chakster
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| Audio Technica VM540ML v. N97xe Jico SAS @bstatmeisterShibata or MicroLine are all good, but i could mention 10 more different profiles, i think this topic if not about profiles, but about a good or very good MM cartridge for $300 ? However, if you want to look at some of the best diamon... | |
| Audio Technica VM540ML v. N97xe Jico SAS @clearthink You are obviously confused, disoriented, or misinformed by definition NOS means "New Old Stock" This is excactly what i said "new and never used" and if the item sold on ebay not as described anyone can return it for full refund inclu... | |
| Audio Technica VM540ML v. N97xe Jico SAS Look at these brand new Garrott Brothers cartridges, prices are in Australian Dollars (not in USD), so you have to calculate the actual price. Garrott K3 has Shibata stylus tip and cost USD 283 (AUD 400). You can upgrade any of them with Jico SAS ... | |
| Audio Technica VM540ML v. N97xe Jico SAS What's your budget? There are much better cartridges available on the market NEW or NOS (vintage) than 2-3 manufacturers people often mention here. | |
| My sacrilegeous question to audiophiles out there regarding parametric equalizer. Normally in High-End home system we don't need an EQs, because everything is just great. The shortest signal path is the way to go. However, we change cartridges, tonearms, cables, amps, preamps to find what's the best. But for professional applic... | |
| Best MM? @schubert ADC XLM checks in at 65x10 It’s probably STATIC compliance, not DYNAMICthis is why the figure is so high, you need to know dynamic compliance to choose the arm. | |
| Best MM? Yes, it's from the 70's - early 80's. I'm still looking for their Dimension 5 model. | |
| Want to upgrade my cartridge from 2m blue to black I did recommeded a much better turntables if he would consider it with $1200-1500 budget (not with $700 budget), those turntables are brand new Technics direct drive. If you think an upgrade from one belt drive to another belt drive (actually just... | |
| Ortofon 2M Bronze I gave you a link, it has nothing to do with the magnets, it's about cartridge inductance and the difference is so little that you will hardly notice. The difference is cartridge inductance (700mH for Blue and 630mH for Bronze), 1db higher chann... | |
| Ortofon 2M Bronze @mjcmt Where did you get that information ? What do you mean by different magnet? Please read this thread on Steve Hoffman forum and read feedbacks from people who swap the styli on any 2M series which you think are incompatible (that's not true). | |
| MC suggestions @johnss would suggest you change the load resistors from metal film to Vishay bulk Foil. no comparison. the noise floor will drop and micro detail will come through in spades without any sort of frequency balance changes. Absolutely, i have re... | |
| Want to upgrade my cartridge from 2m blue to black @uberwalts There is also an Astatic mf300 on ebay, NOS including headshell for $599. No idea if that is twice as good as the mf100? No, it’s notAstatic MF-100 is like Glanz MF-71L, Astatic MF-100 is like Glanz MF-31L. Huge upgrade over all of th... | |
| Want to upgrade my cartridge from 2m blue to black @pbnaudio good, remember it was one of Raul’s favorites back in the day in MM thread. For higher price that seller may have Glanz MFG-610 LX (you can ask). Glanz is better (different cantilever and different tip), but for double price. The seller ... | |
| Want to upgrade my cartridge from 2m blue to black @jji666 why do you think a tube phono stage (especially a cheap one) is a good idea ? After a years of tube rolling with some expensive NOS tunes i ended up with SS gear and it is so much better. Regarding the phono stage i think the tube must be ... | |
| MC suggestions @lewm By all accounts, the original MC2000 bears an aluminum cantilever with a "fine line" tip. That’s another way of saying "line contact". According to our friend, Nikola, Axel had a small supply of actual original alu cantilevers with "fine li... |