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Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍
@dover I have no reason to doubt Mori San's instincts....After all, there is a reason that both Edgewear and I are stunned by this cartridge 🤯What I cannot for the life of me understand though, is why today.....in the 2020s....it is not a piece of... 
Kid Creole & Coconuts
KID CREOLE & the COCONUTS - LIFEBOAT PARTY CONCERT(Live from London Hammersmith Odeon - Circa 1983)What a Rhythm Section..... 
Kid Creole & Coconuts
Amazing that they’ve still got it....2018 BIRMINGHAM19822019 
Kid Creole & Coconuts
And 2018...Although the Coconuts look a bit worn 🥴Will never equal the ORIGINAL LINEUP But how wonderful to see a whole new Generation waking up....198520152014 2013 2017 UPDATED COCONUTS 20182017 SOUTHHAMPTON2018Still the best concert from the 80... 
Kid Creole & Coconuts
A lot can happen in 8 years thanks to the Internet and YouTube.......The world is rediscovering Kid Creole and the Coconuts!!!! 😍2010 PERFORMANCEAnd August is ageless...... 
Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍
@edgewear I've just joined your nightmarish scenario. A cartridge with irreplacable cantilever, irreplacable stylus and irreplacable sound! I completely share your sentiments and I'm glad I followed your lead!I'm so pleased for you my friend.... 👏... 
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Thank you Frogman.....And thank you to Dover and you for demonstrating your rare hearing abilities for the umpteenth time....Many people (most) do not credit these YouTube videos with the gravitas they deserve because they are unable to hear the d... 
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I have been busy of late with other interests.....watches, cars, architecture.Have still found time to listen to music every day.....but not reading Forums 🥱Last week I plugged in a NOS Signet MR 5.0 lc Vintage MM Cartridge which has a Line Contac... 
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Hi @bydlo 😉,Thanks for the update and the kind words....As you rightly state.... loading is very personal and inherently 'system dependent'.I suspect your intended loading of 25K may be just 'on the money' 🤞Just remember to try slight changes to V... 
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Some bass with the SONY XL-88D 
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Great observations (as always) Frogman.Thank you 😃Your detailed descriptions allow me (of the cloth-eared).....to actually hear what you mean.And thank you for the Link to that very interesting 'stylistic' comparison. 
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I ask is it not the case that so-called "ruby" and "sapphire" cantilevers are one and the same material?I think it IS basically @lewm .....What could possibly explain the differences here, is that the proportions of the RUBY CANTILEVER to the SAPP... 
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Wow @dover .......Simply Wow 🤯Your ears should be left to Auckland University upon your demise 👂👂Strangely enough, after recording the Sapphire Cantilever....I preferred it to the Ruby (which I had previously had attached) and so have left it inst... 
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Can you actually hear the differences between cantilever materials....? That's a question some have asked me.My answer.......I'm not sure 🤔The reason I'm regularly asked this question is because I've often written that I prefer Beryllium to all ot... 
FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms
Congratulations @eggberg....I assume you're the happy winner of the Japan Yahoo Auction for the FR-66S 🎉If I didn't already have two of them, I would have been tempted to bid.It looks to be a complete set in mint condition (which is rare) with an ...