chakster
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| Please Rate These Cartridges in Best Overall Order of Sonic Importance. Recommended Arms? @vinny55 Are you looking for some nice cartridge or what ?If so, then it's the most exotic way to ask for adviceIt's impossible to answer your question because the choic of cartridges in your list is very strange. Anyway, you can find a lot of go... | |
| Jico V LP Gear or any other replacement stylus You can’t buy anything close to the original JVC Shibata, all aftermarket styli sucks, sorry. There is no Jico for X-1, only for X-1II (orange). Even Jico X1II is not equal to the original X-1IIe or X-1II styli. The original Victor styli are Beryl... | |
| Seeking arm suggestions for a Grace F9R I've been using my F-14 LC-OFC with original L12B stylus on Victor UA-7045 with Stax HS-7 headshell. Another great arm for high compliance cartridges is stand alone Luxman TA-1 with arm stabilizer and removable armwand. But original Grace is high... | |
| Analog playback on computer. @gdnrbob For me, it's that I grew up with vinyl. I remember the pops and ticks, the stuck needle, having to walk carefully so as not to have the needle jump, and getting up every 1/2 hour to turn the lp over. Yes, also digging in the crates for... | |
| Analog playback on computer. thanks @naromance Analog > ADC > DAC ≠ analog. a few people in this thread really understand what is the analog playback | |
| Suggestions for cartridge, just fancy a change of flavour Raul, I don’t care about Shelter 9000 or similar overpriced MC cartridges, i have owned some of the best of them (brand new). I found vintage MM from the 70s/80s highly competitive for much lower cost (with amazing sound quality)! I don’t care if ... | |
| Best cartridge under $1500. If i remember correct Astatic MF 100 is Glanz MF71LAstatic MF 200 is Glanz MF31L visual difference is the size and shape of the aluminum cantilever. The best Astatic is MF2100 ?The best Glanz is definitely MF61 with paroc stylus tip on boron canti... | |
| Suggestions for cartridge, just fancy a change of flavour @rauliruegas you are comparing $1900-2100 MC cartridges to absolutely neutrial $750-800 MM with replacement stylus (boron, microline). The OP already has Shelter MC and looking for something else, guess why? Alternatives? | |
| Best cartridge under $1500. @nandric oh, nice, especially if you have original box :)Your Glanz is working, thanks! | |
| Suggestions for cartridge, just fancy a change of flavour In my opinion you need an MM or MI cartridge for rock music if you want real slam and killer bass. Look for vintage MM from the same era (70s/80s). It’s been said they are closer to the mastertape. The very best MM are neutrail like the AT-ML170 f... | |
| Top 5 Tonearms Newer or Vintage Under 2500 That Will Beat anything above/below 2.5k? I have AudioCraft headshells (many) and i like them, i also use Stax headshells (lightweight) with azimuth/overhang, Grace HS-5 Carbon is also very nice, ZYX Live-18, Audio-Technica Technihard ... so no problem with headshells. I bought 64FX prima... | |
| Testing for bad cart suspension If it’s bad the cartridge became a LowRider (too close to the record surface with recommended tracking force, less than 1mm). If there are 2mm or 1.5mm between the cartridge body and the record surface then you’re fine. If the cantilever is slight... | |
| Top 5 Tonearms Newer or Vintage Under 2500 That Will Beat anything above/below 2.5k? @rauliruegas So were i can buy this "japanese audio bible" that you have mentioned several times on this forum ? | |
| Best cartridge under $1500. @leonardcooper You can buy a used Grace F9 body from a guy on Ebay. He stands behind what he ships so there are no worries that you will get a quality cart. Then buy the SoundSmith Ruby OCL F9 stylus replacement. You will have a wonderful, fast,... | |
| Top 5 Tonearms Newer or Vintage Under 2500 That Will Beat anything above/below 2.5k? MCX-3 and MCX-5, hope i will check them out in the near future Were i can buy this "japanese audio bible" ? @rauliruegas |