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| Hana Umami Red or Lyra Kleos? @skyscraper If you were going to spend $4k on a cartridge and then $4k on another arm down the road - you would be better off buying a new turntable/arm package. None of the VPI arms are that great, and a change requires new armboard etc. My re... | |
| Cartridge incompatibility, Soundsmith and Luxman I doubt I could hear a difference between a nude Vishay TX series and the TF030. I have actually done this comparison in the loading position of a MC input stage and the nude bulk foil Vishays are considerably more transparent. | |
| Detachable Head shell or Not? @lewm @pindac 'what tonearm offers both a continuous wire connection AND an interchangeable headshell? ' Kuzma 4Point arms all have detachable headshell and continuous wiring run from cartridge to phono - no joins. Furthermore you can remo... | |
| Decided to try a SPU cartridge This whole HTA discussion highlights that if you want accurate alignment, you should only buy - cartridges with conical/spherical tips or - cartridges that have a nude mounted square shank diamond and the cantilever has been laser cut. If you ... | |
| Decided to try a SPU cartridge I suspect for a SPU, the sonic differences between these arms are small. No. Also, just to reiterate, if you want to play with SUT's, you can use them with the MM input on your Grail phono. | |
| Glanz moving magnet cartridges @lewm I think its just old mans saggy ass syndrome. My MFG61 rides a little low - sounds great, but I don't use it much at all. This is why vintage cartridges are risky in my view. Also Expert Stylus/Garrots can give you an appraisal of the c... | |
| Glanz moving magnet cartridges @lewm It appears the cantilever carriage is universal across most of the Astatic/Glanz range, but each model has a variation in cantilever material and/or tip.. So if you have 2 assemblies that require a new cantilever, and they cannot be repair... | |
| Advice needed on MC cartridges @skyscraper Sorry - I have listened to the Paua extensively - it requires a load of around 470ohms to 1k. Optimum is around 800-1000ohms - therefore it will not match the Luxman. It needs the gain of a moving coil phono, but your phono loading i... | |
| Decided to try a SPU cartridge @kennyc You should be able to use a SUT into the MM section of the Grail. The autoload sensing pertains to the MC input stage only. | |
| Sumiko Pearwood Celebration II @trentmemphis Yes - that makes more sense. | |
| Sumiko Pearwood Celebration II The manual noted that the cartridge is designed so the back of the tonearm should be slightly lower than the front to achieve the optimum tracking angle. Dont know why anyone would design a cartridge like that because if a tonearm has been desi... | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other @drbond Yes I interpose linear/tangential. I am not a fan of the new pivoted arms that try to simulate tangential tracking such as the Thales and Reed on the basis that they introduce new problems - that is they do not provide a rigid platform ... | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other IMHO they add complication in set up and depending on the table may have some type of additional motor or mechanism to move the arm which can add noise. No thats not correct. The top linear trackers use air bearing carriages - the stylus foll... | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other @drbond You are right. Most experiences of audio components are within the context of the system in which they are heard. Even reviewers often have a narrow window. And of course opinions are always subject to ones own preferences. Each of the... | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other @audition__audio cc @drbond CSPort air bearing turntables you are referring to are very good. |