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| Valve phono stage @tomwh Chakster if you value music that sounds like music, tubes are the way to go. If you like the way CD's sound or go after the black background nonsense, you might want spend your money on something else. Tom, i think this is not true. I'v... | |
| Phono Preamp Recommendations How many Gold Note PH-10 users here? I think i'm gonna try it, the price is great and the two inputs is what i need. | |
| Valve phono stage Any tube fan can explain me what is the advantages of the tube phono stage compared to the great SS design? | |
| Is a GREAT turntable under $2000 possible??? @knollbrent A couple MC’s and MM’s would be nice to have regardless. This is the answer to your question. You have a nice tunrtable, but i have no idea about the "sound" of your system and all those mentioned components, but i know for sure th... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new thanks @harold-not-the-barrel @nandric yes, my latest story with Dynavector (with slightly off-centered cantilever) ended up with refund via ebay/paypal, which i am still waiting. Paypal even covers return shipping, but anyway ... no problem with ... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new @harold-not-the-barrel i've bought one of my Technics cartridges from this seller long time ago and will never buy again as the suspension was dead and he has not mentioned that in the listing, then claimed it's normal. Basically i do not trust th... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new The goal of Dynavector is not ONLY diamond cantilever as an eye candy factor, but a very short 1.7 mm length diamond cantilever, here is a picture of my Karat 17DS Super under macro lens (they even made 1.3 mm version of Karat Nova for US market o... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new I just don’t know of any modern LOMC cartridges than can be purchased for $500-700 like those NOS vintage top models we’re talking about here. Especially with Ruby or Diamond cantilevers. Remember the price for a brand new Ortofon Anniversary with... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new Thanks @harold-not-the-barrel for a kind words, i am glad my contribution on this forum is interesting for some people. I miss old days of the audiogon when we had a cartridge of the month over the years when i was only a reader of this forum. Now... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new sounds good @lewm :) | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new @lewm Guys. This must be an Eastern European thing. I never ever heard of a Klipsch cartridge or a Zenn cartridge, either. Then it would be easier for you to check your DV-17D3 which must be great cartridge. If you can compare them side by s... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new @lewm Western world is not familiar what's going on in Japan, here is a prime example. Dr Hibino also produced the same carts under his own brand name Zenn MCZ in Japan. In the 80's, Klipsch company designed a special moving coil cartridge with ... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new Thinking about model numbers i just realized where it came from, how simple, just the magic of the numbers: DV-23r is for 2.3mm cantilever, DV-17d is for 1.7mm cantilever. Here is a picture of gemstone Ruby cantilever of my 23RS-MR under macro len... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new Here is a nice interview with Dr Tominari of Dynavector Systems, who designed the first gemstone cantilever cartridge and later designed fabulous XV-1 and DRT XV-1. In this interview you will find more about Te-Kaitora cartridges, Karat Nova serie... | |
| Technics Sp10 Mk2 vs SL-1200G - I finally did an A/B @analogluvr It's basically voodoo nonsense with a dash of confirmation bias thrown in. well said I have run a step down transformer on the Japan only micro see key for about five years with no ill affects that I've noticed. I use two differe... |