chakster
Responses from chakster
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD Not sure what you’re listening to, but 90% of my vintage records are not existing in digital format appart from some private digital copies recorded from the vinyl and uploaded on youtube by collectors in bad quality. Or some horrible CD comps rec... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... @hdm i see you're not an expert in ZYX and this is why you don't care, but you have to see the original cantilever of my ex ZYX Airy III and the way the nude stylus is mounter on it. Tell me if you ever seen any other cantilever like that. The w... | |
| Denon DL 103 modifications and re-body questions thread @lohanimal As an adopted 'Essex boy' (those in the UK would understand the joke) I like the idea of adding go faster lines, a turbo, and a big wing to my Ford - I don't expect it to become a Porsche - which I thankfully have ;) (in terms of cart... | |
| Boron Cantilever and Ruby Cantilever, Why Ruby? Some amazing cartridges with Aluminum cantilevers are the Miyabi, Fidelity-Research, Miyajima. That was the choice of the designers based of sound quality. Some other cartridges are amazing with Hollow Pipe Boron or Boron Rod, Beryllium, Ruby, Tit... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... @hdm a few things you should know about ZYX: Find information about upgrade program, only if your cartridge is LEGIT (not the one with fake serial number) you can send it back to ZYX to buy next model in the line with nice discount. You need a hel... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... You guys have seen too many James Bond movies. As against Chakster’s experience with 2juki, there are many others who have had good experiences buying from him. (I purchased a used, vintage tonearm from him, not a cartridge, and I was very pleased... | |
| Denon DL 103 modifications and re-body questions thread Denon DL-103 series is a great opportunity for many small companies and DIYers to capitalize on so called "upgrade" of the most popular product. Some Denon owners simply go crazy with this "upgrade" and ready to spend $700+ to change their Denon 1... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD Honestly i don’t care about digital at all, i just don’t want digital to be played in my system, also i don’t want a computer screen between the speakers, many people don’t mind, but i hate computers and TV screens. What i like is music on origina... | |
| Denon DL 103 modifications and re-body questions thread If you bought DL-103r cartridge just to invest more in retipping that awful conical stylus (or even cantilever) and then to invest even more to replace the body of a cartridge, i just don’t undestand why not just buy a good MC that does not requir... | |
| New Cartridge Suggestions @mmorrison55 I don’t quite understand your post. Are you for or against the Hanna carts? It was that video that got me looking into the Hana line and they are at the top of my list when I buy my TT as I understand they are hard to beat for the m... | |
| What separate tube phono stage do you use ? @orpheus10 No, i live in Russia and i don't need Chinese tubes, we still have Soviet Military tubes from the 70's available, some people love them, some Japanese manufacturers (like Luxman) use new Russian tubes in their new made in japan amps. My... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... @hdm Have bought a couple of relatively inexpensive cartridges and other items from Juki in the past. Wouldn’t hesitate to deal with him and, if I recall correctly, he did take a fairly expensive cartridge back on return/exchange once from someon... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... @daveyf Simple reason, you have no way of truly knowing how many hours that cartridge has on it. Plus, who knows how the rest of it is performing, suspension issues etc., Consequently , whether it is up to manufacturers specs is anybody’s guess.... | |
| New Cartridge Suggestions Hanna buyers should watch factory tour first. Does not look very impressive, expecially their test equipment with destroyed Victor tonearm. Also their products they made before returned to the cartridge manufacturing business. Excel Sound - the ma... | |
| Recommended Test Records Only with Hi-Fi Test LP you can measure the actual resonance of your tonearm/cartridge combination. This is a great test LP with nice protractor! With Cardas LP you can ultrasonically clean the stylus, this is amazing feature. Also cartridge burn-... |