chakster
Responses from chakster
| Best MM? I have received my Induced Magnet ADC high-compliance cartridge not so long ago. This is New Old Stock of the ADC TRX-2, but i have not tried it yet :) I hope it’s much better than ADC Astrion which i had NOS, but didn’t liked. I just put together... | |
| Best MM? @jollytinker I always get stuck between my distrust for used cartridges, on the one hand, and the fact that NOS carts that have been sitting on a shelf for decades sound like a bad idea to me (dried up suspension rubber). There is something i... | |
| Best MM? @vortrex If I was going to acquire one vintage MM to compare with the Audio Note IQ3, which would it be? It must be compatible with a Kuzma 4Point (13g) and be somewhat easy to find, preferably NOS. It can be a Victor X-1II, simply because it’s ... | |
| Best MM? Stanton made so many cartridges for mass market, but i am talking about high-end models like Walter O. Stanton Signature CS-100 WOS (Sapphire coated cantilever and Stereohedron tip) or 980/981 series only. Walter Stanton believed to his dying day ... | |
| Best MM? Modern MM cartridges for $2000 indicates how much modern manufacturers (ClearAudio) would like to earn on the sales by using cartridge generator made by Audio-Technica. In fact, for a brand new MM, $2k is ridiculous price as the MM cartridges alwa... | |
| Best MM? @inna Chakster, which vintage cartridge would you recommend for me if you are familiar with Nottingham ? PMed you | |
| Best MM? For the price of Goldring i would buy another Pickering XSV-3000 or Stanton 881s mkII with Stereohedron styli, those are killer carts if the budged is under $400. | |
| Dynavector XX-2 MkII, riding too low? welcome to Low Riders club why not upgrade with Dynavector ? | |
| Is the Vinyl Revival well and growing? The lifespan of spherical/conical and elliptical styli is very short on conventional SPU cartridges with extremely high tracking force up to 4g. Do you guys sending your SPU to re-tipper every 500 hrs ? Just curious. There is only two SPU models o... | |
| Best MM? @orpheus10 I never tried a Koetsu, i’ve heard that old Koetsu is terrible cartridge in term of buid quality and Garrott Brothers in Australia fixed many of them back in the days. I’ve been using Grado for professional needs for decades on Technics... | |
| Gold Note PSU10 , anyone yet get one? After a brief experience with PSU-10 i am happy about the result.These 2 black bricks are not only looks nicer together, i knew they would. External PSU is an improvement for PH-10, the difference in dimensionality of the sound. With PSU-10 the so... | |
| Best MM? @orpheus10 I would try a new cartridge every other day if I had the dough, but that's not the case. Why not? But only if you really like to discover some amazing cartridges.Grado MI cartridges are good until you will find something better, it'... | |
| Best MM? Budget, FYI, is up to $1500. That's enough for some amazing and very rare MM cartridges from the 80s in NOS condition, why do you want modern production of MM in MC era ? The problem is that you will lose money on it (if you don't like them), ... | |
| Good carts with SME V I disagree with you Chakster. And that is despite you and I being the two principle Reed 3P fan-boys on this board. Btw, if you don’t mind my asking, where are you (Asia?). Just curious. I’m from St.Petersburg, Russia This might be the topic of a ... | |
| Phono cable and preamp for soundsmith Carmen mk2 @invictus005 I do recommend a phono stage with optional loading for MM/MI cartridges, everyone can decide what's the best. Normally phono stage designers simply ignoring the fact that MM can be alternatively loaded. I do recommend it because all m... |