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| Experiences buying used cartridges Have sold quite a few of my earlier cartridges to help fund the purchase of an upgrade. They have all been in perfect working order, one or two had been re-tipped and I always made that clear.Never had a problem, one buyer even sold the cart on fo... | |
| Best Cartridge for Kuzma Airline Ok Bill. Not sure of the provenance of the Kuzma DC motor. I have not tried the air line arm on my TT - something I would like to try sometime. Is the idea -behind using a mega compressor - that it charges a large reservoir tank, so the compressor... | |
| Best Cartridge for Kuzma Airline Hi BillThe new single motor enables the XL to retrieve more detail. I guess it must lower the noise floor. It has v good speed stability, all the XL strengths are there - powerful dynamics and bass etc - however depth and spatial aspects are impro... | |
| Best Cartridge for Kuzma Airline hiI have a Kuzma 4pt with a ref XL, single motor. I have used - in this order- benzLp ebony, colibri, airtight PC3, shelter harmony and now Atlas.I would avoid the benz and colibri. All the others are excellent. My most recent cart (atlas) is supe... | |
| Anyone used a USB microscope to align cartridge? Thanks Lubachl.I used Adobe illustrator as it gives a bit more control over the placement of lines, then printed out the image and measured the angle.The veho is fairly cheap, I believe the dynolite has some software to enable the placement of mea... | |
| Room correction - what device works best? I have found adding reflection absorbing panels and bass traps have made a tremendous improvement. Mostly DIY. A good site for advice is real traps.com. | |
| Anyone used a USB microscope to align cartridge? Great pictures ninetynine.I have used a cheapish scope, a Veho 400x from amazon. http://www.veho-world.com/main/shop_detail.aspx?article=40Not as good as the Dynolite but does give decent results. Needs a lot of patience to get clear imagesthis is... | |
| Equitech vs Furman Balanced Power Conditioner I would say the Furman I have is very well constructed and their technical support is excellent. | |
| Equitech vs Furman Balanced Power Conditioner I live in the UK and use the Furman IT-REFERENCE 16E which seems to do a decent job.A while ago someone told me the Furman P-2300 IT E was better than the IT-Ref I have. | |
| suggestion for turntable upgrade Have a listen to a well tempered | |
| Does the Transport make a significant difference I find playing the CD disc with a good transport gives superior sound to the same CD ripped to a PC and played back with Jriver. I know other enthusiasts who experience the same result. | |
| upgrade advice from a Linn LP12 Living in the UK and being a vinyl addict for over 40 years, I only started buying CDs relatively recently, the LP12 was the holy grail so to speak. I had a couple of LP12s and the design was good in it's day, I used it in the, then, classic naim ... | |
| Wanting to simplify my system ...... I had a similar desire last year, I had a Bat 52se and ARC ref 2 phono. I managed to audition several alternatives and ended up with a used Dartzeel NHB 18 with built in phono.I have always liked tubes however the Dart improved on the sound of my ... | |
| BAT preamp: Rex to Rex-2 upgrade I have used the 51se, 52se and Vkph10se phono. I do like BAT gear it is so well built and Victor was always a great help. BAT is not supported in the UK so I have had to move on.Sounds like you are really enjoying your upgrade well done on a good ... | |
| Why so many linn lp12s for sale Daveyf I have not heard the most recent LP12, mine was 2004ish with lingo and ekos ii. I was disappointed that an Orbe fitted with an ekos outperformed my "renowned" dealer set up Linn as did a Roksan.I think the Linn is fine if you like the sound... |