chakster

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Well Tempered/CROFT/Harbeth...London SG or NAGAOKA
Well, in my opinion the majority of people just read the reviews and looking for widely available cartridges, dealers pushing what they got, but what if the review is not available and your dealer does not have a certain cartridge? Does it makes t... 
Phono stage and cartridge
Zu Audio Soul MK II is a lower model compared to my adorable Zu Druid MKV which comes with different full range driver and additional supertweeter, but it’s not harsh sounding at all. You can try different loading for your DL103, and maybe you wil... 
Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model)
Tonearm on SL1000R is "10.5Tonearm on SL1200G is "9both arms are magnesium the cheaper version of the arm on GR is aluminum 
Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model)
@lewm  nice, please check them all and let us know what you think about all new models.  
Well Tempered/CROFT/Harbeth...London SG or NAGAOKA
Well, this is indeed a low mass, the reason why your upgraded Denon is not performing at 100% is that you need a superheavy tonearm for it, at least double mass compared to your WT arm or even higher. You have already upgraded the aluminum cantile... 
Need some help--ID phono needle and where to purchase replacement
 Not sure about your cartridge, but you can find stylus replacement for many old castridges here:  https://www.jico-stylus.com/  
Decent 6-8ft phono cable advice needed.
You're welcomeRepost back when you will install it in your system  
Which wires for Origin Live tonearm?
Nothing wrong with Discovery cable, it's great, reasonably priced for such a short piece of thin 4 wires, more flexible than cardas. Easy to work with soldering. My Lustre GST-801 was rewired with Discovery cable, i also use the rest for headshell... 
Decent 6-8ft phono cable advice needed.
I’ll need 8ft), what type of Signal Cable should I look at in terms of having enough shielding? You can order RCA to RCA PhonoOr DIN to RCA Phono All phono cables are shielded, i gave you the link to the Phono (Shielded) cables only: http://signa... 
Decent 6-8ft phono cable advice needed.
This is a good option for such a long phono cable:http://signalcable.com/silverresolutionphono.htmlChoose the length and connectors you need, then maybe you will buy speaker cables or interconnect from this brand. They are all reasonably priced! A... 
Well Tempered/CROFT/Harbeth...London SG or NAGAOKA
Charisma DL-103 with Ruby Cantilever / Line Contact stylus has Dynamic Compliance: 7 um/mN and you're using it with oil damped tonearm which retalively light mass ? What is the effective mass of WTL tonearm ? If you already have WTL Nagaoka all ... 
Grace Level ll
Grace trademark belongs to the Shinagawa Musen Co., LTD corporation. Grace F-6 and F-7 cartridges appeared on the market in the early 60’s. The first widely popular Grace F-8 series of Moving Magnet cartridges was developed in 1966 with The Japan ... 
Well Tempered/CROFT/Harbeth...London SG or NAGAOKA
Nagaoka is one of the biggest cartridge manufacturer, the WT cart is Nagaoka OEM work. Retail is $800, not sure what is special about it, but if the cantilever is not boron and the stylus is not line contact type then it's a rip off. For the same ... 
Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model)
I think we are all have multiply tonearms, so the SP-10R is a better option. No need to compare Reference tuntable to the lover G version, of course SP-10R must be superb. Also i think Technics fans already managed some nice pliths years ago (some... 
Cartridge Loading- Low output M/C
@krelldog it's endless thread, good if you learned something, but it's obvious that you can only TRY differend loading to find what YOU like the most, not other people. As been said there is no harm for your cartridge to try whatever loading. If y...