daveyf
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| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... @papafrgog. +1Add to that as you increase the budget, the more it becomes not just frustrating, but also economically more untenable. Not saying that plenty of folks don’t have any issues with the economics, but I happen to know of more than a few... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... You really have no idea about what I am concerned about, do you? Please re-read my OP, and attempt to understand why the current high priced cartridge buying status quo isn’t, at least imho, a very palatable scenario for the high end cartridge con... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... @handymann An excellent question! One that I would like to see answered as well. Interesting data point. We have several vendors on eBay in Japan selling Koetsu's, as an example. NONE of them have ANY feedback from buyers about their Koetsu buyi... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... Reflecting on this a little more, there certainly is a dealer in China, who is active on this forum, selling Benz cartridges, among others, at excellent pricing. However, he is not an authorized dealer for these brands. As a grey market vendor, I ... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... Interesting, I believe I spoke to John. Since it would appear that these guys are no longer the US representatives, I wonder why they lead me ...and my dealer friend,to believe the company was no more. Since I had a deal with my dealer to acquire ... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... @jperry Like I stated above, my Benz dealer and the US distributor...Musical Surroundings. Do you know something that would contradict that? | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... @tatyana69.Please do tell us how your Benz is going to be serviced now that Benz has gone? By Soundsmith??? Sure, that is ’if’ you want a totally different SQ...IME, re-tips by aftermarket vendors never end up giving the same result as a re-build ... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... @ghn5ue You bring up an interesting point. I was hoping that Benz was still supplying cartridges, and had actually made a deal to a acquire the LPS MR from one of my local dealers. He called me and told me the situation, which lead me to cancel ... | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? @lewm The next time you are in Japan, give these guys a visit, and then get back to us: http://analog.ev.shopserve.jp | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... @mulveling I believe that not only has Benz micro ceased production, but so has Transfiguration! | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... @fleschleri am replacing my 21 year old Benz Ruby 2, and if it were possible to have upgraded in the Benz line, I would have. Unfortunately, I am told that Benz is once again, no more!This would have made my selection process a lot easier. Nonethe... | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? @orpheus10 Right now the Yen dollar exchange is pretty favorable to the dollar...what does that have to do with any of my points about acquiring the cartridges in Japan, except for re-enforcing them that is! Do you actually have any clue as to w... | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? @lewm where on earth do you get the idea that HP "seemed to prefer the shrill and clinical over the musical"?? HP was IMO one of the few audio writers who called it as he heard it....if he heard it as ’shrill and clinical’ that’s what he wrote, OT... | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? @orpheus10 Uhmmm...Last time I looked inflation wasn’t on the order of tens of percentage points in a period of just a very few years ( i don't know what country you live in, but certainly not here in the US)...as some of the cartridges in questio... | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? @edgewear What you propose makes some sense. It would be an interesting data point for the cartridge and/or arm buyer to relate to. However, it is not solving the issue, and may in fact contribute to more problems...why...because you are assumin... |