chakster
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| Anybody out there re-cantilever their cartridge with a Soundsmith Contact Line diamond ? Audiogon has no shortage of naysayers who will defend “manufacturers’ original” against everything. As much as a bunch of people who will always claim that refurbished cartridge is better than the original. So why do we need the originals if refu... | |
| Anybody out there re-cantilever their cartridge with a Soundsmith Contact Line diamond ? I thought I was in the clear, but now I’m informed that a Contact Line Diamond stylus with three times the contact area, picks up a ton of surface noise off the record. So much so that the surface noise can become forward on all but the most prist... | |
| Turntable for a Denon DL-103 cartridge For the DL-103 you need superheavy high mass tonearm, most of them are oldschool like Fidelity-Research FR-64s, great arm, but this arm deserve a much better cartridge, and none of the mentioned turntables have such arm. Using a low compliance MC ... | |
| Record weights what type would be good for a Luxman PD171-A You can’t go wrong with Micro Seiki ST-10 disc stabilizer. Two versions made: about 900g and about 1kgMade in Japan in the 70’s and 80’s.Beautiful! P.S. Normally from $150-250 for used (depends on condition) and up to $400-500 for NOS with docum... | |
| Glanz moving magnet cartridges Some more nice images of the Rare Japanese Moving Flux cartridges in comparison next to each other to explain the difference in details. What is important: the higher model number does not supposed to be a better quality cartridge. It's quite op... | |
| Glanz moving magnet cartridges @lewm Chakster, This thread was initiated several years ago by dgob, after he purchased a Glanz G5. Apparently that's a cartridge with an integrated headshell. Apparently also there is at least one other integrated headshell Glanz with a singl... | |
| Glanz moving magnet cartridges @nandric Sorry it was a broken link in my previous reply to your statement below, now the link is fixed So I inspected both styli. The stylus by 71 looks prettycomplex , more like an MC kind then usual MM kinds. The conical cantilever is pretty s... | |
| Glanz moving magnet cartridges Someone will find my audiophile’s diary in the future world, not sure it will be usefull in the future, but today when Glanz cartridges available online, i believe my information will help someone to make the right choice.This is (clockwise) Glanz... | |
| Beautiful Vicoustic's flagship Wavewood panels for room tretment. Anyone? I'm watching Acoustic Fields channel on youtube and their products are very impressive, top quality, but very expensive. However, i think this Japanese style Absorbing Panels for glass doors or windows is great idea! | |
| Beautiful Vicoustic's flagship Wavewood panels for room tretment. Anyone? @totem395 if you think they are inexpensive just have a look at Vicoustic Diffusers, normally each set is 8-10 panels (60x60cm minimum). | |
| Beautiful Vicoustic's flagship Wavewood panels for room tretment. Anyone? All of those options are beautiful. The sticking point is, once you buy them, there's no going back. The reason i ordered full acoustic analysis of my room and received realistic 3D computer model of my room. Liquid nails is what i'm using, pre... | |
| Beautiful Vicoustic's flagship Wavewood panels for room tretment. Anyone? Finally i’ve done 50% of the acoustic treatment of my room according to 3D project and room analysis i got from Vicoustic (Portugal). Recently i have discovered a better looking panels, for some reason they are not availabe from my German supplier... | |
| Glanz moving magnet cartridges @nandric So I inspected both styli. The stylus by 71 looks prettycomplex , more like an MC kind then usual MM kinds. The conical cantilever is pretty short with so called ’’one point suspension’’ andtension wire which can be adjusted with an screw... | |
| Glanz moving magnet cartridges @nandric You also mentioned to never ’’retip’’ MM carts but you deednot explained why. For practical reason i prefer to buy another original/working cartridge or just original stylus, i think it’s much better investment. Because we both try to in... | |
| Denon dl-103 for pro-ject debut Carbon @chakster Umm. My budget is anything between 200$ to 350$. Please suggest any MM... Thanks In this price range Victor X-1IIe is great. Titanium Pipe Cantilever and Nude Elliptical diamond. Normally people asking for higher price for used samples... |