chakster
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| New cartridge $500 range Excellent cartridge is the one with extended range on both ends, decent stylus profile for lowest possible record wear and superb sound quality (and very long life span over 1200 hrs), user replaceable stylus is a must have. Mid or high compliance... | |
| re-tipping Dynavector17D? I posted up some pictures under the microscope of the re-tip job. Superb work!https://imgur.com/gallery/i7m3i7VI’m sorry but it’s awful job, your cantilever is glued to the collar, and your stylus is glued. Too much glue, but this is what re-tippi... | |
| Pivot to Spindle distance Normal people usually set up PS first and then align a cartridge in the headshell slots using chosen cartridge alignment method (Baerwald, Lofgren, Stevenson or whatever it is). Some people do that other way around? If your PS is wrong and tonearm... | |
| Technics 1200G VS VPI Prime Signature There are a wide range of cartridges that can be in “best match” category. No matter what was Technics choice. Tonearm mass with shell and cartridge compliance at 10hz is what you need to know. If you can avoid low compliance MC (made for super he... | |
| New cartridge $500 range Some of my fav. MM, in order from cheaper to more expensive models: 1) Pickering XSV/4000 with genuine Stereohedron stylus tip.2) Audio-Technica AT-ML170 with MicroLine stylus tip. 3) Grace Level II Ruby (original, not SoundSmith)P.S. Within $400 ... | |
| Technics 1200G VS VPI Prime Signature The VPI definitely can be made to outperform the Technics, but that is not true right out of the box and not everyone has the patience or the money to go that route. Technics will kill it with the right cartridge for this tonearm right out of t... | |
| The best TT system for under 30K @dover I care less about your opinion because you are an ex dealer of high-end gear, probably you are retired dealer, you said many times that you are an ex dealer. As you know, dealer’s margine is more than 30%, sometimes much more like 50%, so p... | |
| The best TT system for under 30K @chakster - I think your taking shots at the high end through this new user's thread is a little misplaced. You seem to know old MM cartridges well based on what I've seen and that's a valuable contribution. The turntable this person bought is a... | |
| The best TT system for under 30K Miyajima is great cartridge and it’s not necessary to pay over $5k, some of the best Miyajima like Kansui (or even Madake) available for $2-3k with very low hrs of use. I have Miyajima Kansui (NOS). As pointed out in another thread Miyajima is a t... | |
| SAEC WE-308 L or a new tonearm? For 1500 EUR you’d better look for some other Japanese vintage tonearms, one of them is Technics EPA-100, another one is Lustre GST-801, you could find used samples withing 1500 EUR | |
| The best TT system for under 30K I think I paid less than $30k for all the gear on this image, purchased everything used step by step, market value can be more and retail is much more... Actually it’s much more than one person need (many speakers, turntables, tonearms, cartridges... | |
| The best TT system for under 30K Technics SP-10 mk III or SP-10R in a custom plinth with modern tonearms like Reed 12 inch and compatible cartridge of your choice. | |
| Replaced my Ortofon Blue stylus today via plug and play swap in seconds It does appear at first glance the more expensive cartridges do not have a replaceable stylus. Some styli cost more than complete cartridge if exotic materials used, such as Beryllium, Boron, Sapphire, Ruby .... cantilevers with advanced profiles... | |
| Replaced my Ortofon Blue stylus today via plug and play swap in seconds Not all MM cartridges have a user replaceable stylus. My Grado Sonata does not and neither do the upper end cartridges from them. Grado is NOT an MM cartridge, it’s MI/IM. Most of them, except for a few models have user replaceable stylus, I have... | |
| Replaced my Ortofon Blue stylus today via plug and play swap in seconds @dover there are some MC with user replaceable stylus too if you don’t know, but who cares about exceptions. 99.9 % MM and MI have user replaceable styli and this is a huge benefit.99.9 % MC does not have this option.Now you’re happy? |