chakster
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| Ortofon SPU with 12 inch Jelco arm? Ok, i owned ZYX Premium 4D and ZYX Airy III models and do not regret than i sold both SPU Classic MKII and even rare SPU Spirit LTD with elliptical profile, the Royal with Replican 100 is better than both of them and perfect for vintage vinyl. I d... | |
| Sansui SR-222 mK IV Stylus replacement (GLANZ MFG 11T Replacement) Personally i prefer Galnz MF61, the lower models are much cheaper and you can find Glanz topic here on audiogon. Maybe Glanz 310 or 610 are still available on ebay from Japan, those two are the best you can buy now. | |
| Recommend which SPU? So what is the charm of the oldschool SPU, i just don’t get it. Heavy low compliance monster that track with 4g with generic stylus profile and very thin frequency response, there is something in the mid range, but when you play same records on th... | |
| Ortofon SPU with 12 inch Jelco arm? @racedoc Thirdly in our experience the SPUs give a great value for moneyplus they are outstanding in playing old analog recordings. Could you explain why do you think the elliptical profile is outstanding in playing old records? Those used recor... | |
| Sansui SR-222 mK IV Stylus replacement (GLANZ MFG 11T Replacement) You can find on ebay, Glanz, Astatic, Jamo, Azzurra - they are all made by Mitachi Corporation and all styli are interchangeable. Look for Line Contact (the best) or at least for Elliptical. But I don't think you can buy the stylus without the car... | |
| Jolida owners, Need tube help Not sure which type of tubes you’re looking for the Jolida, but if the type is ECC81 aka 12at7 then look for vintage Sylvania Gold Brand with gold pins - this is amazing tube! I use them in my amp and those tubes replaced military Telefunken ECC80... | |
| Ortofon SPU with 12 inch Jelco arm? @mid40sguy i hope you already checked this SPU thread:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/recommend-which-spu The problem is that SPU only comes with Conical or Elliptical, except one model called Royal GM and Royal G MKII with Replicant 100 St... | |
| Ortofon SPU with 12 inch Jelco arm? This is very strange statement regarding vinyl from the 60’s & 70’s. Most of my vinyl are from this era. Why do you think the elliptical shape is better? And why do you think the SPU is the right cartridge for those records? Most likely vintag... | |
| Medium Mass or Low Mass Tonearms? @tzh21y all you need is a Test Record to physically measure the resonance frequency of your tonearm/cartridge combo, you will see when your cartridge/tonearm resonance, you can use this one https://www.needledoctor.com/Hi-Fi-News-Test-Record Make ... | |
| Technics EPA-100 MK2 wiring @dgarretson to fit EPA-100 MKII into the Luxman PD-444 arm board i have to drill 3 small holes not only on removable top plates, but also through the underlying sled mechanisms. | |
| Recommend which SPU? You're pretty much in my situation, my cartridge was ZYX Airy-3 when i decided to try SPU first. If you will start from the entry level SPU i'm pretty sure you will not be impressed at all compared to High-End Lyra Cartridge. My ex ZYX simply kill... | |
| Recommend which SPU? @dhcod if the budget is lower find info about the Ortofon SPU Spirit, i have a picture of my old SPU Spirit here. For an elliptical it was a great SPU! Only 500 made!The 85th anniversary model was the one i always wanted to try when i've been look... | |
| Technics EPA-100 MK2 wiring @dgarretson My new tonearm is boron-titanium EPA-100 MK2 which is upgrade (at least i hope so) over the titanium EPA-100 i have owned several years ago. Luckily the EPA-100 MK2 ruby ball bearings are in perfect shape (no flaws) and if it's possibl... | |
| Technics EPA-100 MK2 wiring @genesis168 thanks, i was thingking about it last night, i also noticed that RCA's (left and right) should be standard in diameter around their pins, some modern RCA are just too big, but the ground pin hole is just in the middle of them and there... | |
| Technics EPA-100 MK2 wiring Eureka! Few drops of the Wurth Rost Off and the problem solved. The ring on the counterweight is moving now like new. |