chakster
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| Cartridge recommendations under $2500 @lalitk the OP considering Koetsu Rosewood, not that entry level Black which is the worst Koetsu. He has mentioned Rosewood and this is another level. Comparing Hana to Koetsu Rosewood is very strange in my opinion.You're right about the prices, H... | |
| Cartridge recommendations under $2500 Don't forget that for Koetsu you need a heaviest possible tonearm, it's a very low compliance cartridge! If you can get heavy tonearm like IKEDA then look for Miyajima cartridges. Don't know why Hana is in your list if you can get Koetsu ? The res... | |
| Phonostage recommendations under $3K Did you try Aurorasound VIDA ? | |
| Relative Spending on Turntables and Cartridges You can spend $50 000 on a turntable, but a $1500 Victor TT-101 recapped and calibrated for about $1500 extra by JP Jones is unbeatable at any price. You can read about TT-101, people who own multiple turntables and tonearms (including some very e... | |
| Relative Spending on Turntables and Cartridges But if you've got a budget of, say $1200, then you might be better off (in terms of your audio experience) spending $600 to $700 on the table and $500 to $600 on the cartridge than $1000 on the table and $200 on the cartridge (depending, of cour... | |
| Relative Spending on Turntables and Cartridges Prices means nothing, depends what you're buying. Once you got a nice turntable you can spend more on cartridges if you want (or can't stop). Turntable drive, plinth and tonearms normally cost more than a nice cartridge. But if you want to try a $... | |
| Curious about cartridges. Miyajima is not Miyabi :) Try Miyajima Kansui or Madake, maybe a dealer can help you with upgrade. | |
| Telefunken vacuum tube E88CC-TK; NOS versus brand new. Some nice 12at7wa tubes discovered by myself when I was looking for a cheaper alternative to my rare Telefunken ecc801s military NOS tubes:National 12at7WA “Pinched Waist” (Matsushita/National) From tube experts online: “I’ve noticed that tubes fr... | |
| At wits' end with radio through the speakers! You need shielded phono cable from your turntable to the phono stage (this is where the problem is, if you're using unshielded ) and maybe even from a phono stage to amp. | |
| Stylus stuck in groove So you bought a very expensive Clear Audio modern MM cartridge earlier this year, now you’re saying that it does't sound good in the first 45 minutes each time you’re playing your vinyl, and even its stylus tip stuck in a groove??? | |
| Amazon Ships Records in Plastic Now Why do you buy records from amazon???You don’t know professional record dealers or proper online recordshops ?All records available on discogs from many shops or private dealers and all of them have feedback score from their customers. Only idiots... | |
| Absolute Monster SAM Turntable so ugly | |
| Fuuga vs Miyajima My choice of ultimate LOMC are Miyajima Kansui and Miyabi Standard. Fuuga designer was influenced by Miyabi (Takeda-San), not Miyajima. Miyabi Stadrard is very hard to find NOS, but if you really need an ultimate MC then look for it. I’ve been loo... | |
| Advice on best mid priced MM cartridge choice for Rega P3 (2016) I came across this Stanton Catalog, two interesting technical performance and stylus type charts.http://lcweb2.loc.gov/master/mbrs/recording_preservation/manuals/Stanton%20Product%20Catalog.pdfwhat is the difference between Stereohedron and Stereo... | |
| Warm up time for record playing this forum nowadays is totally crazy :) |