chakster
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| Cartridge recommendations? NeedsHigh compliance4-7 g weightMM or HOMCeasily sourcedreplaceable stylus$100-200balanced good soundNagaoka MP100,110,200 compliance is VERY LOW for a moving permalloy (mm/mi) cartridge! Dynamic Compliance is listed as 6cm/dyne at 100hz, so at 10... | |
| Kuzma 4Points and Lyra carts Spherical/Conical tip still in use by professionals because it’s more forgiving to tonearm adjustment errors. This is the only benefit of this type of stylus shape. In other words: if your tonearm (or cartridge in the headshell ) can’t be adjusted... | |
| Next step in Turntable I have to say that at least the Technics SP 10R specs very well and is beautifully made. A new one is outside the OP’s price range. His price limit is 10k, the drive cost about $7k in Japan and about $9k in USA, the rest for any arm and custom pli... | |
| How much difference does a phono preamp really make? You just said the pre is not a concern with Mm or Mi . Thats BS. Pure BS....regardless of output..nonsense. A better phono pre makes any cartridge sound better that can be better. You are free to start from the other side, if you’re using average ... | |
| Cartridge recommendations? Grado prestige series. Grado specialty series. | |
| Ortofon SPU Meister Silver MKII like cartridge to fit a Kuzma tonearm very strange, modern ZYX Airy III and Premium 4D were both completely different from any Ortofon SPU (I owned 3 different models) in my system. ZYX was a high resolution cartridge with MicroRidge profile while the SPU is not a high resolution cart... | |
| Next step in Turntable This is all you need and you can’t find a better drive that this, in the USA it’s about $7-9k? Regarding plinth and tonearm idea look here. They even made cast iron for SP-10R, you can just check it out.I bought a custom made teak wood plinth for ... | |
| Putting together turntable rig A New Stylus will sing with a Newly Cleaned but undamaged Vinyl. Avoid the Trauma of hearing the Stylus plough through all those years of collecting contamination from the other environments lived in. This is incorrect. Used vintage vinyl sounds ... | |
| Gold Note B-5.1 Tonearm Most of the modern tonearms are mid mass. You can ask gold note via their site or their dealers about exact mass | |
| How much difference does a phono preamp really make? The fact the cartridge is the only contact in the groove makes EVERYTHING after it that much more important to not harm such a tiny signal.This is irrelevant for MM and MI cartridges with output from 1.5 to 5 mV. Stylus profile and overall cartrid... | |
| Cartridge recommendations? You budget is a joke for a good cartridge, you need at least $350 for an OK moving magnet. With $100-200 look for Grado Black or Audio-Technica if you want new. Don’t expect a miracle.Grado is a high compliance and lightweight MI cartridge. I beli... | |
| Technics SL1000 MK3 (SP10 MK3) performance/value VS modern turntables? @lewm After recap and resoldering all the joints, one bad transistor has been replaced, bad wire connection has been fixed, motor hall sensor has been replaced (donor part has been found). Platter edge has been polished, thrust adjusted (the diffe... | |
| Gold Note B-5.1 Tonearm Curious if this tonearm is considered a low, medium or high compliance arm? Do you mean EFFECTIVE MASS of the tonearm ? | |
| How much difference does a phono preamp really make? It’s impossible to "read" the groove correctly with a conical stylus (and elliptical stylus is not the best), if you can’t pick up the information (music) from the groove correctly then no phono stage will help you, no matter what price. 1) Vinyl ... | |
| Anyone familiar with Ikeda 9 series (cantileverless kind) MC cartridges? Check this link for all Ikeda 9 series. |