dwette
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| DIN Phono Cable I'm shopping around for a DIN-XLR phono cable. I got a fully balanced phono-stage earlier this year, so I now have my two tonearms out for a rewire with silver litz cables and DIN termination. Right now I have a Cardas (aka Musical Surroundings Re... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? @inna Doesn’t it bother you people that cartridges sound so different ? Doesn’t it bother you people that speakers sound so different? Doesn’t it bother you people that amps sound so different? Doesn’t it bother you people that preamps sound ... | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped @jcarr Thanks so much for posting this. I am a happy owner of both Atlas Lambda SL and Atlas Lambda Mono (Joe Harley talked me into it ). These are great, great cartridges and I have saved this information you posted for future reference. I k... | |
| IsoAcoustics Gaia feet on Oracle Delphi turntable I once tried a set of Gaia III as replacement feet for my Clearaudio Ovation (about 45 lbs). I didn’t care for that so much, so I got an isoAcoustics Delos isolation base. That worked so much better. In summer 2013 I upgraded that Ovation to an In... | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped @chayro @dogberry @mulveling Thanks for your feedback. I’ve only heard great things about Joseph Long and mixed reviews about VAS, so I’ll stand with what I said before in considering the former and avoiding the latter. I've also heard good thi... | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped I’m still trying to decide what to do with my broken Koetsu Rosewood but sending it to Joseph Long (groovetickler) is at the top of my list. A couple people have said to me elsewhere not to use VAS. When I inquired with VAS he said I had to send i... | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped It's costly to do but there is no way I would send my Lyra cartridges to a 3rd party for retip. Factory rebuild is the way to go, especially with Etna and Atlas. I have a Koetsu Rosewood Signature with a missing stylus. It was given to me by a de... | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped To follow on my previous post. I had my Dynavector XV-1s factory rebuilt early last year. It came back better than it ever was before. The distributor (he’s local to me and told me himself) said when they rebuilt it they included improvements to t... | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped There is no cut and dry answer. It depends on the cartridge, who is doing the service, and what their retipping service includes. It can be done cheaply and/or badly and change the original cartridge for the worse, or it can be done very well at g... | |
| Record Storage Problem I'm in the St. Louis area (i.e. high humidity in summer months). My collection of some 5000 LPs – acquired over the last 50 years to now – is mostly (not box sets) wrapped in Sleeve City 5 mil sleeves, and there is no evidence of mold anywhere. In... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? When I make changes to the system I just play all the music I love to listen to, and much of it isn't boutique audiophile reissues or anything like that. A lot of it is jazz and classical and early music records from the 70s I have listened to for... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? I think what he meant is that with the Bugatti after you get from point A to point B you need $20K for a new set of tires. | |
| Analogue front end. You want more weight, scale and dynamics.Where do you start upgrading? @larryi A clamping system can further improve the transfer of energy, but whether this will improve the sound is a matter of system synergy and personal raste. I have the Clearaudio Statement clamp and outer limit ring, and it does sound bett... | |
| Analogue front end. You want more weight, scale and dynamics.Where do you start upgrading? I don’t use a platter pad. Well, maybe I do. It’s a 70mm POM platter pad sitting on a 15mm stainless steel platter. Right @mulveling? | |
| LYRA CARTRIDGES VIDEO @josepad FWIW: I just use the SPT at the beginning of each listening session (usually 2-4 hours). After every record I wipe the stylus with the dense carbon brush supplied with the cartridge (I have Atlas Lambda SL and Atlas Lambda Mono). I still... |