harold-not-the-barrel
Responses from harold-not-the-barrel
| Recommendations for an MC cart on Audiogon 20x2 and that Orto are inferior to both ART9/ART7 and 17DX/17D3. Period.17DX costs app. 1200 GBP, ART9 much less and is truly a superb modern technology MC in all aspects, not to mention in sound quality. In addition, the 17Ds are NOT EASY to setu... | |
| Recommendations for an MC cart on Audiogon ^ +1 Ah, now I see, the AT-ART9 is much cheaper in the USA than elsewhere ? The cheapest on eBay:https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audio-Technica-Japan-MC-type-stereo-cartridge-AT-ART9-with-Tracking-JAIP/...Yes go for the ART9, it truly is a superlative ... | |
| Phone Pre (new or used) Under $1000 to replace Dynavector P-75 I just recently got a serviced 25 yrs old SS true balanced Electrocompaniet EC-3 w/ balanced MC board for under $900 off eBay and this true A class preamp performs just absolutely fantastic.Plays very low output MCs such as 0.12 mV Highphonic MC R... | |
| Low Hours Phono Cartridges? Most sellers are ordinary guys/girls who are true and honest audiophiles like me. They often have multiple cartridges, sell their old and buy new. I have bought a dozen vintage and a couple of NOS carts from A´gon and eBay and all have been OK, an... | |
| Recommendations for an MC cart on Audiogon Yes it´s time indeed, what would you recommend and maybe using some already ? Thanks for info : ) | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Thanks Frogman, very very interesting review again and we much appreciate your insight.Henry, I´m afraid your Empire is 100 kOhm impedance ? And what´s capacitance ? | |
| Recommendations for an MC cart on Audiogon Very well, if you really must have an MC, for that price range it´s possible to get one superb vintage MC but these are getting very rare. I once got Shinon Red LOMC w/ Micro Ridge stylus and boron cantilever for $600.The Shinon that won one cartr... | |
| Recommendations for an MC cart on Audiogon You can´t have a decent "silky smooth" MC for that price. Why dontcha try to get used MM, MI or MF instead ? On eBay there´s one vintage GLANZ MFG-51L w/ Micro Line stylus on aluminum cantilever and it´s one of the finest from Glanz really (I have... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new Very interesting, we hardly can wait. The ART7 has very low output, 0.12 mV exactly the same as the Highphonic MC-R5 that I will compare to ART9 in near future after some break-in time... | |
| low mass tone arm suggestion sub $1k used + Analogluvr. Excellent : )Good old SME series III w/ a continuous run eliminating all those joints.Mine has silver path from cart pins to RCAs done by a professional in early 2000´s and haven´t looked back ever since. | |
| Carpenters Whart, that´s exactly what I meant ! I think I´ll get the US original first. Discogs is a great source. Thanks and cheers | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Very well then, Frogman. That darn cart costs a minor fortune but it´s worth all the trouble, as reviewed by so many over the years. But when will this money-wasting hobby end ... I should have not started to read this thread at all ; ) | |
| Carpenters What are the BEST sounding original vinyl albums ? Any original UK releases to be taken seriously ? Thanks | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 ^^ Exactly. This means you have so many cart/headshell/arm/deck combinations that is not easy to tell which combination suits best a certain cart, so actually there are several possibilities to choose. Halcro knows his system´s options and has car... | |
| Best Cartridge for $1000-$1350? Now finally after 190 hours play my AT-ART9 slightly outperforms my AT-ML180/OCC sample, on the Trans-Fi linear tracker. The high register is a bit more refined, so seems I get more musical and natural performance from the ART9. My reference MC so... |