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| Putting together turntable rig The only three brands he has, within my price range, most stuff costs even more, is Gold Note, Acoustic Signatur and Dr. Feickert.Of those the Feickert would be the best in my view.Feickert with Kuzma 4Point if possible is an excellelnt combinatio... | |
| Naim introduce a turntable - the Solstice Special Edition The ARO was certainly an ergonomic challenge. But my real objection was that it sounded awful - thin, lightweight, no bass. Thats not my experience.I own several arms including Aro/Dynavector/FR64S plus many others.In a direct comparison using the... | |
| Naim introduce a turntable - the Solstice Special Edition The plodding sound of high mass turntables (I have owned an AMG and a Kuzma) really seems contrary to the Naim philosophyIts not the high mass, it is the design and implementation.I have heard both the TT's you mention - the ploddy sound has nothi... | |
| Kuzma 4Points and Lyra carts @karl_desch Sussurro is low compliance - 10microm/mNhttps://sound-smith.com/cartridge-compliancearm-mass-chart | |
| Putting together turntable rig I have a good friend in Tokyo and there are a lot of work off-line to get some of the rarest NOS cartridges in perfect condition for my personal collection of the best vintage MM and MC. Chakster, I have a good friend in Moscow who sells the fines... | |
| Putting together turntable rig If you or someone else can’t find them I can help, try to understand it. @chakster Oh I understand it.You buy old cartridges off yahoo japanYou recommend those cartridges on audiogon forums.And then you sell them based on your own recommendations... | |
| Putting together turntable rig Your cartridge is the most important component in analog chain, if you want the most noticeable upgrade in sound quality just change your cartridge. And don’t believe the hype (MC is not better than proper MM). @chakster Of course you would say th... | |
| Putting together turntable rig @greenhorn20Buy the best turntable you can afford and if possible the best arm. You can upgrade the cartridge easier later. | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms @daveyf @mijostyn Air bearing arms are not worth talking about?? I wouldn't state that to any of the many owners of the Eminent Tech arm...an arm that I still feel can compete with some of the best available today.Agree - and despite the high eff... | |
| Recommended FR 66 service @howardalex Hi - I'm interested to know what sound differences did you hear before and after the service/rewire.Thanks. | |
| Analog upgrade: Luxman EQ-500 Phono preamp + Hana Umami Red Cartridge + REED 2A Tonearm The Reed arms are medium to medium/high mass and will match well with the medium compliance Umami. There should be no problem matching these components. | |
| Help me with a Fidelity Research FR64 part As I said in my earlier post in 2019 above - You can buy them on yahoo Japan - "FR64S stabilizer" - original size or super heavy stabilizer Here is one here -https://yahoo.aleado.com/lot?auctionID=k513818611original size as you are looking for. | |
| Excel Sound Corp ST 1 step up transformer @persveHere you go - tps://riliujsbiqfapf6yf5omorv2jy-adv7ofecxzh2qqi-web-fc2.translate.goog/needie/NDexcel/SUPER-ST1.htmlFrom the specs it appears to be an outstanding transformer, hard to beat today - which would explain the sound quality you ar... | |
| Acoustical Systems MM Fideles? I disagree tablejockey. I think their tables are overdesigned and Techdas is clearly a superior product. Mijostyn-I also think Tech Das has much more to offer if one is shopping on that level. My comment was just being sarcastic on the build. Thes... | |
| Refurbish Fidelity Research Tonearms My old bearings vs new ABEC-9( When the going gets tough, the tough get going...)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB8bnc4zlSEThis is an interesting video - certainly the old bearings look pretty sick.The video would have been better if he had shown... |