chakster
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| Good Direct Drives @tzh21y I have never heard an SP10. If an earlier sp10 is as good or better than the 1200g, Thats pretty good No, the first SP-10 from the late 60s is nothing special, no quartz lock. I think he meants SP-10mkII which is one the the best DD for ... | |
| First Watt: current vs voltage @roscoeiii The First Watt amps are great. I have tried most of the F models, with the current source models (especially the F2J) and the F3 being my faves. But of course this is with my speakers and my listening preferences... Hello, may i ask ... | |
| Good Direct Drives It's always funny how the dealers brainwashing people to buy belt-drive turntables like rega, pro-ject etc. To listen to some vintage gear you need a time machine back to the 1986 where you could audition those amazing and inexpensive direct drive... | |
| Ana Mighty Sound 103.3 According this logic any CHEAP plastic MC cartridge can be refurbished by someone at the garage with aftermarket parts, pretended to beat sonically some amazing cartridges made by respected companies and their very well educated engineers or by th... | |
| Good Direct Drives @invictus005 PLX1000 is bad. Cheap Chinese knockoff. Let’s be honest here. 1200G is a high end Japanese product. I agree, 100%. And to everybody:For me it’s such a strange to see a recommendation for a Pioneer turntables on audiophile’s forum. T... | |
| Fidelity Research FR-64x @nandric Your Lustre 801 has only the (thin) armwand made from steel. Right, Lustre GST-801 Vibration-proofing of stainless steel arm-pipe. The rest composed of brass parts with huge stabilizer. I enjoyed this arm pretty much with various MM cartr... | |
| TT mats That's why i like Micro Seiki CU-500 and CU-180 gunmetal (copper) masts on Technics SP-10mkII | |
| SME V Tonearm on eBay Hong Kong Sellers are FAKE!!! @dover The B60 replica in the you tube video is garbage. My thought when i watched that video | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? It’s like the original first press versus the remastered reissue. Top quality vintage analog gear has it’s own glory.Vintage turntable in perfect condition is also an investment, the price only goes up in time. Luckily we have people who can calib... | |
| SME V Tonearm on eBay Hong Kong Sellers are FAKE!!! @nandric this one ? https://youtu.be/P--eQjUIUr8 | |
| Fidelity Research FR-64x @nandric I owned all Reed versions because the designer/owner was my friend. He was or he is your friend ? I went to Lithuania to meet with Reed people to buy my tonearm, it was a demo version, headshell is different from later versions, but y... | |
| Fidelity Research FR-64x The aesthetics is very important for me, i can’t ignore it, the SME 309 and SME V are the ugliest tonearms in my opinion, every turntable with this arms looks awful. Well, i’m talking about the design, but not the quality of those arm, i’m sure th... | |
| Fidelity Research FR-64x @offnon57 I bought the Pink Triangle for $150 locally in Hicksville LI back in the days when you could find stuff in Newsday classifieds almost everyday. The guy I bought it from kept his arm but hookedme up to another guy for the Fidelity Rese... | |
| Fidelity Research FR-64x If anyone missed Fremer’s SME tour: https://youtu.be/usXKl8p6kukFast forward to 31:23 to watch Brian Laker (service manager) talking about new and very old SME models.They use magnesium for arm wands on the top models. | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? @lewm Tuchan’s technician in Regensburg, Germany: www.Audio-Reparatur.de He stated the estimate cost at 1000 Euro for repair. thanks @halcro |