chakster
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| Forum admiration and requested guidance Prior to the Hana I had a Nagaoka MP-300 and various Ortofon and Grado cartilages. To my ears the Hana sounds best, although I am curious to advance up the cartridge chain.Probably because they are nothing special just like nearly all budget moder... | |
| Forum admiration and requested guidance @chakster What modern MM cartridges under $1000, if any, do you recommend?@ericschThis one is interesting if you ask for latest innovative design, but only if you can pay €12 000 , there is another model if you can pay more :)I prefer NOS cartridg... | |
| Forum admiration and requested guidance VPI Scout with JMW 9” arm and Hana SL cartridge Anyone who’s serious about vinyl must have several different cartridges.Your Hana is an MC with aluminum cantilever and Shibata stylus, you can always find a better cartridge, especially if you did ... | |
| A pitch too High! @chakster Got what you are saying. Asking you or anyone familiar with Clearaudio Concept anti-skating, if the thick black mark on the larger circular mound, below the red mark, is anti-skating zero. Please check the image in the link:https://www.i... | |
| What cartridge for a prime super scout 10.5 arm.? Budget $500 With your red line at $500 you’d better look for vintage MM carts in NOS condition. Nothing can beat’em if your limit is $500! If you did not learn the lesson with Sumiko you can buy an MC, but I think you need something with user replaceable styl... | |
| Mag Lev Turntable. Your Thoughts? @bloke77 In London try andy@hifi.repair I contacted him when I was looking for a quality repair shop for my Victor TT-101. They can fix many different turntables. He’s got a shop. | |
| Fidelity Research FR7F history/changes I have a rare FR-7f in a silver body with 2 digits serial number, I sold my previous black FR-7f after I bought more expensive FR-7fz. I do not re-tip vintage cartridges, I prefer NOS samples. I must admit that FR-7f and FR-7Fz are amazing LOMC ca... | |
| A pitch too High! With a Hi-Fi Test Record (I think you bought it) you will be able to adjust anti skating, you can also measure tonearm/cartridge resonance frequency (just read the manual for the test record). You need some anti-skating, but not higher than trac... | |
| Technics SL1000 MK3 (SP10 MK3) performance/value VS modern turntables? this SP10 MK3 w/ FR64fx tone arm was designed withThe tonearm is NOT the 64fx, you’re lucky, because it’s the 66fx ! Amazing tonearm (very expensive and rare), much better than short 64fx. If you don’t know, the market value of your 66fx is about ... | |
| A pitch too High! The reason I am thinking of another cartridge like Nagaoka MP200 is because @mijostyn suggested maybe I should get something with 2g VTF. This could be the alternative to decreasing anti-skate. Tracking force DOESN’T MATTER at all. 1.5 or 2g is ab... | |
| 10 Inch Tonearms Ask your girlfriend | |
| A pitch too High! I put on the first pressing of Aretha Franklin Amazing Grace, and all along I found her pitch way higher, it was all too high pitched and uncomfortable. Seemed the bass had gone missing a little. On my Boulder 866, I could immediately hear the dif... | |
| A pitch too High! @terrible I think you have no idea what you are doing. You have to learn the basics, find tutorial how to adjust and use a turntable and a cartridge, there are plenty if them on youtube. Learn and adjust by yourself! Make sure your stylus is not d... | |
| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? I didn’t notice anyone recommending disposal of the LPs as trash or gifting them, but perhaps I have not read the whole thread. In the US, it could work out OK to donate them to a charitable organization and take a tax deduction. I have no idea of... | |
| New TT or new Cart? Technics content Chakster -I don't mean to create thread drift but this thread is as good as any-I would love to know a bit more about you. You live in St. Petersburg but how old are you and what do you do for a living if you don't mind my asking? And even perha... |