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| Yamamoto HSA-01 headshell/head amp For the curious, here is the manufacturer's page. ¥72,000 or $458USD. It says it can be used with almost all arms (taking that headshell), which probably implies that the overall length of the headshell is the same as usual, otherwise it might me... | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? Yes and no, respectively. I measure the value (to me) of my turntables, cartridges and phono stages in terms of pleasure, not just sound quality. There are recordings that I have on vinyl, CD, and SACD, and it's nearly always the vinyl I choose. B... | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records @pfmaudio It was very clear to hear the distortion. Can we post in here an audio file? Yes one can be linked, but the file itself must be hosted elsewhere on the web. @antinn You remind me of something: the reason I bought a Loricraft many yea... | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records If it was only the cleaned records sounding off, one can only explain this by wondering if they were not completely dry, or even whether psychacoustic factors came into play somehow? (I mean no disrespect with the latter, we are all susceptible.) ... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? Hyperion vs Epoch3? Yes, interesting. I've compared their little brothers (Sussurro and Statement3) and have a clear preference. If Stewart does start manufacture of the London Reference again in August, you'll need a three-way competition! | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records The OP states 40kHZ and 60W output. The Humminguru website states output is 45W. Maybe it isn’t a Humminguru? I can understand the reticence about publishing the brand, but the worst of all worlds is to allow a brand to be falsely suggested as ... | |
| Dynavector XV-1S Gyger, I think (if that counts!) BTW, does anyone know who makes the Paratrace for Expert Stylus? The London Reference has one, and I was just enjoying I, Robot through it. | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records No such issues with a Degritter here. 40kHz/60W doesn't sound overly powerful. so I wonder if it is a heat issue? | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? I have not heard a Hyperion, let alone the special MkII MR version, but I expect it is as sensitive to VTA as the Sussurro. I'm ashamed that it took me a couple of years to discover what I had been missing with the Sussurro. I wouldn't dismiss the... | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other @jymc I guess you're a Technics owner? And I wouldn't make any bets on the amounts any poster here has invested over the years in their systems. It's probably a case of "think of a number and then increase by an order of magnitude"! | |
| 40 years of fitting cartridges to a variety of arms, I'm feeling stumped I'm using a Soundsmith cartridge on a 309, and did run into an issue that affected the last track or two on a side (though it was mistracking rather than sibilance and distortion). I was having to lower the arm to get it level to a point where the... | |
| Vinyl Only There are also albums with the inverse of that problem—the ones we buy for just one track, and really can't get into the remainder. | |
| Static on turntable @bdp24 I suspected that to be the case, but can't really say why. Static electricity is black magic to me, largely because it didn't figure much in my A-level physics. | |
| Static on turntable I have been using the Destat III on the side to be played, then using it on the other side when when I flip the disk over. I'll try doing both sides before playing the first and see if it makes a difference. The reason for using it at all is not s... | |
| Static on turntable While I treat a record with the Destat III before playing, when I go to pick it off the platter to play the other side there is often static attraction that was not there when placed on the platter. It has to be the stylus/vinyl friction that caus... |