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| Cartridges - what have you owned and your opinion Grado Green: Muffled. The midrange voice, though, sounds very human but as if coming through a screen door.Denon DL-110/160: Dynamic, exciting, like the Mummers. Lacking internal insight. Ortofon MC5: Smooth and detailed but no soul.Pickering TLS-... | |
| I'm taking a poll... B. But I do A so I can live an easy life. | |
| idler wheel vs direct drive technics impressions Here is the linkage under my Thorens TD111: http://home.comcast.net/%7Eomaille/audio/TD111/before3.jpghttp://home.comcast.net/%7Eomaille/audio/TD111/before2.jpgHere is the linkage under a Lenco:http://wegavision.pytalhost.com/lencoL75/lenco11.jpgI... | |
| idler wheel vs direct drive technics impressions I had a small evolution from Rega belt drive to Thorens idler then to a Technics DD. I think the Thorens had more drive and impact than the Technics. The weak link in the idler is linkage and Lenco having more linkage than the other idlers wold fa... | |
| Ultimate Idler Drive Panzerholz /w colorations? But I like those colors.Although I think I would go for a slate body for the Denon DL-103 if one of those ever emerges. . | |
| taking rega feet off? I did.http://home.comcast.net/~omaille/audio/NAD533/NAD533.html | |
| I'm taking a poll... then just leave it there | |
| Should I try the Cambridge Audio 640p? I got one of those heavily modified Cambridge 640p's as well. It really breathes. Someone on this site is selling one for ~$600 if you just need to spend the money, else you can mod it yourself. | |
| Soundsmith retips I have a retipped 103 that does have a difference in presentation. Faster, much faster and much more detailed. The tone though is similar to what it was previously.AT first it was a shock. But I have grown to love it. Big difference between a coni... | |
| Herbie's mat with NAD 533 Adam18, That link I posted earlier was a mistake. Here is the one I wanted to post: http://home.comcast.net/~omaille/audio/NAD533/NAD533.html | |
| Herbie's mat with NAD 533 I used a DIY spotmat on each table and like it very much.For help with that go here: the Analog DeptI recently bought a funk firm Achromat which beat the spotmat by a few points but that mat was about $100. Spotmat cost about $5 to make. You could... | |
| Herbie's mat with NAD 533 While Narrod has a good point below I ignored advice like that when upgrading my NAD. I got rid of all the wow issues and the glass platter that Ekobesky suggest went a long way to help in that direction.Have a look ... http://forum.audiogon.com/c... | |
| Headshell suggestions for the Denon dl-102 Ortofon - LH 8000 Headshell Here's a pictureHead Shell with SME-Connectorvery solid mechanical contruction of Japanese oak with Urushi lacquer finishHeadshell-Cables in OFC-Copper with hard gold plated connectorsfinger hand gear removableweight 8,... | |
| Best cartridge for modded Technics 1200 Tvad, I thought you meanty you were using the Technics jig. That poor molded thing. I am willing to humble down and try setting up that 160 again. I may gain something by trying it .... but I doubt it. ;-)Johnnyb53, I know that the Technics likes ... | |
| Best cartridge for modded Technics 1200 st up on the 160. I don't know. I've had this issue with this cart across two different tables. It really shows up in comparison to the other cartridges. On it's own I wouldn't have a big deal about it. It's not a killer amount of sibilance, I sup... |