late 70’s, here is a picture of the dj booth in Studio 54 (NYC) with Diana Ross on the mic. Same turntables with Infinity Black Widow tonearms and Stanton cartridges were in use... |