chakster
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I got my Grace F-9F along with NOS Victor X-1II finally.Grace cartridge PINs are so small in diameter that all my led wires simply lose the contact. Need to find another set of tight led wires just for Grace then. The Grace F-9F model is the rares... | |
| Vinyl noob needs help with cartridge Zu/DL103 is just a stock low compliance Denon DL103 or selected Denon DL103R with replaced stock plastic body. It's still Denon sound. Maybe it's fine for the fans of low compliance Ortofon SPU monsters. It's strange to see Audio Technica OC9/III ... | |
| Vinyl noob needs help with cartridge @2out2sea sure, you are welcome, i’m sure it will take a year to read everything but it worth it! The vendor who can fix any cartridge is Axel Schürholz in Germany. I got my Technics EPC 100cmk3 and Glanz FMG-71L from him not so long ago, feel fre... | |
| Vinyl noob needs help with cartridge If you like Ortofon look for vintage Ortofon M20 FL Super and you will be on heaven! It’s a top quality cartridge with Fine Line stylus. Don’t buy modern MM cartridges - they are overpriced, low quality and easily beats by top vintage MMs from the... | |
| Universal headshell recommendations..... I'm not a seller, so that's fine, no problem, your comments always welcome Raul. I think Orsonic quite popular among audiophiles anyway. Different strokes for different folks.I just tried to help to Viridian (he said he couldn't find one). P.S. N... | |
| Glanz moving magnet cartridges I took some nice pictures of my Glanz MFG-31L and MFG-71L before they went to happy customers. I decided to keep Glanz 61 as this is clearly the best Glanz i have owned (beats everything else). When i put micro lens on my iphone i’m happy with thi... | |
| Universal headshell recommendations..... If you like additional distortions then buy that Orsonic from chakster.Paying for headshell distortions comes for free, uhahaIf you want to follow Raul don't forget about 350 different sets of led wires to try :) | |
| Universal headshell recommendations..... I have original Orsonic light weight headshell and Audio-Technica Technihard heavier headshell in mint- condition. I could sell both since i have Zyx Live-18 headshell to keep. Let me know if you need it (chakster45 on gmail). Another good option ... | |
| Audio-Technica AT-ART9 phono cartridge No problem dealing with 2juki, ebay (buyer protection) always on the buyer side if something wrong with the cartrige, but he sell (for example) ZYX with fake serial numbers, i mean someone replaced the serial numbers makes them looks like it’s fac... | |
| Grace F9 F8 F-9 F-8 Andante F9 F-9 H S Sumiko Pearl Supex Phono Stylus GAS Sleeping Beauty @dover no one can compete with stanton/pickering in this aspect (so many different styli also available as sets along with cartridge).p.s. I must find one ruby replacement stylus for f9 | |
| Grace F9 F8 F-9 F-8 Andante F9 F-9 H S Sumiko Pearl Supex Phono Stylus GAS Sleeping Beauty @danvignau are you aware of Supex MM design such as Supex SM-100 mk III or mk II ? | |
| Grace F9 F8 F-9 F-8 Andante F9 F-9 H S Sumiko Pearl Supex Phono Stylus GAS Sleeping Beauty @almarg there was a hype about quad records for a short time, but styli desidged for them classified today as the best for normal stereo 2 channel reproduction. Remember Shibata (line contact) stylus profile? Grace F9-E is just elliptical, but F-9... | |
| Grace F9 F8 F-9 F-8 Andante F9 F-9 H S Sumiko Pearl Supex Phono Stylus GAS Sleeping Beauty @griffithds then you are the one from JVC/Victor PR department and i’ve bought Victor X1-II because of you, i tried to resist myself but it was impossible, later i will report back about my experience with this X1-II. The PR thing is evil only whe... | |
| Grace F9 F8 F-9 F-8 Andante F9 F-9 H S Sumiko Pearl Supex Phono Stylus GAS Sleeping Beauty @lewm F-9F comes with aluminum cantileverbut hey, look at the stylus profile called "F/Descrete 4 design based on careful study of record materials and cutter stylus shape". Find more about it in their catalog HEREThey are at Shinagava Musen Co. L... | |
| Grace F9 F8 F-9 F-8 Andante F9 F-9 H S Sumiko Pearl Supex Phono Stylus GAS Sleeping Beauty @griffithds no surprised about R and E versions, i believe they are good but overpriced nowadays.I'm curious about rare F-9F version. Have you tried it? |