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| Technics SP10 MK3 Restoration I dont like plywood or panzerholz because they are dimensionally unstable in the long term - warping, expansion, contraction.I have had excellent results with Engineered Stone ( 95% plus quartz for premium quality european product ). There are man... | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses @neonknight Hi - the way to think about settng the main counterweight on the Dynavector arms is to think of a tightrope walker with a pole.The purpose of adjusting this counterweight is to provide perfect balance over the top of the horizontal bea... | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses @ihcho That Denon HA1000 head amp is pretty grainy and not particularly transparent, you should probably upgrade that before you spend more on another arm or cartridge, if you want best value upgrade. | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 @chakster The cost is only $10k today if Mr. Adreoli will accept your order, unfortunately his cartridges are not available from the dealers or shops. And if you can search and read about him you will understand his philosophy and his opinion abou... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 @mijostynI am beginning to think moving coil cartridges are a waste of money and that you can get equal or better performance out of much less expensive moving magnet and iron cartridges. I dont agree. MM’s have an inherent issue in that the high ... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 @chakster So some of you who blame me for collecting The best Vintage MM should know that Diamond, Boron, Ruby whatever you name it ... is technology from the 70’s. If you are about innovative know-how design of the 21st century then try Synthobi... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 @mijostynPretty good amateur opinion Raul. This is what I came up with. The specific gravity of Boron is 2.34. This means that Boron is 2.34 times heavier than an equal volume of water. The specific gravity of diamond is 3.52! Diamond is signific... | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING IMPORTANT NOTE TO ALL >>>READ THIS POST BY OPAfter nearly throwing the LYRA DELOS in the garbage, a swap out of phono preamps have vindicated this fine cartridge. The BAT VK P12 phono preamp has transformed the LYRA into a game changer. ... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 @edgewear@jcarr As an owner of the Final Audio VTT1 turntable since the 80's, which is a phenominal turntable, I have seen 2 versions of the Final cartridge produced for Final by Yoshihisa Mori. One version had a half length diamond cantilever. Th... | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING @jeffvegasOn the one hand you sayMOVING COILS ARE HIGHLY OVERRATED.. And then you sayI bent a cantilever on the Hana ML I had and it is either going to be repaired or replaced at the dealer. I'm thinking of just trading that Hana AND the Delos in... | |
| Refurbish Fidelity Research Tonearms @rauliruegas Yes I tend to agree, I generally prefer static balance, however I dont think the FR can be 100% static unless the spring is removed.As I suggested on some arms in the past I have removed springs for vtf and gained a reasonable improv... | |
| Channel D Lino C vs. Sutherland Little Loco @nandric What about you chakster? A provocative post, you know that everything Chakster owns is the best ever made....until his next purchase.His moniker should be Raul Junior. | |
| Refurbish Fidelity Research Tonearms I posted these comments on another thread for Nandric , but pertains to this thread, dover1,477 posts07-10-2021 12:37am@nandric The bearings in the FR64S used for horizontal motion of the arm are conventional roller bearings, purchaseable off the ... | |
| Anyone familiar with Ikeda 9 series (cantileverless kind) MC cartridges? @nandric The bearings in the FR64S used for horizontal motion of the arm are conventional roller bearings, purchaseable off the shelf to any spec. - eg Abec 7,9 etcThe issue most folk ignore is that the load on the roller bearings used for horizon... | |
| Channel D Lino C vs. Sutherland Little Loco Plenty of these current mode aroundGoldmundVan den hulCH PrecisionNibiruBMC phonoBeware though with current mode input there is a risk of micro currents running back through the coils of your precious MC and burning them out.Allaerts in particular... |