chakster
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| Purchase advice: Old turntable vs. new.... I believe that you’re safe with top class Direct Drive like Yamaha GT-2000 or Denon DP-80, Technics SP-10 mkII, Luxman PD-444, Pioneer PL-70 II ... and related japanese DD turntables. And you don’t need to invest in service if you can find them in... | |
| Mint LP provides Stevenson Alignment I guess when it comes to accuracy in microns no one can detect it by ears, so when something is more accurate than Feickert i don’t know what to think (only some sort of UBS microscope comes to my mind if a person is so concerned about absolute ac... | |
| Beyond the sound of things, and into the soul of things. @mewsickbuff Not everyone has a passion to keep vinyl clean or listen to the (rare or many) clicks and pops they present or get up and flip it when one side is done or pay the price it takes to make vinyl sound better that CD. Another thing is wi... | |
| Upgrade from Ortofon 2M Red to MC-1? Pickering (XSV3000 and 4000)) and, by far, the XV15 sounds superior to all of them. @stevecham How could it be true if the original D3000 and D4000 are nude Stereohedron styli of the low mass (tracking force is just 1 - 1.5 g) high compliance, th... | |
| Mint LP provides Stevenson Alignment @billstevenson I recently bought a Feickert protractor. It is from the use of it that my observations concerning Baerwald, Lofgren and Stevenson are derived. Good choice. If you're an engineer you will quickly realize how good this Feickert en... | |
| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl @fleschler I haven't changed my components from 10 to 30 years (SME IV and VPI 19-4/Ultracraft are the longest in my system). What's your phono cartridge? | |
| Upgrade from Ortofon 2M Red to MC-1? A high output MC cartridge must be avoided (in general), if you want an MC look for LOMC (Low Output), there is only disadvantages of high output compared to the low output if you undertsnad the principle of Moving Coil. I think an upgrade over yo... | |
| Best LPs to Test Turntables Before you will play any music it's important to check the system with TEST RECORDS if you want to make sure about channel balance, polarity, phase and proper cartridge setup. You can even measure tonearm + cartridge resonance with Hi Fi test LP (... | |
| Technics Turntables...really??? @djhappymike I have a pair of Very Rare Limited Edition Pair of 24 Karat Gold Plated Technics SL-1200 GLD Turntables for sale. $7000 in great shape You're on the wrong forum. The old LTD series is just the same old technics pained gold, technical... | |
| Mint LP provides Stevenson Alignment Anyone can reread an earlier post about alighment methods, so much has been said HERE | |
| Mint LP provides Stevenson Alignment Don't be afraid to use Stevenson, 99% of the Japanese tonearms designed to use Stevenson alignment. In my opinion the best protractor is the one with at least 3 different methods, so we can choose what we like and we can always realign to another ... | |
| Phono Protractor. Recommendations? If you need a universal for all tonearm and turntables, also with 3 different alignment methods on one protractor then look for Dr.Feickert (made in Germany, top quality). If you think you will stick to one tonearm and one turntable then you can o... | |
| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl @fleschler The seller would refund me if I paid the freight back (which would cost me for two shipmentsYou don’t know how to use paypal buyer’s protection, no matter what the seller would like you to do, paypal always on the buyer’s side and they ... | |
| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl Some of you guys are more like a cult where you cut yourself off from people who are not part of the cult. Vinyl is not a cult, it was the main media format for ages, people who own many thousands record simply don’t need a CDs (especially in 201... | |
| Cartridge Recommendations Nice, another vote for MI over MCThis what has been said in MM thread years ago, worth to read again. There are many contenders, not only SoundSmith |