chakster
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| VAS (Steven Leung) cartridge repair/retipping service? @pindac why don’t you just name a cartridge you’re talking about? If you upgrading cheap Denon 103 with Conical stylus to Advanced profile on the same cheap aluminum cantilever it will be a huge upgrade in sound quality. But it will never happen i... | |
| Newbie Issues: Grace F9 with Micro Seiki DD-40 If refund is accepted that’s fine, buy yourself much better cartridge like Stanton SC-100 WoS, this model is amazing. Or 50% cheaper Pickering XSV/4000. Another killer MM is Pioneer PC-1000 mk2 (similar sound to top Stanton, Pickering). They are a... | |
| Ar ethe current LP's available for $25 or so as goos as the old ones. Audio Advisors in WPB, FL has $1500 to $2500 newly issued LP’s for their "modest" $25000 turntable. This is absolutely insane, but we’re all know how many sick people are audiophiles. Musicians are not crazy, their records are for everyone and th... | |
| Newbie Issues: Grace F9 with Micro Seiki DD-40 @hauie88 My advice:Open paypal dispute and return your cartridge for full refund including return shipping. Add pictures to paypal dispute, so the seller can see the stylus is still there. Something wrong with your cartridge or stylus. Return it a... | |
| Newbie Issues: Grace F9 with Micro Seiki DD-40 @hauie88 I like Stanton cartridges too, in my opinion the Stanton SC-100 WOS is much better than Grace F9 (and many other top cartridges). Stanton has a brush in front of the stylus (same on Pickering) which is good for high compliance cartridges.... | |
| Newbie Issues: Grace F9 with Micro Seiki DD-40 Clean your stylus first with a brush. Dust around the stylus tip is most common problem for any cartridges.You can look at the stylus and cantilever, maybe? How people can comment on something they can’t see ? I have big collection of Grace cartri... | |
| Ar ethe current LP's available for $25 or so as goos as the old ones. It’s stupid to pay for anything new the prices associated with extremely rare originals. Original records that cost $1500 are impossible to find and for this reason they are highly collectible among record collectors (not audiophiles). All new rec... | |
| MM Cartridge Talk What’s your favorite MM cartridge and why? Bonus points if you compare your favorite to other MM carts you’ve tried and how they differ. It’s hard to imagine ONE favorite MM cartridge. If someone will tell you ONE favorite cartridge then I will s... | |
| need cartridge suggestion Look for Dynavector KARAT series.Excellent cartridges. Diamond cantilever!17D2 mkII or something like this. | |
| Most hyped turntable, tonearm, and cartridge? I think one of the most hyped tonearm is Fidelity-Research FR-66s. One of the most hyped cartridge is Koetsu (not an entry level models). Regarding turntable I agree that Garrard 301 is one of the most hyped models. | |
| Direct drive, cart and phono for under $750. Possible? Why such a low budget ? You can demo him your Technics GR, he could buy mk7 for $900 and later add some nice phono stage and cartridge. Or maybe SL1500c (goes with pre-installed entry level Ortofon MM cart, and with built-in MM phono stage). Somet... | |
| Most hyped turntable, tonearm, and cartridge? I have one different question though, if I may. Which is a better table between entry level Clearaudio turntable (like Concept) or similarly priced Rega 6 and Technics SL-1200GR? You’re comparing belt drive to direct drive here. I prefer the simpl... | |
| Denon DA 307 and DA 309 the DA 401 is an arm dedicated to light cartridges therefore only moving magnet. No, look at this Denon catalog, this is DA-401 tonearm with MC cartridge DL-303 This tonearm goes with two different counterweights for MM or MC and can be used with... | |
| Most hyped turntable, tonearm, and cartridge? Where did I say the motor was other than SP-02 ? I posted many pictures of this motor in my posts earlier this year (thanks to jpjones for the images in his blog). It is Direct Drive and your records made with Direct Drive, period. SP-10 mkIII and... | |
| Most hyped turntable, tonearm, and cartridge? I was not interested in Technics DD turntables and I did not know how good they were, but I pretty much ignored them and lumped them into cheap Japanese turntable category. Then you have to check prices for Technics SP10 mk3. @ihchoIt was very exp... |