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| Diamond vs Aluminum tweeters for B&W 800 series OP, I wasn’t paying enough attention. I just saw the prices you mentioned, I would not personally spend that unless I had young ears and could readily tell the difference. Hasn’t anybody found a nice SEAS or SCANSPEAK, MOREL, DYNAUDIO, FOCAL VIF... | |
| Diamond vs Aluminum tweeters for B&W 800 series oh yeah, there’s some Beryllium tweeters out there, that is my preferred cartridge cantilever material, lightest/stiffest .... I just acquired 2 vintage used and 1 NOS, but don’t look at beryllium when thinking unhappy thoughts, it shatters easily... | |
| Diamond vs Aluminum tweeters for B&W 800 series shattered? usually you burn out the coil, what do you mean shattered? I would buy a new pair and have 1 working spare. is it possible the bad tweeter can be repaired? have you looked into that? my active horn tweeters and horn midrange drivers ... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? iopscrl thanks for sharing your extensive knowledge. I think your Technics SP-15 is a great TT. Many years ago, Wayne, my friend at Harveys, 45th st, nyc called me whenever something great was coming out of trade-in/repair to their used shelf... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? sorted the list OP gave us 1st by tracking force, lightest on top 2nd by stylus type, line contact at the top (all line contact are subtle variants of original shibata, avoiding patent disputes) (note no SAS with further increased contact area ... | |
| Integrated that blew you away https://6moons.com/audioreviews/cayin/a88t.html I truly love the sound of the 6snl and 6sl7 tubes, (all prior owned units used 12’s), and I changed and prefer KT88’s to the 6550 it came with //////////////////////////////////////// make some ef... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? faustuss "The only mono’s I have are reissues which are all lacquered with modern stereo heads these days. I simply use my stereo micro line cartridge and throw the mono switch on my phono preamp and I’m golden. No muss no fuss!" Exactly what I... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? anyone like the idea of MC at33 mono rebuilt with new boron cantilever/new microridge stylus? here's one on Yahoo Auctions, 20 hours left, with OEM used conical on aluminum. (I bought mine with a broken cantilever) https://yahoo.aleado.com/lot?a... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? lalitk OP 1st: is it a True Mono Cartridge? Always ask that. No signal generated by vertical motion is what you want. next: what stylus profile shape? then the cantilever material? because good mono can be VERY Dynamic tracking force? (a lo... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? here's the AT160ml Cartridge without a headshell, from Samurai, I took a chance on two used with headshells, VAS checked them, they both were good! One body turned out to be a model 150 with 160ml beryllium/microridge stylus, seller gave me 1/3 re... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? lalitk OP I used the shorter SME 3009 on my Thorens TD124 for many years, loved the knife edge design. So obvious what everything does. Note: those arms have a concealed rubber tube that isolates the rear counterweight tube section, if buying use... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? lalitk OP, everyone I can lower all 3 arms onto an LP, it plays perfect speed (as Halcro proved) so I can compare 2 or even 3 cartridges within seconds by my two dials on my SUT I make any needed volume adjustments when I change, my Cayi... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? after ’generally’ getting the arm level Removable Headshells, even high quality ones, might not be perfectly level with the arm, so you need to check both Azimuth and VTA at the headshell, when down on the mirror or in the groove, suspension prop... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? @danmar123 ditto: Wishing you a speedy recovery! I often listen to Mono from my reclining chair on my porch, where most of my recovery from 31 surgeries has occurred, and often use the Mode Switch, so true mono cartridge, then L+R to L projec... | |
| Masimo gives up. link to the story https://news.harman.com/releases/masimo-to-sell-consumer-audio-business-to-harman-international |