chakster
Responses from chakster
| Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?" I really doubt you can get more out of your cart with different alignment, the sound signature will not change, you'd better get a decent cartridge instead. | |
| What phono pre am I looking for? BTW the old Parasound JC3 might be not as good as the JC3+. Read J.Carr's comment here https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/jc3-anyone | |
| Static electricity pulled the rubber mat right off the Turntable! Your case is exceptional, BrentI have 4 different turntables and never experienced anything like that with the static, but as i said if you could start with the basics you may not need anything else. $10 Carbon Fiber Brush must be used each time b... | |
| JVC tt-101 repair Great, i have two of them here, nobody touched them yet, but one of them is working only if i touch the platter by fingers first. The problem with the repair services is that some of them prefers the original condition, not after someone else repa... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms A bit off topic, but i've managed to get NOS Lustre GST-801 yesterday and this particular sample is much better than my previous used sample (which i sold to a friend). I’m happy because my brand new Lustre GST-801 has properly working magnetic tr... | |
| New Funk Firm Achromat Warped Putting one mat on top of the rubber mat is absolutely crazy. This how SAEC SS-300 looks directly on Technics platter, no bubber. Resonance in the 200-400Hz range is common to most of the rubber mats, they must be avoided. P.S. never seen a warped... | |
| What phono pre am I looking for? Where does one get it for $1200? I suppose to realize its potential you need the external power? Italian shops will be happy to sell PH-10 without VAT if it will be exported from Europe, maybe it depends on the distributor in your area, but in my... | |
| Any Love for the Fidelity Research PMC-1 Moving Coil Cartridge I think you’re wrong about PMC-1, the FR-7f is a much better cartridge, many sellers trying to speculate about FR cartridges trying to sell something that equal to the FR-7f but different, let’s make it clear - there is no other cartridge in FR li... | |
| What phono pre am I looking for? @jmolsberg Everybody loves the Herron 2A but unfortunately I am too poor ): want to sell me your at half price (: I feel the same when people recommends phono stage with price tag over $3k, this is just too much. Have you checked the Gold Note ... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms @ddriveman nice, what is the price for Ikeda service and how did you contacted them, have you shipped to Japan?BTW which cartridges do you have on those arms ? :) | |
| What phono pre am I looking for? Herron VTPH-2A is about $3700 and full of tubes. He has explained why loading plugs instead of dip switches here. But even in this design at this price over $3k it’s impossible to change loading of MM cartridges (only 47k Ohm by default)! As i sai... | |
| What phono pre am I looking for? Ok, the JC3+ is another $3000 phono stage, LOL Parasound released JC3 Junior for half price and here is the reviewThe Gold Note PH-10 cost 50% less than Parasound JC3+Not sure how it competitive with JC3 Jr. Has anyone compared them ? P.S. I could... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms @syntax The FR-tonearms can only be perfectly aligned with the Dennesen Soundtracktor.Try with any other alignment tool of today - no matter if Bearwald or not....... no matter if IEC standard - and it will result in a misaligned cartridge and t... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms @montesquieu are you talking about FR-64 or FR-64S ? The "S" is different and it’s not about silver wire, it’s slightly different design. I use FR-64FX which is also different from 64 and 64S. | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new Here is what i found using time machine on this forum about rare Dynavector 23RS and 17DS first quote from David's post in 2011: My first listen (about 1 hour) to the Dynavector DV-23RS last night.... this cartridge sounds clearly different to al... |