chakster
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| Grace F14 MONO cartridges and styli But in a MM cartridge the body is 5% of the cost. Do you mean the cost for the manufacturer or for a consumer?In terms of the market price for a consumer I think it's the other way around, the MC body is useless without stylus/cantilever and co... | |
| broken dreams - new cartridge help please! I understand that it is not the original, but I am hoping it will sound better than any cartridge I could get for under $500. Why do you think so ? Last year i’ve bought on ebay Dynavector 23RS MR with Ruby cantilever NOS and Dynavector KARAT 17D... | |
| Getting The Most Out Of A Koetsu Urushi @lewm I am thinking about mounting my Urushi in my FR64S with an Orsonic AV101 headshell. @nandric The (heavy) Orsonic AV 101 is my favourite.I’m looking for the headshell to mount my Miyabi cartridge, actually i’ve been looking for Orsonic A... | |
| Tube or solid state It’s much easier to replace a cartridge first if you’re not happy with a sound. If your JLTi is mk4 you can send it to Joe for upgrade to MK5 (different power supply), check on his site. I am the owner of JLTi phono stage and upgraded Zu Audio Dru... | |
| Grace F14 MONO cartridges and styli @hdm thanks for the linkI think i will copy paste J.Carr's comment here:Even if the LP groove is mono, you will get maximum information retrieval if the vertical stylus contact is maximized and the longitudinal stylus contact is minimized. This di... | |
| Grace F14 MONO cartridges and styli @sleepwalker65 The Audio-Technica VM-610 MM mono cartridge has 4 pins like a stereo cartridge, so this one is bridged internally as Lewm said. What’s the benefit of having just 2 pins on the cartridge body? Does it meant to be a "true mono"? | |
| Grace F14 MONO cartridges and styli @lewm Well, the "Y" type is just a simbol, if you will look at that simbol this is exactly how two wires from the shell goes to one pin to attach to the cartridge. I got two "Y" type leadwires, headshell got 4 pins, cartridge got 2 pins, the "Y" t... | |
| Woot! Decca cartridge bargain Paratrace is the closest profile to Stereohedron patented by Stanton and manufactured by Extert Stylus in the UK back in the day (correct me if i'm wrong). Every Stanton owner should know that Expert Stylus is the company specializing in refurbish... | |
| broken dreams - new cartridge help please! @big_greg Yes, the story about VdH cartridge refurbidhed by VdH himself is a good example of my theory, because the SoundSmith or even less qualified retippers (there are a bunch of them around) in this case is the worst scenario for this High-End... | |
| broken dreams - new cartridge help please! Can you expand on why you would suggest someone should buy a used cartridge over a retipped cartridge? @big_greg J.Carr explained it on this forum much better than me. But i will try again.Just because you, me or anyone else have no idea about ca... | |
| Grace F14 MONO cartridges and styli @lewm Does that mean that "vertical signal" is cancelled before it goes anywhere, if a cartridge has ONLY 2 PINS ? 4 lead wires from the conventional headshell are "Y" type for use exclussively with just 2 pins on the MONO cartridge. I use 2 stere... | |
| Grace F14 MONO cartridges and styli What i can see in Lyra Etna MONO specs is LineContact stylus: "Lyra-designed long-footprint variable-radius line-contact nude diamond (3um x 70um profile, block dimensions 0.08 x 0.12 x 0.5 mm)" Here is more about mono cartridges in the article by... | |
| broken dreams - new cartridge help please! Hello Rick, just buy yourself a new cartridge (or lightly used one), do not bother with re-tippers, buy exactly what cartridge designed is made. Do you know the effective mass of your tonearm to select a cartridge ? | |
| Mint LP provides Stevenson Alignment @sbank i have had at least 4 different protractors, i hate those with the mirror, i’m not crazy to buy more expensive protractors than Feickert and as i said all i need in addition to Feickert is a lamp and magnifying glass. After adjusting of at ... | |
| Purchase advice: Old turntable vs. new.... Yes, i think Direct Drive is always a better idea when you're buying vintage turntable, but i've never tried their YSA toneamrs, also i'm not sure how easy would be a tonearm swap if needed. I know there was a special version of SAEC arm designed ... |