elliottbnewcombjr
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| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) Thorens TD124 with long and short SME arms, no dust cover scroll UP TD124, in a box, 1 SME arm, removable headshell | |
| Removing stylus from Shure V15 Type III here’s where I read that RUBY is actually a Ruby COLORED Sapphire https://orbray.com/en/product/jewel/product/cantilever.html And here’s Obray’s chart of cantilever properties and, a discussion of boron, sapphire, ruby https://audiokarma.org... | |
| Removing stylus from Shure V15 Type III buy direct from JICO, scroll down in their Shure Listings https://www.jico-stylus.com/shure-2/ NOTE: "There is no difference at all between the VN35 SAS/B [e007444] and the VN35HE SAS/B [e007446] versions. Technically speaking, they are id... | |
| Billie Holiday's Best Vinyl Recordings? "Billie’s early material(her peak years before addiction took over by the late 50’s)" The collection noted is MONO as is a wealth of great musical content. I hope you have given yourself the advantage of a true MONO Cartridge, it can make a sm... | |
| So what series are you WATCHING now? title names can be off-putting, I avoided 'Slum Dog Millionaire' and 'Ozark' until I finally gave them a chance, they are both among my high recommendations. I haven't watched a commercial since the VCR was invented! | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? Abbey Lincoln is an acquired taste, I encourage everyone to try again, this is my favorite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Gotta_Pay_the_Band you can go from, 'she can't even sing' to 'oh my god, she's the best ever!' | |
| High Performance Moving Iron Cartridge Candidates? fixed coil explained here | |
| Fun with MM cartridge a similar thread https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/high-performance-moving-iron-cartridge-candidates I posted there: search youtube for soundsmith, this popped up, being retired, fresh cup of coffee, I watched and enjoyed the whole thing, ... | |
| High Performance Moving Iron Cartridge Candidates? search youtube for soundsmith, this from 4 years ago popped up, being retired, fresh cup of coffee, I watched and enjoyed the whole thing, over an hour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul0o7UEqtkA of particular interest if you are short of time a... | |
| High Performance Moving Iron Cartridge Candidates? Yesterday I took 37 minutes to watch this video of Art Dudley of Stereophile visiting Peter Ledermann at Soundsmith’s Offices, I encourage you to remember to watch it when you can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd948px1230&t=2s Questions a... | |
| Fun with MM cartridge I just took 37 minutes to watch this video of Art Dudley of Stereophile visiting Peter Ledermann at Soundsmith's Offices, I encourage you to remember to watch it when you can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd948px1230&t=2s | |
| Fun with MM cartridge Someone with a memory, please help I found and posted a chart of materials stiffness in a recent discussion, anyone know where? | |
| Fun with MM cartridge OP no need to re-work it, it is not obvious, my friend also did not realize: the F9 Stylus is removable, you just buy one of the 6 choices listed above and change it yourself. After breaking my OEM Beryllium cantilever of my Shure V15Vxmr many ... | |
| Fun with MM cartridge Soundsmith Stylus Options for Grace f9 Body OP started this discussion about: https://www.sound-smith.com/parts/grace-f9-replacement-stylus read about the difference between their CL Contact Line, and MR MicroRidge here: https://www.sound-smith... | |
| Fun with MM cartridge OP here’s a discussion of the Grace F9 cartridge https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/grace-f-9e Note: you can put an advanced stylus in it, you might enjoy it more, excerpt, emphasis mine: "lewm 12-03-2022 at 10:11pm FWIW, Soundsmith ma... |