chakster
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? There is ZERO information on VE database about GRACE size of the styli appart from what i already posted here where those top of the line CD-4 models described as SHIBATA TYPE (F-9F the most expensive) and ELLIPTICAL LINE CONTACT (F-9U), but no in... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @fleib where did you get the info about the size of grace styli when it comes to their CD-4 models? Any links or documents available ? | |
| New Technics SL 1200 GAE @raymonda DJ's with money will buy them. Who do you think bought all those gold plated 1200's, customized, powdered. coated, bling out 1200's. As soon as the big name DJ's have them the masses will follow. $1600 today is close to the actual cost... | |
| New Technics SL 1200 GAE @raymonda I have no doubt that the new SL1200 is a great deck but I too find it f'ugly. Just not my cup of tea. Well built but f'ugly. I wish it looked more like the prototype's that leaked out rather than an un-creative rehash of an old, tired ... | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... @sbank If I understand, this suggests that with MM carts you will want to experiment with going from 47k down to 2k or somewhere along that range. The GIANT thread here on MM implies that consensus view on changing away from 47k is in the other ... | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... @lewm I am unfamiliar with the guts of the JLTi. If you have no resistor plugged into the aux phono inputs, is there then no load at all in place? In other words, is it designed such that one MUST plug some resistance into those inputs? By defau... | |
| New Technics SL 1200 GAE @atmasphere I think it's not easy to mount different tonearm on SL 1200 GAE or SL1200 mk2. It's impossible to mount "12 tonearm and most of the "9 or "10.5 inch tonearms (except maybe jelco, sme, audiomods, dynavector, rega etc) does not fit into ... | |
| New Technics SL 1200 GAE @andysf Your plinth looks great but the SP 10 was designed for professional use and looks the part: a bit clunky and 70s bland. I didn’t say it looked bad-just not any better than the SL 1200! If you prefer just the "look" of the SL1200 mk2 over... | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... To get the best from MM cartridge we have to take care not only aboput phono Cable Capacitance, but also about Load Resistance. Try to load MM cartridge higher than standard 47k ohm, using Naked Foil Vishay 100k ohms audio resistors (from Texas Co... | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... @avanti1960 I swapped in my well broken in Ortofon 2M black for a bit and was literally shocked at how noisy and edgy it sounded in comparison to the ART9. You are comparing apples and oranges. Try to test AT’s own top of the line MM design from t... | |
| Ortofon 2M Bronze vs 2M black any difference? For the price of 2M black (shibata) you can easily find nos Stanton 980 or 981 (both with stereohedron stylus), those cartridges are way superior to modern Ortofon and most of the top vintage MMs. My friend replaced his 2M Red yesterday with vinta... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Unfortunalety i don’t know the exact size of the Grace F-9U or F-9F diamond tip, but what i know for sure from the Grace documents (see page 2 of this doc. in description in the upper right corner) is that those styli are not the Elliptical like F... | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... You have to try JLTi phono stage, it’s absolutely amazing for any MC or MM cartridges. The best feature is RCA plug load resistors of any kind, so it is fully flexible in terms of R load, you can try whatever resistor you want to find the best for... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @nandric thanks Nikola, your Azzurra Esoter aka Glanz has arrived. I've never seen the original box with manual, it looks nice. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @fleib AFAIK, Grace was the only company to use a .2 x .7 mil elliptical for 4-ch tracing. That minor radius is sufficient for required high frequency reproduction.It is not true, look at the official grace product catalog with all the models inc... |