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| fabulous Technics EPC-100 series re-tip Glad you have finally posted this horrible story, John. More people should know about this case and think twice before sending stuff to Andy at Needle Clinic! | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Take it easy, RaulMaybe brothers or even twins is a better word, i don't mean they are 100% identical inside in construction and specs, but as i said people like Nandric can't hear ANY difference between Astatic mf 200 and Glanz MF31L. Some other ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Sure, some quotes below: 01.11.13: Nandric"Dear Raul, ... Glanz and Astatic carts are made by Mitachi Corporation. Even the boxes are identical. The only difference are the styli: Shibata by MF 100 and 200 and line contact by Glanz 7131. The co... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Raul, the answer is very simple:I've learned about Astatic vs. Glanz right here on the forum reading posts of owners of the both models (and many other models of these two brands). Guess you've been away for quite some time, but it was discus... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Two Astatic MF-2500 sold on ebay recently. Hope we can read some comment about them here sooner or later.If it was top Astatic model ever made i have the feeling that Glanz top model beats them all. This is only my suggestion. Since these brands a... | |
| Grace F9 F8 F-9 F-8 Andante F9 F-9 H S Sumiko Pearl Supex Phono Stylus GAS Sleeping Beauty Right, Lewmand interesting point is direct comparison of SS vs. Original. Anyone?P.S. this unit looks a bit ugly | |
| 12" Tonearms for TD-124 Pani, Schick tonearm works great ONLY with low compliance cartridges, i have tried several modern MC of higher compliance (zyx, audio-technica) on my Schick and all of them sounded much better on technics EPA-100 tonearm from my arsenal. But low c... | |
| Grace F9 F8 F-9 F-8 Andante F9 F-9 H S Sumiko Pearl Supex Phono Stylus GAS Sleeping Beauty Limited time offer from SoundSmith: http://www.sound-smith.com/parts/grace-f9-replacement-stylusPeter's own made F9 replacement stylus design options: Soundsmith OCL Nude stylus-Ruby Cantilever RUBY-OCL (RED) $499Soundsmith CL Nude stylus-Ruby Ca... | |
| 12" Tonearms for TD-124 Honestly i think Schick is the most ellegant minimalistic oldschool style tonearm of today. In the tradition of vintage ortofon It deserve design awards imho. The way it fits any vintage turntable and the way it looks is so nice. Often seen on Gar... | |
| 12" Tonearms for TD-124 Schick is designed for DL103 series and Ortofon SPU, i'm not sure you can get anything better for the price of Schick "12. On my SP10mk2 turntable the Schick with SPU Spirit (Ltd) was simply amazing. I'm pretty sure it will be the same with Denon ... | |
| Grace F9 F8 F-9 F-8 Andante F9 F-9 H S Sumiko Pearl Supex Phono Stylus GAS Sleeping Beauty Thanks for informative post Dan. I've been looking for Grace to try. You may noticed that SoundSmith offering new ruby replacement styli that can be purchased separately (not his retipping service on old onces). Have you tried those? Also if you e... | |
| Phono cable - necessary? Almarg "Chakster, there are many "normal interconnects" that will provide excellent shielding, and can be used successfully in phono applications. Although of course there are others that do not."Yes, not all of them and i've had that issues. It's... | |
| Phono cable - necessary? If you want to listen to the nearest radio station in your speakers you can use any normal interconnect cable, but if you don't want any issues with hum noise and radio stations you need a properly shielded phono cable to transfer singal from phon... | |
| Phono Interconnect Zu Audio Mission Phono mk2 with WBT RCAsometimes ZU sells their stuff on ebay for promotional prices | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? It's a great news that Mr.Iruegas is back right before the X'Mas.I'm really looking forward which new/rare discoveries Santa has brought to the game, we've been waiting for it. It is also cool that i have finished reading this thread from begginin... |