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| If you love the Ortofon 2M Black, you'll really love...... (help me upgrade) @lewm i’m sure you have the Ortofon MC2000 (Raul’s favorite, lol) ?I was so happy to find NOS, the package is amazing and the invitation to the Ortofon Golden Ear Club :))Tell us what do you think about that vintage ortofon in comparison to the ne... | |
| It's back! You will be more surprised with this one, much more interesting:TECHNICS SL1500C coming later this year! Wow I’m so in love with design, finally it looks different from the 1200 series.I can imagine this new SL1500C with a better tonearm. My perso... | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? Normally they are the ugliest | |
| If you love the Ortofon 2M Black, you'll really love...... (help me upgrade) @dhcod Thanks Chakster but I'm not looking to get back into the vintage market. If they are NOS you are safe, no ? Anyway, i'm curious what you can get with $2500 limit, except the usual suspects from Ortofon, Nagaoka, AT, Dynavector ?Maybe you... | |
| Looking for mc cartridge in $1000-$1500 range. @nandric which one you could add in the list for the OP, would be nice to see some other contenders | |
| Any Love for the Pioneer PLX-1000 Yet? Technics killing us, there is another one coming later this year:brand new Technics SL1500c more about it HERE | |
| Nottingham Spacedeck vs Rega Planar 8 vs Technics SL1200G OMG! It's another brand new model from Technics coming later this year. Premium Class Direct Drive Turntable SL1500c for my audiophile homies. Look at this beauty: https://www.technics.com/us/news/20190107-sl-1500c/ | |
| If you love the Ortofon 2M Black, you'll really love...... (help me upgrade) If the budget is up to $2500 then you can probably buy at least two superb cartridges like Grace Level II (or F-14) with the best possible stylus/cantilever combo like original Ruby/Elliptical or Boron/MicroRidge. Another favorite is Stanton SC-10... | |
| Looking for mc cartridge in $1000-$1500 range. Instead of Hanna from an old OEM (Excel Sound) you could try a much better and very special LOMC Fidelity-Research PMC-3 cartridge with Air-Core Coil designed by legendary Ikeda-San. Beautiful cartridge with LineContact nude diamond. Technical dat... | |
| Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model) simply the black versionThey are not black, it’s a classic technics color for 1210 index, one of the GR is same color. This new SL1210 mk7 will be available in silver too. I think mk7 must be cheaper as it is primary targeted for deejays. BUT THER... | |
| Matching phono section with either cartridge or turntable. is it preferable to match my table or my cartridge with a phono section made by the same company No, not necessary | |
| Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model) There you go .... https://www.technics.com/us/news/20190107-sl-1200mk7/ Technics Introduces the New, Long-awaited Direct Drive Turntable SL-1200MK7* Series with Technology for Outstanding Sound Quality*The European model is the SL-1210MK7.*Januar... | |
| Any Love for the Pioneer PLX-1000 Yet? Warning: BRAND NEW Technics SL1210 mk7 just announcedThey won't stop! So the Pioneer must die with their clones | |
| Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model) Ok, there is a NEW MODEL of Technics turntable announced on the official website: Technics SL1210 mk7 They won't stop! | |
| Upgrade Suggestions for Rega P2 1000 hours is probably closer to the mark on a well setup turntable This is true if the stylus is very expensive MicroRidge or LineContact or related, for average Elliptical stylus the lifespan is short (for conical is even shorter). But for a... |