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| Best Exercise To Improve Capability Of Handling Heavy Amps bad knee, bad back, bad shoulder, 30 surgeries, bad attitude: make friends, or hire others, don’t try doing it yourself, my wife helps me move mid weight stuff, I wait for friends for heavier than that, | |
| Cartridge - sweet spot on the cost/sound curve? V15Vx used body, $158 usd; Jico new VN5xMR, $282 usd $440. total exactly what I did to mine. shure orig tracked at 1,0g, I use 1.25g with this combo | |
| Cartridge - sweet spot on the cost/sound curve? richardbrand "Just a word of caution - there were several series of Shure V15 made, and they do not necessarily share compatible stylii." correct, Jico makes that clear in writing: "There is NO interchangeability between VN5MR and VN5xMR. Pleas... | |
| $3500 floor standing speakers used. What would be your choice ? I always encourage looking above any budget, just to know what might be available just above before deciding, speakers $3,510 to $4,100, 133 listing in usa | |
| Cartridge - sweet spot on the cost/sound curve? one method to get boron, is to buy a Shure V15 body, and a NEW Jico SAS on Boron Shure V15V body, eBay $200. Jico SAS on Boron $282. It comes with the brush you can use up or down like the Shure originals, however, Shure's brushes were/are damp... | |
| Cartridge - sweet spot on the cost/sound curve? Happily, my 1st pick for a Moving Coil was/is a winner, and your Phono stage has MM and MC options AT33PTG/II MC Microline on Tapered Boron: eBay $460. Cartridge & Stylus Frequency Response 15-50,000 Hz Channel... | |
| What's the weakest link in my stereo set up? I live in a townhome, so limited on space. pair of restored AR3a’s near you think of them as the smallest big speaker, easy to have refinished if you love them. put them on stands, tilted back, toed-in: rear level controls for tweeter and mid range like my AR2ax’s which have 10" woofers,... | |
| Cartridge - sweet spot on the cost/sound curve? I meant to say, when buying new, I prefer lighter/stiffer boron for cantilever material over aluminum | |
| Cartridge - sweet spot on the cost/sound curve? Time to play Sherlock Holmes, make notes Imbalance: Assuming you are right, I would prove it is the cartridge, i.e. rule out other potential problems before I bought a new cartridge: Your phono: you have two sets of interconnects, and a variety o... | |
| Victor UA-7082 Arm OR Micro Seiki MA505L ...? (both fit my existing alternate 270mm hole) lewm I find it humorous when a google search finds something I created that I had completely forgotten about, a chuckle, then I forget again. I didn't read it yet, just wondered if you remembered it, maybe something useful there. | |
| Victor UA-7082 Arm OR Micro Seiki MA505L ...? (both fit my existing alternate 270mm hole) lewm, others Look what I just found, I forgot this discussion I had started in 2019 when the 1st 7082 was on it’s way (it arrived damaged, I returned it for a full refund). https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/cartridge-compliance-try-what-in-... | |
| Victor UA-7082 Arm OR Micro Seiki MA505L ...? (both fit my existing alternate 270mm hole) Disappointedly, my early model Blackbird Arm post is not as tight a fit in it’s arm base tube as Thorens or SME precision. I had NewArtVinyl add a 2nd allen head set screw (current production change along with the 5 pin din connector so you don’t ... | |
| Phono stages: Hagerman and Sun Valley 1616 possible giant killers OP, "Do you think the Hagerman competes with phono stages in the 3-5 K price range?" Absolutely: "good enough, DONE" Speaker/Amp/Preamp/Sources: in that order I keep rejecting ... until I achieve ’involving, dynamic, revealing yet relaxed’. My... | |
| Phono stages: Hagerman and Sun Valley 1616 possible giant killers OP, Others, Sorry I confused these two brands, I was trying to share my enthusiasm, and still do, for both Kara deHavilland talked for a long time with my friend, he agreed to wait until she could get the specific transformer she wanted to use, ... | |
| Victor UA-7082 Arm OR Micro Seiki MA505L ...? (both fit my existing alternate 270mm hole) lewm, you are the reason I will take it apart and go find a washer that works and make a note of the part number when I do. Arm is about to ship from Japan. I'm hoping everything is good inside, won't know till I take it apart. If not I have 60 ... |