chakster
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| Teach me about cartridge 'retipping' Could you explain why do you need a retip of MM cartridge if you can buy NOS Grace stylus, even F14 (RS14) which is huge upgrade over F9 (RS9) of any kind, the RS14 styli from Grace can be Boron/MicroRidge, Sapphire, Ruby and even Ceramic cantilev... | |
| Bluesound Vault 2i, with external DAC and hi-end CD player Why you're on analog section of the forum then ? | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Some crazy post here again about ceramic base of the Audio-Technica cartridges, it looks like someone pretending to be more knowledgeable that Audio-Technica engineers, right ? Let me add one quote directly from the Audio-Technica manual for their... | |
| Need cartridge advice Go for Koetsu official rebuild if you like this expensive cartridge. Why not if it can be done by the manufacturer in Japan? | |
| New Gold Note PH 10 My fingers are fine:) There are better phono stages for much higher price, but very few can offer two MM/MC input for two tonearms connected at the same time to one phono stage. Gold Note is a complicated design. On the other hand the 47 Labs Phon... | |
| New Gold Note PH 10 @chakster,Knock Knock!I am considering the PH-10/PSU-10. You have to hear it, try it. This phono stage is the most versatile for two tonearms with whatever cartridges. It is also one of the most beautiful piece of audio gear (nice design). I'm st... | |
| Cartridge suggestions for SME Turntable Effective mass of your SME tonearm maybe ? | |
| Need cartridge advice for Philips turntable You could find Philips MM cartridges | |
| Life After Technics SL1200 Mk5 Hi Chakster,Just to be clear, can you please describe what you mean by full rewire? Is it more than just the tonearm rewire? I mean internal tonearm wires (4 of them) and external shielded phono cable. Can can offer you his own, but you can buy b... | |
| Advice on best mid priced MM cartridge choice for Rega P3 (2016) I’m willing to bet that the Teo Audio ’CC’ MM cart, with a shibata, at $600, outperforms them all, Chalkster. @teo_audioFirst try to write my name correct. If you’re not familiar with classic high-end gear from the golden age how can you say a wo... | |
| Anyone tried the Ortofon Concorde century Cartridge? The funniest thing is that when I tried to buy something from our Mexican the price was insane, at least twice as much compared to what I can find and buy myself. Most of Raul’s carts are refurbished, retipped or "refreshed" in his terminology (oo... | |
| Advice on best mid priced MM cartridge choice for Rega P3 (2016) Some killer Moving Magnet cartridges at mid price in my opinion:Sony XL-50 with boron pipe cantilever. Pickering XSV/4000 with Stereohedron stylus tip. Pioneer PC-1000 MK II with Beryllium cantilever. Stanton SC-100 WOS with sapphire coated cantil... | |
| Phonostage recommendations under $3K @lalitk @chakster,The Vida is on my top 5 list but I can only afford it used :-) Prices for used VIDA are fine, I have no problem to buy used phono stage. Aurorasound home page | |
| Phonostage recommendations under $3K Look for Aurorasound VIDA and read why it's not a conventional phono stage from the list above. | |
| Advice on best mid priced MM cartridge choice for Rega P3 (2016) Garrott P77i , don’t be scarred, the price is in Australian Dollars (not USD :)No one never mentioning this brand new model on audiogon, except me.You guys know nothing about cartridges or don’t want to know :)It’s so boring to read about the same... |