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Replaced my Ortofon Blue stylus today via plug and play swap in seconds
All Moving Magnet and Moving Iron cartridges allow this. Stylus is user replaceable on all vintage and modern MM and MI cartridges.  Walter O. Stanton is the inventor of an easily replaceable phonograph stylus. In the late 1940’s Mr. Stanton’s sli... 
EMT 75th Anniversary series... TSD75 SFL ... and a bit of history.
More from the History of the legendary German Broadcast Pick-Ups:In The 70-Ties The XSD 15 became available for direct connection to popular Hi-Fi-Tonearms (SME or others with appropriate connection) and EMT started custom developments and product... 
Otono-Edison MC cartridges
@solypsa I’m looking for manual for Otono-Edison Standard Mature Wood MC (discontinued model).  
Otono-Edison MC cartridges
Miyajima Laboratory is a brand owned by Otono-Edison Labs. MIYAJIMA LABORATORY is a company specializing in designing of phono cartridges. Established on March 27, 1980, has its headquarters in Fukuoka-shi, Japan. Its owner is Mr. NORIYUKI MIYAJIM... 
Otono-Edison MC cartridges
No one can help with Otono-Edison / Miyajima ? Even Miyajima distributor can't comment on Standard Mature Wood model because it's not for sale in America.  
What is it in MM that can give me goose-bumps? 🤔
Cartridges with user replaceable styli are the best (practically), they are more user friendly and if we can find the one, that can sound really good, it can be the last one. It’s challenge to find one that can sound better than others including m... 
Tracking modern pop recordings with very loud bass
I run an an LP mastering operation; we use an old Technics SL1200 I got on craigslist for $400.00, for testing to see if our cuts will be playable by a non-audiophile setup. I Installed a Grado Gold in it, and it works really quite well. Watching ... 
EMT 75th Anniversary series... TSD75 SFL ... and a bit of history.
Well, I hope 75th Anniversary "naked" edition with Super FineLine tip is different from oldschool headshell integrated TSD 15 originally designed for conical tip @edgewear. **Since 2014 EMT Cart manufacturing transferred to Switzerland: After work... 
EMT 75th Anniversary series... TSD75 SFL ... and a bit of history.
The high output and internal impedance of the EMT didn’t sit too well with my system, which is more tailored towards (very) low output, low impedance types.Do you mean your phono stage? @edgewearI don’t see any problem with EMT high output and hig... 
Tracking modern pop recordings with very loud bass
What are you talking about ?You’d better go to a party to hear some Drum & Bass spinning by your local DJ on vinyl, it will blow you b.....s off. There is nothing but a drums and bass, and it’s on vinyl! An average $50 pro cartridge like Shure... 
EMT 75th Anniversary series... TSD75 SFL ... and a bit of history.
Searching audiogon I can see only handful of people (see below) who use EMT TSD 75 Anniversary. @fjn04 @gilin-maker@paniWould be nice to read more about EMT in this thread, thanks 
EMT 75th Anniversary series... TSD75 SFL ... and a bit of history.
Herb Reicherd on EMT, Koetsu and Miyajima in his review at Stereophile magazine (2018). Tested those 3 carts:-Koetsu Rosewood Standard ($3495) -EMT TSD 75th Anniversary SFL ($2150) -Miyajima Saboten ($4875) His summary on page-2 is interesting: "C... 
EMT 75th Anniversary series... TSD75 SFL ... and a bit of history.
Thanks, some reviews with pictures for our readers:+ In Stereo Magazine from 2015 for download (.pdf) + In German here More about EMT history and their products on official website.  
Ideas For Phono Cable For My Turntable.
@chakster,I think I am going to do that, I got nothing to lose. Thank you You’re welcome. Give it a try and compare it to some other cables, I’m sure you will be surprised. I’m using several different Zu Audio phono cables, recently I got my speak... 
Custom Fees for Tonearms on Ebay From Japan
You guys are lucky in America, because in Europe they change import tax on everything over 30-40 EUR and the tax is about 20-30%. In my country the tax is 15% on everything over 200 EUR and they only want to low down the limit to zero to charge mo...