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| JVC MC1 Moving Coil Cartridge - Heritage? I'm not quite sure I follow what you're trying to communicate here, but thanks just the same for waving the red flag on this Lumière. One less thing to worry about I guess. | |
| JVC MC1 Moving Coil Cartridge - Heritage? Thanks for the kind words ☺️ The MC-L1000 is really something special and I feel priviliged to be able to hear what it can do.Apart from the XL-88D there's one other cartridge I would very much like to hear: the Neumann DST-62. This is probably th... | |
| JVC MC1 Moving Coil Cartridge - Heritage? I mentioned the Victor MC-L1000 in halcro's recent thread about diamond cantilevers. It turned out he outbid me on the Sony XL-88D, but I mentioned that I won an auction for the Victor just a few weeks later. This is also on my list of 'must hear'... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 You're welcome, Halcro! If the assumption that the sound of a cartridge is determined by its performance as a system - built from various part that all have different sonic characteristics - is correct, than the cantilever is just one of the ingr... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 The off topic divertimento is highly amusing and could be summed up by paraphrasing Basil Fa(u)wlty in one of those hilarious episodes of Fawlty Towers: "Don’t mention the Mexican".As for cantilevers (another highly amusing topic) I like frogman’s... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 Dear Nandric, I do not wish to dwell on ’linguistic constructions’, but I’d say phono cartridges as a species could be called ’delicate’. Meaning not much is required to destroy their proper working. However there are huge differences within the s... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 Sorry to stay off topic, but you gentlemen have me worried now. I was aware that the Victor is quite a delicate device, but I didn't realize it was this fragile. I'll keep my fingers crossed that the one I'm about to receive will be one of the - a... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 I'm not familiar with the kind of mark ups that are common in the audio industry, but a $565 difference between boron and diamond cantilevers - while substantial - doesn't seem to justify the enormous price hike charged for models with this option... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 @nandric, I'm not an expert or technician so I may well be mistaken, but I was under the impression that the design of the Victor with the coils 'direct coupled' to the stylus bears some resemblance to Ikeda's design, which also has the coils very... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 Dear Halcro,Yes, I'm eagerly anticipating its arrival and will report my findings. Based on its construction and design I would expect it to have some similarities with my Ikeda 9 Rex (which is definitely NOT shy in the lower registers). We'll see... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 Dear Halcro,No worries, I was one of those cowards who folded at $1000. 😞 Double that amount is a pretty sum, but I have no doubt it will stand comparison with any of today's $10k plus cartridges. Looking at it this way it's still a bargain. 😀BTW,... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 I think the one on Yahoo two weeks ago went for around $1500...... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 I looked up the Namiki website, where they offer a variety of cantilever materials: aluminum, zircon, boron, sapphire, ruby and - yup - diamond. Alas, no info on prices, but cartridge manufacturers apparently can buy these off the shelve. Perhaps ... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 Dear Halcro, was this the recent Yahoo auction? If so, you overbid me (and others of course). Good for you, I'm sure it's an amazing cartridge. I didn't dare to go higher, because I too was aware there's no replacement for its one piece cantilever... | |
| So many great golden era DD tables out there, what do you recommend for $1000? @lewm, I agree with you that the PL-70L II is a great bargain in vintage DD territory. I purchased one for around $1000 at HiFiDo several years back, but it's hardly ever on sale and prices have gone up since. For some reason the Exclusive P3 is ... |