chakster
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I think it's worth $500 and compete with top MM carts people sell for same price, i like it better than some of the MCs. But it is not necessary to pay that much, we all have different sources to search. For half price that would be a bargain, tha... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear all, I wish to put one exceptional MM cartridge in my top list now. This cartridge is Pioneer PC-1000 MK2 (1976). First MM pickup that sounds wonderful on my Thomas Schick "12 tonearm on Lux PD444 turntable. Next to my Stanton CS-100 WOS on T... | |
| mc cartridge loading While loading is always the question i want to remind about phono preamps with so called "Automatic Impedance Matching" for any cartridge. One of them is WLM Phonata from WLM Acoustics. I believe it was probably made by Trafomatic Audio for WLM Ac... | |
| is the Grace F9L cartridge. equal to the newest MM, like Ortofon, Clearaudio, Rega, etc? @sunnyjim from what i’ve learned about Grace i’ll tell you that F9L (Advanced Luminal Trace) is a lower model compared to affordable elliptical F9-E (Extended Range 4). Grace F9-L is not only cheaper, but it has higher tip mass, narrower frequency... | |
| fabulous Technics EPC-100 series re-tip You didn't tell us from the start about your bad experience in details. It would be nice if someone can report here about successful experience of suspension repair on original Technics 100 or 205 series of cartridges with SoundSmith, Van Den Hul,... | |
| fabulous Technics EPC-100 series re-tip @nandric you’re right, it’s an old thread and i already sold my re-tipped and re-cantilevered (by Axel) Technics EPC-100Cmk3. This is the backside of the replacement stylus essembly with (i guess) removed tension wire. And for example this is orig... | |
| AT cartridges @seventies when it comes to new models such as ART-7 or ART-9 the japanese sources are the best if you can buy direct or even with auction agent from japan (not on ebay). Discountinued models such as rare vintage AT carts are not available from ju... | |
| AT cartridges The lowest prices are in Japan, not in UK, that’s for sure. I haven’t tried many ATs MC models, the one i owned was magical, limited to 1000 units ever made on millenium 16 years ago as the Audio-technica Refference Transducer aka A.R.T. (only for... | |
| Best platter mat, especially for DD turntables Well, this is my heavy Micro Seiki CU-500 on SP10mk2 now in use with Audio Union ST-10 disc stabilizer (also made by Micro Seiki).I use lighweight Saec SS-300 mat on Luxman PD-444 with Noritake NC-02 ceramic clamp. Both are great mats/clamps for d... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? When Raul said he's selling entire collection of cartridges i remeber this funny scene: https://youtu.be/pKKmzmeU5-0 At least it was a long run, took 8 years, 244 pages full of information, new discoveries, so many followers. And now the main cont... | |
| How many grams weight for mm cartridge? As i can see in the japanese brochure linked by Marin, the most advanced stylus profile in Grace F-8 series and later in Grace F-9 series is F-8F and F-9F stylus profile (Navy Color). Always the most expensive and hard to find nowadays. I wonder w... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? @nandric how would you rate that Azzurra MF cartridge made by Mitachi Corp (Glanz) in 1983 for Giancarlo Bonetti's distribution in Italy? What is the equivalent of Azzurra in Glans/Astatic production line? You said you need 10 days, but it took 3... | |
| How many grams weight for mm cartridge? I don’t know guys where are you looking for Grace specs, but go on vinyl engine and check scan of the original grace manual for all models (except Ruby). There is a chart in comparison on page 2 for all of them with tracking force range from 0,5 t... | |
| JIco replaces the SAS stylus with the new neoSAS/S & neoSAS/R July 21st, 2016 – We are proud to announce the arrival of the long-waited successor to the SAS Super Analogue Stylus; the neoSAS series. The neoSAS will be available in two versions sporting the original Super Analogue Stylus tips nude-mounted to ... | |
| How many grams weight for mm cartridge? @mofimadness I have setup hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of turntables and have never seen a cart that tracks at .5 grams. You may never seen Grace F9 cartridges (F-9F, F-9L, F-9U, F-9D) tracking force range is 0.5 - 2g. I agree that 0.5 i... |