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| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 @halcro All these cartridges have 3 things in common....Koetsu UrushiSymphonic Line RG Gold LOLyra HelikonLyra Titan iLyra AtlasClearaudio ConcertoClearaudio Insider GoldDynavector XV-1SZYX UNIverseThey were all expensive current-model LOMC cartri... | |
| The Miller Carbon Story @millercarbonGreat to have a thread for discussion on TT tweaks. Here are my questions and observations.Matter of fact both the black and cocobolo platters were clearly superior. But the black was solid black like a hockey puck and cocobolo while ... | |
| 401 birch or slate? @noromance Should also tell you I built a 301 for a spare TT for myself and to run 78's. It blitzed my old second deck which was a Platine Verdier.Some of my mods included - Full motor rebuild, new bushes, blueprinted evrything internally - only r... | |
| 401 birch or slate? @noromance Hi there,Good to hear about your upgrades. Great looking 401 with the slate plinth.Since my last post I have rebuilt my listening buddies AG 401 with a custom engineered quartz stone plinth, 12kg brass platter & bearing, and Kuzma 4... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 @mijostyn I was a high end distributor and had a retail shop. And no, I am not in the business of reselling anything, but I still help out many of my old customers. | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 Van den hul's work in my experience ( 35 years ) is superb.As far as I know he is the only person to succesfully repair the super rare Technics EPC100 cartridges.The best rebuilt Koetsu Onyx Gold I have ever heard was one done by van den hul - and... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 Here look what he did, he ruined an Audioquest AQ 7000 worth over 3000 $ in my country by putting his damn signature on it without authorization.If I had been in the friend who sent her for a check I would have sued VdH for damages without thinkin... | |
| Woodsong Garrard 301, Artisan Fidelity 301, Shindo 301, SME 301, or etc.? @ferrari275DoverAnd then there are the thoughtless mods - like the aftermarket bearing "upgrades". Most people denigrate the original flat bottom spindle and thrust pad. However changing that profile to a ball and thrustpad actually destabilises t... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 @intactaudio Dovers only complaint seems to be centered on the visual look opposed to the actual quality / strength of the junction and I do not consider that alone to be a valid judgement of quality.Actually I have on hand both the original Sumik... | |
| SAEC WE 506/30 incoming. Anybody here with any experience with this arm? @ps68 I would imagine the small offset in the headshell is irrelevant in that the arm does not have offset bearings like modern arms anyway. The arm is already compromised in that you have an offset cartridge with non offset vertical bearings, whi... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 @mijostynI mean no glue.The Soundsmith ruby cantilever looks like a toilet brush with crap on the end compared to the 1980's Sumiko Talisman S. There is no comparison - the Soundsmith is crude. Having said that I like the Soundsmith cartridges in ... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 @halcro If they could do this in the 1980s before CNC machines, 3D Printing and Computer-Controlled Lasers.Just a correction - Namiki was using lasers to manufacture nude mounted styli in jewelled cantilevers back in the 80's I believe - for examp... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 @halcro @edgewearThe point of difference with the Final Audio/Sony XL88D cartridges are that the stylus and cantilever are cut from one diamond piece, there is no glue, no nude mounting.As far as I am aware these are the only cartridges made with ... | |
| Technics SP10 MK3 Restoration @chakster If you like boxes like this then I doubt you have a good taste.If you read my post correctly above, I have already said that I dont like panzerholz, timber, plywood etc because it is not dimensionally stable.If you like boxes like this t... | |
| Technics SP10 MK3 Restoration @chakster Your posts above 07-24/25-2021 would have to be some of your most ill informed posts ever, even by your own modest standards.Artisan fidelity plinth for Technics is also “just a box” (even if the wood is nice). No its not. the Artisan Fi... |