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| Tonearm recommendation griffithdsI am not sure why you call the Ikeda & FR7 high compliance. I have had 2 Ikedas - they are very low compliance. My experience with the Lustre 801 was excellent results with a Koetsu Black back in the day - very seamless sound, smooth... | |
| Similar sound characteractics to MIT cables? I was a distributor for MIT in the 80's.Bruce Brisson started MIT with Karen & Jack Sumner of Transparent. Brisson was the designer, Sumner provided the finance & marketing. Brisson was the designer behind the time and phase alignment desi... | |
| Need help and advice on a VPI 3D arm the issue of this arm losing its azimuth settings and having to be reset about every two weeks the issue just got so severe that it could not be adjusted out and really obvious visually.This raises the question of whether both the stylus and your ... | |
| Tonearm recommendation Fleib - There was a discussion on FR64 geometry earlier in this forum. I use Dertonams recommended geometry outlined here -https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/the-pivoted-arm-experiment-is-overThere is also a valuable discussion on geometry at ... | |
| Tonearm recommendation RaulIf we have not that first new experience then we don’t know if it’s tru or it’s totally wrong. This is the subject here because no one is willing to try it.That comment is a gross assumption that probably offends many people here and is pure c... | |
| Tonearm recommendation Raul - Further to my post above, the Dynavector Karat Nova 13D that you advertised on Audiogon in August last year (Listing ID: lis6d99b) is not only mounted upside down in the headshell, but appears to me that the cantilever is not original as cl... | |
| Tonearm recommendation Raul - you give me a lecture on how to test properly, but you can't even install a cartridge properly in your own system.rauliruegas 02-04-2016 4:58amDear dover: I must add that that PURE MUSIC SIGNAL that pass through the internal tonearm wires ... | |
| Tonearm recommendation Raul - instead of talking about distortions - it would be more helpful if you simply described your experiences with Koetsu's which is what the op is using, and what differences in sound you heard between various arms. Which arm do you prefer and ... | |
| Tonearm recommendation Fleib - Just the bit about the spring mechanism & dynamic balance.I agree that dynamic balance helps to maintain constant track force on warped records, but if you are not playing warped records then static balance should be fine. In my experi... | |
| Tonearm recommendation Syntax, I’m a bit more relaxed around Rauls posts. At the end of the day opinions are only in the context of the rest of the system and how well the gear is set up. I like the "distortions" in my system...I try to get them close to the distortions... | |
| Tonearm recommendation Raul - you are correct in your comments about the dynamic balance mechanism ( which is a coiled spring ) used for setting the vertical tracking force. I have removed the dynamic balance mechanism from some tonearms and you can hear a cleaner sound... | |
| Retipping Cartridges - How Much of the Original Sound Signature Do You Lose? atealIf you fractured the cantilever then the cartridge cannot possibly have had just a retip. Either the cantilever has been repaired or it has been replaced. In both instances the sound is likely to change. If the cantilever has been repaired - ... | |
| Grace F9 F8 F-9 F-8 Andante F9 F-9 H S Sumiko Pearl Supex Phono Stylus GAS Sleeping Beauty I think one of the more interesting aspects of the Grace F8/F9 series is that not only were there a vast array of cantilever and tip configurations available (including some not in the catalogues), but that some stylus were sold as sets. This indi... | |
| Jimmy Fallon has a Mcintosh turntable Lewm - you misunderstand my post - the Clearaudio/McIntosh sounds very good and is good value at that price point. It is a current product that is fully serviceable from the factory. No maintenance issues is an important factor in audio in my view... | |
| Jimmy Fallon has a Mcintosh turntable lewm01-23-2016 1:21pmI guess I don't know my way around Clearaudio TT's, but why would upwards of $8K be good value for the M10? Because it will smoke a Technics SP10mk3 and you don't have to waste time trawling the net to replace obsolete and def... |