chakster
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| Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model) You're going slightly off-topic here, this thread is about Technics | |
| Best MM? Would you ask someone who is the best girlfriend for you? Try not replace a girlfried with a cartridge, this is the most important. And don't tell her how much you're willing to pay for a cartridge if it's more than $200 :) | |
| Phono cable and preamp for soundsmith Carmen mk2 Do yourself a favor ...If you’re using MM or MI cartridges you need a phono stage with optional loading, yes it is. You need at leat 47- 100k Ohm range, not just fixed 47k! You can also go lower than 47k. In my opinion 100k Ohm is perfect, but it ... | |
| Best MM? The problem is that MM is out of fashion in the modern High-End world. You have to go back to the late 70s or mid 80s for the best MM which you can buy even NOS (unused) if you’re afraid of the used samples. Some vintage MM cartridges, especially ... | |
| Does re-tipping a cartridge change specs? re-tipped by a professional with another micro ridge (sapphire/boron) Sapphire or Boron ? Looks like it was not only re-tipped, but completely re-cantilevered - right ? If the original cantilever was Boron and now you have Sapphire (or vice ve... | |
| Cartridge for Symphonic music . @schubert chactster, I used Pickering X-3000 for about 5 years till they shut down ,THE best I ever had ! How could you get one today ?? I have my Pickering XSV-3000 backup sample in mint condition if you need one. I've been lucky to find Stan... | |
| Best MM? Something else? Yes, something else | |
| 'Diamond' cantilevers: a man's best friend? Interesting, i also have that Klipsch Ruby and Ortofon (but MC2000:) | |
| 'Diamond' cantilevers: a man's best friend? Try Dynavector KARAT 17DS from the 80s, this is the most affordable MC with Gemstone cantilever, very nice cartridge! | |
| Phono cable advice. @soundermn In my case, I would need a tuner to hear the radio... my cables don’t receive FM broadcasts, as you so arrogantly insist they do. Several people here, including industry experts are saying phono cables don’t need to be shielded in most... | |
| Phono cable advice. @soundermn well, touch your unshielded phono cable by hand and let me know if you hear hum in your speakers at that moment. Unshielded cables are problematic for Low Output Moving Coil cartridges, the signal of LOMC is under 0.3mV while the MM sig... | |
| Cartridge alignment tool @chayro well, i have 6 differen tonearms and pivot center point is easy to locale and to point Feickert right there. When i set up any cartridge i trust my eyes with Feickert protractor. At the moment i just don’t know ofany better protractor for ... | |
| Phono cable advice. Definitely, cartridge is much more important.Despite the cartridge and cables the OP is using wireless speakers which is nonsense in analog chain. Mogami (Jelco) is just a basic cable, nothing special, they are the cheapest, i’ve heard Mogami spea... | |
| Phono cable advice. In my opinion to find something better than Zu Mission copper phono cable you have to spend at least $400 (retail). And if you will replace stock RCA on mission mk1 then this cable compete with some very expensive cables. | |
| Best Cartridge for $1000-$1350? @fjn04 I think the 2M Black may be too much of a truth teller for me. If you're looking for the real truth tellers then read this TAS article and find yourself Stanton 881s mkII with Stereohedron stylus. Actually the closest to the Stanton 881s... |