chakster
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| Has anything changed with Grado cartridge re-tipping? No more Needle Doctor.... Trade-up plan is excellent, much better than re-tip.And they have a reason not to re-tip/rebuild old cartridges, a new one instead of old is much better (if the price is ok for the owner). | |
| Anyone tried the Ortofon Concorde century Cartridge? @lewm What people don’t understand is the humor sometimes, the "store" Brent is talking about does not exist, except for him as we chat over the phone often (about vintage hi-fi). I am always happy to help another passionate collector as i am iden... | |
| Has anything changed with Grado cartridge re-tipping? No more Needle Doctor.... The XTZ is great, this is what I have for everyday use for a while on DA-401 | |
| Advice on best mid priced MM cartridge choice for Rega P3 (2016) Why do you always recommend the same old handful of cartridges????? Actually not the same, it depends on the budget and tonearm. But at least I recommend something that can sound amazing, not just average sounding modern cheap MM carts with med... | |
| Has anything changed with Grado cartridge re-tipping? No more Needle Doctor.... You have to call Grado and they will tell you who is the official dealer in your area if they can’t accept your cartridge from you directly. A third-party re-tipping is nonesence (especially for Grado MI). | |
| Has anything changed with Grado cartridge re-tipping? No more Needle Doctor.... Why don’t you email to the Grado Labs in NYC ???Why do you even think about third-party re-tipping if you can service your cartridge with Grado Labs (original manufacturer) ? | |
| VAS (Steven Leung) cartridge repair/retipping service? Steve at VAS has done an awesome job for me repairing a half dozen high-end carts and counting. everything from a re-tip to cantilever/styli replacement, re-tensioning suspensions and fixing dead shorts. Wow, that’s amazing, you don’t want to dea... | |
| Teach me about cartridge 'retipping' Could you please recall exact models you’re talking about. And why don’t you explain in details what are you talking about? What new ideas, materials, please tell us. Because I can simply recall the best MM cartridges that are unbeatable today and... | |
| Teach me about cartridge 'retipping' Speakers can be upgraded with different parts. Amplifiers, CD players, phono stages, turntables, tone arms- even speaker cables, power cords and interconnects can be upgraded in the aftermarket. Only phono cartridges cannot. Re-tippers can buy on... | |
| Teach me about cartridge 'retipping' As the owner of many vintage cartridges I must say that compliance is measurable with Hi-Fi News TEST LP. Based on my experience with more than 60 cartridges I can say that a high compliance is always a high compliance and a low compliance always ... | |
| Teach me about cartridge 'retipping' All you need to know, explained well by Jonathan Carr (Lyra) on this forum long time ago, I will just copy paste here again: "Changing only the stylus will alter the sound less than if the cantilever material is changed. When a cartridge is desi... | |
| Phonostage recommendations under $3K Some people are married to that Herron, they are not allowed to look aside. | |
| Cartridge suggestions for SME Turntable It can handle light or heavy carts, but you need to know tonearm effective mass to match your cartridge according to its compliance at 10Hz (not just weight of the cartridge). | |
| Cartridge recommendation please... It’s now your fault that I probably will buy one of these,however, the 3000 says 4.7mv signal, the 4000 says .7mv signal. I’ve seen it before and I can confirm that .7mV signal is a misprint in the documents. Check my sold listing for more info. ... | |
| Teach me about cartridge 'retipping' Remember Technics best cartridges, this is one of mine under macro lens. Technics made the lowest possible moving mass MM cartridge (Boron Pipe cantilever). See why it’s better. According to this Technics research: "Somewhere in the high frequenci... |