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| FR66S vs Ikeda IT-407 vs FR66FX is tracking force equivalent to compliance. Low tracking force means high compliance and vice versa. No they are not equivalent, but generally low compliance cartridges tend to track better at higher tracking forces and vice versa.Some folk like H... | |
| FR66S vs Ikeda IT-407 vs FR66FX The 3 FR66S/IT407/FR66FX are all far too heavy for the Van den Hul.The premium van den hul cartridges all track 1.35-1.5g and require a low to medium mass tonearm up to 14g effective mass.If you want to use one of these arms you will need to find ... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 @halcro 1st imression at 47k was a bit of a surprise for me, with several Garrot Decca Golds under my belt, the LDR was a lot smoother at 47k than the Decca Golds of old at 47k - they were rip your ears off.Having said that moving to the 15k, for ... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Re Sony XL88DChakster Very interesting, indeed @nandric One of the simplest stylus (Elliptical on one of the most exotic cantilever (Diamond, gemstone cantilever) - this is SONYOn the other side is pretty simple Aluminum cantilever with advanced s... | |
| Krell KC-100 and KC-200 cartridges by Takeda. Any differences? Krell KC200 was new model above the KC100, released in 1989.KC200 had Sapphire cantilever as standard ( not Boron ). | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive @thuchan I am curious to what tonearms you have tried on the Denon DP100.Could you please enlighten us. | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth @halcro Here is an extract from the Shure white papers...what happens at the resonance frequency? One important characteristic of resonance is that motions are magnified considerably, in this case, typically from 2 to 10 times. In both situations,... | |
| Any Sota Sapphire experts out there? dorkyguyrandy5/16"-18steelheadI used the adjustable VTA to compensate for a very long term and slow sinking of the armboard over many years. If your armboard is sinking then the platter and armboard would be out of level unless the other four cor... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 @halcro Thanks. My suspicion would be that the extra mass anchors the sound a little more whereas the metal headshell imparts a little more of the vibrancy.I did notice the worst mistracking appeared on the left channel.Van den hul styli do tend t... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Halcro - I am not sure if you are having me on.There is significantly more surface noise with the carbon fiber headshell.It is possible the VTA is not the same on both shells.Listening to both this is what I hear ( on ear buds ) -On violins with t... | |
| Denon DL-103 and Audio Note AN-S2 SUT problem To be clear, your dealer is a plonker.The Audio Note ANS2/L has a switchable impedance of 3 & 12 ohms.The 3 ohm input is for the Audio Note IO cartridge.The 12 ohm input is for cartridges with an internal impedance of 3-4 ohms.These inputs are... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 PPStill listening to the Sony whilst I'm posting, will be interesting to hear from Frogman, to my ears I'm hearing far more of the individual tonal colours of individual voices and the orchestral instruments appear far more realistic in tonal colo... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 @halcro cc @frogman Palladian/London Decca Reference/Sony XLGreat music. Beautiful.In a nutshell firstly comparing the Palladian to the Decca, again ibuds, the Decca wins, most notably I can hear the chest and body of the female choristers, even i... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 @halcro cc @frogman Hi, apologies for tardiness, still waiting for the Baroque !!For the 1st comparison Palladian vs Sony I was quite shocked at what appears to me ( ibuds as usual ) considerably more resolution with the Sony. Is it my imagination... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 @halcro Thanks for the update. Since the gentleman from Mexico has called most of us ignorant, it is fortuitous that you used the appropriate non gender specific pronoun, otherwise you might have been in deep doodoos on your own thread. |