chakster
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| What phono pre am I looking for? Thanks LewI like my $2500 WLM Phonata Reference better for LOMC, but it’s completely different design, it’s a current phono stage, with lundahl transformers inside. But when people ask for the phono stage under $1500 the JLTi must be in the list f... | |
| What phono pre am I looking for? @bpoletti That’s explain nothing! Only your bad imagination. What’s wrong with you? I’m in St.Petersburg, Russia and i do not sell JLTi or anything from that Australian brand.I’ve learned about JLTi from the David Dlalolum posts here on audiogon, ... | |
| What phono pre am I looking for? @holomech why Parasound instead of Gold Note PH-10 ? The goal of Gold Notes for me is that it has 2 independed phono inputs with independent settings for each and the ability to switch between them. Great for a turntable with two different tonearm... | |
| What phono pre am I looking for? JLTi brand has a great history, since Allen Wright is no longer with us Joe Rasmussen taking care of the business and here is the latest version, actually cheaper than old version, lower than your budget as the price is in Australian Dollars, chec... | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp hey @invictus005 have you compared Parasound JC3+ to Gold Note PH-10 ? | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp @basement Generally speaking, where low output MC's put more demands on phono stages that MM's, high output MC's put less demands than both. In was quite normal to use MM stage for HOMC cartridges, but i never liked the result, actually optimal... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new If we will look at Dynavector catalog of cartridges we will not find anything with Ruby cantilever anymore. But the Diamond cantilever is still there on 17D3. "Its very short (1.7mm) solid diamond cantilever give a huge reduction in 'frequency dis... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new @lewm - "D" is for diamond cantilever, "R" is for ruby cantilever. - "MR" is for "Micro Reach" aka Micro Ridge stylus profile. - "S" is for special calibrated models as far as i knowThese applies to the classic models made up to the late 80s, the ... | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp I may also experiment with upgrading the stylus. Replacement styli for AT-ML series are impossible to find nowadays, they are expensive. New styli for different AT models are not compatible and not as good at the ATN170 or ATN180 styli you may wa... | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp The AT-ML150 is great, i've tried all cartridges from this series, for $350 the AT-ML150 is unbeatable! The sound is full of details, for double price the AT-ML170 is better. I've tried these carts with different phono stages from $500 to $2500, i... | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp I can only laugh at $30k equipment and the marketing strategy related to this business. | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp Maybe you’re right, but based on my experience it’s hard to motivate a person to jump from $300 product to $3000 product. The JLTi is not cheap sounding phono stage, if you know who was Allen Wright, who designed JLTi with Joe, and if you will loo... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new @bpoletti yep, i've seen many Karat Nova samples for sale in the past few years, but this time i'm not looking for headshell integrated versions. Our @dover made some nice posts about them, including those about Raul's re-cantilevered sample insta... | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp @bpoletti the Herron is $3650 and it must be very good at this price, but the OP using $399 Pro-ject tube phono. The JLTi cost $750 including shipping worldwide and it's much cheaper than previous $2k version. @joysofsound The AT-ML150 OCC or mode... | |
| Cartridge or Pre Amp Your AT-ML150 is a great cartridge! Do not change it to MC or whatever MM, it will be the biggest mistake. The AT-ML150 has gold plated Beryllium Cantilever and Micro Line stylus. Beryllium is not available anymore from any manufacturers. MicroLin... |