chakster
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| A pitch too High! I use professional Grado DJ200i cartridges for about 15 years with standard 47k Ohms loading (or with optional 100k Ohms loading). Tracking force is about 2g. The DJ200i model is equal to the Grado Black series as far as I know, but with different... | |
| Anyone Using A Boston TT Mat I have two from Sakura Systems and they are all fine. Great mat!Use disc stabilizer on top of the record! | |
| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? It’s weird that most people in this thread advised the OP to get rid of the record collection without even knowing what’s in this record collection ! Sell for nothing or even donate - the worst advice, most likely people are into digital, otherw... | |
| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? If you are into vinyl then you have to dig into your ex friend collection trying to find some rare gems. I would’t let some decent stuff go for nothing, some of your audio friends could help. If there are some jazz or soul records on vintage vinyl... | |
| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? If you and/or him did not sign anything about money or/and records then it’s just an illusion (a mutual agreement from 11 years ago). No one can prove anything. A pretty common situation between friends.You will never get your money back unless he... | |
| A pitch too High! Hi-Fi News TEST LP look here | |
| Top 5 Reaons to NOT BUY A TURNTABLE. 1. Don’t want to see an old guy with a terrible haircut2. Don’t want to see an old guy with a terrible haircut make stupid statements3. Don’t want to waste my time watching an old guy with a terrible haircut making stupid statements. But you're... | |
| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? I was in the similar situation, but without records or anything I could sell to get my money back :( In your situation you have to check the value of the record collection first. Those dealers won’t pay much for collection if you want to sell ever... | |
| A pitch too High! Pitch is an incorrect term unless there is no issue with speed.Set your anti-skating to zero and add tracking force, every new cartridge must be used with slightly higher tracking force during warm-up period. Your tonearm must be parallel to the r... | |
| Why do my bass drivers shake violently listening to vinyl I use professional MAIN studio monitors that is capable to reproduce bass from 38Hz - this is more than enough for me (and I don’t listen to digital) @mijostynYou can check the manual for my Tannoy "15 DMT mkII here. Lots of nice records mixed and... | |
| Why do my bass drivers shake violently listening to vinyl It is the nature of the vinyl format to have this rumble. Never seen anything like that on any of my high efficient drivers using vinyl only format for over 25 years without any subsonic filers! Not sure it helped in any way but I kept the subsoni... | |
| I'm a Dummy, Tell Me About Turntable Mats For the same reason you got “free” standard $3 rca cables with audio and video equipment for decades :) | |
| MC cart recommendation max $2000 for 1200G stock Dynavector KARAT Diamond or Ruby if you want new. Ortofon MC2000 if you want vintage. Stay away from any low compliance cartridges if your tonearm is Technics stock 1200G | |
| Why do my bass drivers shake violently listening to vinyl You already have anti vibration feet designed by Technics for their new G series. The cabinet is a 4 layered construction. You DON’T NEED any springs or butcher blocks or any platforms under your turntable (these crap is for belt drives). Technics... | |
| Observation: Passion vs Obsession I never heard of a strain gauge cartridge before. Had to look it up. Looks interesting. Long before SoundSmith’s Strain Gauge there was a Stax CP-X condenser cartridge in the 70’s. You can read J.Carr’s first comment here or this thread. There w... |