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| MC cartridges Official US distributors of some great phono cartridges are: 1) Mehran at SoraSound (the best dealer I ever dealt with, you will be surprised) 2) Robyn Wyatt at Robyatt Audio | |
| Technics SP10 MK3 Restoration Claims the SP10R is significantly better than the SP10mk3 - LOL - of course the scarcity and age of SP10mk3’s would have nothing to do with their opinion !I must admit he did not mention MK3, he said SP10. Turbtable drive in his old slate plinth o... | |
| MM Cartridge Recommendation Other manufacturers have been selling replacement styli since it was invented by Walter Stanton for Pickering cartridges more than 50 years ago. It was innovative design that made MM cartridges more convenient than MC.*Walter O. Stanton was Norman... | |
| Technics SP10 MK3 Restoration Just watched this with better view of OMA Cast Iron plinth, and to my surprise Jonathan (at 5:10) said that there is a CRYSTALLINE GRAPHITE in this grey iron formula. | |
| Anti-Skate: Pete Riggle Engineering: A good read Hi-Fi News Test LP has 4 tracks for anti-skating (bias) adjustment:Bias setting ( 300 Hz tone L+R at + 12 db ) 0:15Bias setting ( 300 Hz tone L+R at + 14 db ) 0:15Bias setting ( 300 Hz tone L+R at + 16 db ) 0:15Bias setting ( 300 Hz tone L+R at + ... | |
| Mono cartridge recommendation Well, you have a lot of mono LPs and they are not from pre-50s era. 1) 0.7mil is suitable for mono reissues and old mono records made after 1960s. 2) 1.0mil is for deep groove pre-50s mono records. Modern stylus profile will give you more than con... | |
| MM Cartridge Recommendation One of the best cartridges in the past were the B&O MMC 1/2 great MI performers that had fixed stylus design, was not at random designers decision.When I asked Peter Ledermann (SoundSmith, who designed and manufactured B&O cartridges) in t... | |
| Mono cartridge recommendation How many mono records do you have? There are many different mono records (very old mono made before stereo was invented, many mono records after stereo was invented, new mono records made with stereo cutter head). Some of them can be played proper... | |
| MM Cartridge Recommendation If you need a cartridge with fixed stylus/cantilever that you can’t replaceable yourself then buy a Low Output MC cartridge. Any MC cartridge can be refurbished or replaced by the manufacturer or some re-tipper. This is time consuming, often very ... | |
| MM Cartridge Recommendation Some of the best carts in the world have an “unprotected cantilever”. Just use a bit more caution. Minor issue if even that. Like any subject in the HiFi world, you will get a million opinions. You’ll have to try somethings for yourself and see wh... | |
| MM Cartridge Recommendation Here have been my thoughts so far: The Audio Technica - seem like they may really present some great sound at a good value. Found NOS AT150MLX for $479 which might be worth it just to try that series. Also the new VM760SLC seems to be the replacem... | |
| Technics SP 10 mc II. Worth looking at? Turn on your Technics first, if it’s fine don’t do anything. Caps might be already replaced by a previous user. | |
| MM Cartridge Recommendation Find yourself a GRACE cartridge (F9 or F8C) with broken stylus for cheap ($200) and send it to SoundSmith for rebuild or buy his new styli for Grace F9. Grace cartridges are excellent and Peter specialized in Grace service for ages. I prefer orig... | |
| Does the MAPLESHADE STATIC DRAINING BRUSH work? Are you gonna say you do this process each time you play a record ? Maybe I’m lucky, but I have no idea what the OP is talking about, I rarely use even a Zerostat Gun as I don’t have static issues with every LP. Carbon fiber brush all the time. Vi... | |
| MM Cartridge Recommendation Practically any cartridge with unprotected cantilever like ClearAudio is awful, such cantilever is so easy to damage. This is the worst design ever, because normally most of the cartridges in the past 50 years have been designed properly with cant... |