gadfly
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| Magic Diamond vs Airtight PC1? ..It looks like the back plate where the connectors are has change but i can only see that from the bottom. I do not know if that actaull goes as far as replacing the entire back plane.It does not look like he braced the generator other than epoxy... | |
| Magic Diamond vs Airtight PC1? ..I quote for the site: http://www.dietiker-humbel.ch/magicdia.htm"There are also some Signature models in the Magic Diamond cartridge lineup, selling for $15,000 to $30,000. But the waiting list for these Signature models is over a year long, whi... | |
| Magic Diamond vs Airtight PC1? What's your point? Do you know what they are? If so, tell us. But even so my only point is that the original piece is a DL-103, that can not be denied.I know that the Zu does a few mods and I am curious to know what kinds of mods would incur 5k, 1... | |
| Magic Diamond vs Airtight PC1? ..spherical = conical.same thing.that is the DL-103 standard stylus/cantilever.No design change there ..... | |
| Magic Diamond vs Airtight PC1? Hdm, I agree. It is apparent that the Magikdiamond is in fact a modded 103, which probably sounds very nice. But beware of guys like Raul who adamantly tell you otherwise. Beware the big mouth.It looks like the MagicDiamond is executed very nicely... | |
| Who LOVES their under $ 1000 table combination ? I found a Thorens TD-111 for $150, Modded broadcast tonearm $200, Denon DL103 /w Uwe body for $250, CineMag SUT for $150, Hagerman Bugle Pro for $150, and am now putting together the Hagerman Cornet2 total TBD.I LOVE the stuff. Sounds great. | |
| Herbie's fantastical mat vs anyGiven Spotmat not yet ...but I am getting closer. thing is, there are so many other things to spend your money on that once you get the spotmat beating the rubber mat on now my second table that I am sure that the spotmat is a good thing.I have moved on to an i... | |
| Any new record cleaning products? I got my hands on a beta of MoFi's cleaner recently and gave it a try.A generous inmate gave me some for a test drive and I was pretty amazed at how well it worked. It exceeds BugTussel by a far stretch and is better than the standard RRL in my op... | |
| Any new record cleaning products? There is something new from MoFi that I had a chance to use. It is an enzymatic cleaner that is far better thany anything I have used yet, enzymatic or not.I was able to get my hands on a preproduction beta batch and I hear that it should be going... | |
| Silicon Nitride vs Ruby bearing for Rega P5 I think I know what an "overblown audiophile observation" looks like. It is one where the observer has not really observed anything at all but talks a whole lot. | |
| Silicon Nitride vs Ruby bearing for Rega P5 it does prove a benefit. I used the ruby with a new subplatter and after adding the nitride there was a drop in the noise floor. steady as she goes and for short bucks it is a fair improvement. Is it worth it? Yes. | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Socrates kept asking questions that were embarrassing to the people who thought they knew something ... when in fact, they didn't. Which is annoying.He met an untimely death at his own allowance. He allowed them to kill him. I think postings are r... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II I have seen the work of the Johnnantais and all I can say is that it looks third rate. Can't say how it sounds because he won't send me one ... he won't it to anyone to review.I have a Thorens I am just finishing up and as rough as it is it 'looks... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Dear Musicus53,My thread was helpful in exposing the myth of the Johnnantais. You guys need that. There are people who are building plinths all over the place who have never heard of Self Promoter le Johnnantais.Let me spread my own Epistle. | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II personal obsession with Jean? I didn't think they'd post that first one so I wrote another but then and now I see that there is no gainsaying the goofy.I don't give a darn either. bye bye. Johnnantais invented the internet. |