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| JVC MC1 Moving Coil Cartridge - Heritage? I am happy about Victor cartridges, long time ago Victor’s MM became my favorite (definitely in top 15) since i discovered NOS samples of X-1 and X-1II. This year i finally managed to buy a NOS X-1IIe and this model is also great for the money. I’... | |
| Top 5 Tonearms Newer or Vintage Under 2500 That Will Beat anything above/below 2.5k? @vinny55 it's because i have UA-7082 for MC (low compliance), the difference between lighter UA-7045 and heavier 7082 is effective mass and length, since my MM are mostly mid of high compliance the 7045 is nice for them. My personal MC cartridges ... | |
| JVC MC1 Moving Coil Cartridge - Heritage? For anyone who is curious about "Direct Couple" design by Victor Laboratory READ THIS blog written by Japanese enthusiast. This dude comparing popular vintage cartridges (MC and MM), an interesting read (imo). | |
| Budget cartridge for SOTA Moonbeam TT. Chakster.230 Aus is approx $160 🇺🇸. So not miles out but I have never heard of them? You never heard about Garrott Brothers ? The brothers are no longer with us, but their reputation was very strong, they are legendary for retipping service of ... | |
| Budget cartridge for SOTA Moonbeam TT. I'd like to recommend Garrott Brothers, but even the lowest model is AU$230 + shipping. | |
| JVC MC1 Moving Coil Cartridge - Heritage? The higherst possible postage price to Russia even for 1 single record is from Norway for some reason. It is true that i like original boxes and everything in vintage Hi-Fi i’m trying to buy in original box for collection like this Victor UA-7045 ... | |
| Figuring Cartridge Compliance.. Help! Here is all the math: https://www.ortofon.com/support/support-hifi/resonance-frequency But with the TEST LP you will have both (printed method on the sleeve to calculate manually and the "real" method to see the resonance by your own eyes by pla... | |
| Figuring Cartridge Compliance.. Help! All he needs is the test record which will account for any wear and inaccuracies that the math won’t account for. exactly, i have no idea why people prefer to make questinable calculation on paper if they don’t even know where to start, because t... | |
| JVC MC1 Moving Coil Cartridge - Heritage? I posted my first JVC MC -1 to Axel because of those ''solderingpoints'' I mentioned. Axel wrote to me that the ''thing'' was not reparable. You posted it to me, lol Anyway MC-L10 is not exacly MC-1 or MC-L1000MC-L10 is in between and probabl... | |
| ISO Cartridge shields and boxes You can screw your cartridge to any hard plastic container, you will have to make two holes and you need two nuts on top to fix it properly, a cartridge must be enclosed inside with at least an inch of free space under the stylus.If you have MC (M... | |
| JVC MC1 Moving Coil Cartridge - Heritage? I haven't tried my IKEDA 9 III , but it's here waiting in line, looks cool on its original IKEDA headshell (superheavy combination). Will be on my FR64s with B-60 one day. However, the price for Ikeda 9 III and related cantileverless models are mu... | |
| JVC MC1 Moving Coil Cartridge - Heritage? I’m happy to add some fresh info in this old thread: After a brief experience with my NOS Victor MC-L10 i have to say i love this cartridge. Spend a night listening to records on my Luxman PD-444 with two tonearms and two LOMC cartridges. To my su... | |
| hi anbody have a wood record mat ? Wooden mat is a nonsense, this is the worst material for a mat and nobody use a wooden mat. The wood constantly change it’s properties depends on the temperature/season. If it’s one piece of wood (not a composit layers) this is the worst scenario ... | |
| About to Buy a Technics SP-10!? Am I making a mistake? therefore audiophiles taking pictures and grading their used hi-fi accordingly, also paypal always protect the buyer, honestly there is no risk at all. Been buying everything used/demo and rarely meet dishonest sellers, it happened few times, but ... | |
| Figuring Cartridge Compliance.. Help! And if you really want to measure an exact cartridge/tonearm resonance practically (not theoretically) you need a Hi-Fi News Test LP |