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| What turntable and TONEARM brands sound best with the Denon DL103 and DL 103R? MC's The fact that Ortofon 2M Red is very popular and the Ortofon is one of the biggest manufacturer today, it doesn’t make this cartridge any better even compared to their own (vintage) M20 FL Super. $250-300 Stanton 881 (with Stereohedron stylus) wil... | |
| What turntable and TONEARM brands sound best with the Denon DL103 and DL 103R? MC's Thomas Schick "12 tonearm made for Denon 103 if you’re looking for new tonearms for reasonable price.About 103 vs 103R: the difference is stylus tip and coil wire, the "R" is superior compared to 103, but if you want even better look for higher co... | |
| Cartridge Dilema For New Turntable @stereo5 I like the tracking and that it doesn’t emphasize the clicks and pops on my well worn Rock records. I am quite satisfied with the sound of it. I think you should look for Shibata stylus instead of your conical Denon:Playing back a rec... | |
| Ahhhh...breaking in a cartridge. @nandric ''Wein,Weiber und Gesang'' ( wine, women and music). That's a proper warm up! | |
| Ahhhh...breaking in a cartridge. @nandric My guess is that people accomodate to a particular sound and think that not their hearing but the cart changed. ''Self-deception'' is the name of this phenomena. I think after a glass of white wine all my cartridges sounds better, Niko... | |
| Looking for recs for my first foray into MC cartridges... Jared, If i were you i’d rather try Allnic Puritas, Miyajima Shilabi or Kansui on Thomas Schick "12 tonearm. I’ve owned the arm for 3 years and sold it towards my investments to Reed 3P "12 Cocobolo. The Shick is nice with low compliance cartridge... | |
| Ahhhh...breaking in a cartridge. why not to record those 5 albums on tape or digitally during "break-in period" and then realize what is break-in (if you have not changed cartridge settings) by listening documented material, not your memory. If it works the last file must be much... | |
| Is a low output MC superior in sound quality to a high output MC?? Using 47kOhm or 100kOhm MM phono input for HOMC cartridge doesn’t work for me, my 1.9mV Argent MC lose the magic when connected like that. It works superior with classic 100ohm MC input on my JLTI phono stage or with MC input on my WLM phono stage... | |
| Is a low output MC superior in sound quality to a high output MC?? This low output MC mantra works only in theory, practically High Output MC can be very good or even better. I have tried both and i do not miss my new ZYX PREMIUM 4D with dedicated pre-pre amp, when i use vintage High Output ARGENT MC500HS cartrid... | |
| Miyajima MADAKE experience @mhr1229 My other favourite cartridge is the Cartridgeman MusicMaster, which is similar to the Madake in presentation but somewhat weaker in the bass and hence not as "muscular" in its presentation (the "budget" option). That's interesting.The ... | |
| New Technics SL 1200 GAE @jbhiller @Chakster, Why is the ToneAudio review of the 1200 G useless? This is very subjective point of view, it is more like an article in the blog than professional review, there is no real comparison, no data, nothing. The fact that GAE is ... | |
| New Technics SL 1200 GAE This is another useless SL1200G review published by Tone Audio Mag:http://www.tonepublications.com/review/the-technics-sl-1200g/ | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... @avanti1960 I also believe that comparisons to the Ortofon 2M black are valid and significant because it is a highly regarded, high value, universally praised cartridge by critics and consumers alike. Have you tried old Ortofon M20FL (fine line)... | |
| Fidelity Research FR-64 vs. FR-54 @lewm The Kenwood, nevertheless sounds fine, but could it be better with "better" wire? This is what keeps us awake at night (for 5 minutes). Haha, exactly. It took at least 2-3 hrs to disassemble my Lustre 801 in parts for the first time, we... | |
| Fidelity Research FR-64 vs. FR-54 @nandric Dear chakster, You should write to my brother Don and ask where his Lustre is rewired. He got my Lustre 801 as present but the (silver) wire was broken in one of the channels. He is very happy with the result and prefer the Lustre above... |