dogberry
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| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? Both Nagaoka and I must disagree with you about the MM/MI thing. To quote from Nagaoka's website: The "Nagaoka MP series cartridge", when type number starts with MP, is different from the general MM expression (moving magnet) and has a different... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? Very interested to read this. I am a moving iron fan, and have a London Decca Jubilee and a Reference. When the Reference went for its final re-tip (the maker is retiring and it is uncertain whether anyone will be able to service these cartridges ... | |
| Record Cleaner Okki Nokki I had a VPI 16.5 and a NittyGritty as similar vacuum machines to the OkkiNokki. They worked, and well enough to convince me there was something to cleaning as well as possible. So about 12 years ago I bought a Loricraft PRC4 and was very happy wit... | |
| Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable My father in law had an LP12, and an older Thorens. I got to use them between 1976 and 1985. He has classical LPs stashed away in every spare space in a large house, and quite a lot of reel-to-reel tapes, but despite all that he was quick to move ... | |
| Grado Prestige Gold 3 The effective mass of your arm is said to be 10g, which is probably a bit low to satisfy those who believe in calculations. Then again, my SME Series V is said to be too light for the Deccas, and it plainly works fine! | |
| Grado Prestige Gold 3 It certainly is, but not really relevant in this thread. You're going to be in the strange position of telling others who have never heard them why they were so special, along with me. No one will ever believe us! | |
| SME V Tonearm on eBay Hong Kong Sellers are FAKE!!! I recently learned the Chinese word 'wumao'. It would seem to apply to a poster in this thread... | |
| Grado Prestige Gold 3 I'm a fan of MI cartridges, and while these aren't in your price range, the comparison might hold true for more affordable examples in the two companies' line-up of products. I recently bought and compared a Nagaoka MP-500 and a Grado Lineage Stat... | |
| MM, MC, or MI cartridge I'm glad to hear it (as, I'm sure, are you!) | |
| Michael Fremer leaves Analog Planet For those who think Fremer quirky, you should have met Dr Harvey "Gizmo" Rosenberg, soi-disant Thermionic Techno-Shaman. It's the small touches—note the fire extinguisher? Now he was a truly eccentric and worthy man. | |
| New user phono question. Comes with free story. I'm in NS. | |
| MM, MC, or MI cartridge @mglik The Grado Lineage Statement 3 is a little brother to the Epoch 3. It is very quiet as far as surface noise goes. It's a decent cartridge, but I can't say it is better than the Nagaoka MP-500, which has a very similar MI design, and one thir... | |
| New user phono question. Comes with free story. Fredericton? A bit too far then. The bias against cheap MCs is because MM and MI cartridges sound very good, and for an MC to beat them it usually will be a good deal more expensive. They are harder to make, and much harder to make so that they s... | |
| New user phono question. Comes with free story. Justin - I just read the replies in between mine. Where in NB are you? | |
| New user phono question. Comes with free story. Justin, I’d doubt you’ve harmed any of your records playing them a few times at 2g. But if the past owner was careless about that, what else was he not paying close attention to? If that cartridge has been run for hundreds of hours at 2g it proba... |